Hawaii man pleads guilty to cyberstalking Utah family

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Hawaii man accused of tormenting a Utah family for more than a year by using the internet to send more than 500 people to their house for unwanted services including food deliveries, repairs…

Hunger to kill 128K more children over pandemic's first year

HOUNDE, Burkina Faso (AP) — Coronavirus and its restrictions are pushing already hungry communities over the edge, killing an estimated 10,000 more young children a month as meager farms are cut off from markets an…

Mnuchin, Pelosi talk virus relief; GOP slashes jobless aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment assistance, eviction protections and other relief for millions of Americans are at stake as White House officials launch negotiations with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a new

Belgium unveils plan to avoid lockdown, curfew in Antwerp

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's prime minister put the brakes on the country's coronavirus exit plan Monday with a set of drastic social distancing measures aimed at avoiding a new general lockdown as local authorities i…

Chinese scientist charged with visa fraud appears in court

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Chinese scientist charged with visa fraud after authorities said she concealed her military ties to China in order to work in the U.S. made her first appearance Monday in federal court by vid…

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Feds launch Minnesota office on missing Indigenous cases

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ivanka Trump and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt visited a Minneapolis suburb on Monday to open an office dedicated to investigating cold cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous people…

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U.S. agency: Pandemic masks thwarting face recognition tech

Having a tough time recognizing your neighbors behind their pandemic masks? Computers are finding it more difficult, too.

Court won't toss case of judge charged in immigrant's escape

The case against a Massachusetts state court judge accused of helping a man who was living in the U.S. illegally sneak out of the courthouse to evade an immigration enforcement agent can move toward trial, a federa…

Prosecutors want no audio-visual coverage of cops' trials

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the cases against four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the

Man charged with slaying family says wife killed kids, self

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A man charged with killing his family at their Florida home has claimed that his wife is the one who killed their three children and then herself.

White House Rose Garden getting face-lift

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the most famous gardens in America is getting a face-lift.

Embed-Virus Outbreak-Starving Children, ADVISORY

VIRUS OUTBREAK-STARVING CHILDREN — Chart. Estimated number of people expected to be in urgent need of humanitarian food assistance in January 2021. Chart shows the most vulnerable countries ranked from highest to l…