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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Glazed or jelly? Doughnuts lure city-roaming bear into trap
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Glazed or jelly? A black bear roaming around a Florida city proved no match for the doughnuts that lured the animal into a humane trap.
Trump, Pence tag-team battleground state for SpaceX launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is hoping the
2 U.S. astronauts arrive at launch pad for SpaceX launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — With thunderstorms and the possibility of tornadoes threatening a delay, two NASA astronauts climbed aboard a SpaceX rocket ship Wednesday for liftoff on a history-making flight that was…
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In a first since the shuttle days, NASA astronauts head to the launch pad to rocket into orbit from Florida.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — In a first since the shuttle days, NASA astronauts head to the launch pad to rocket into orbit from Florida.
U.S. on cusp of marking at least 100K deaths from virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States was on the cusp of marking at least 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus, a once-unthinkable toll that now appears to be just the beginning of untold misery in the months ahead as…
Luxembourg starts to test its entire population for virus
LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Luxembourg started a coronavirus testing program Wednesday to check each and every one of its roughly 600,000 people, as well as cross-border workers, over the next nine weeks.
Pompeo says Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards
Court: Mental provider not liable in Florida school shooting
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A mental health provider cannot be held liable for the actions of a man accused of a 2018 Florida high school
Correction: Minneapolis Police-Death story
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In a story May 26, 2020, about a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis after a white officer knelt on the handcuffed man’s neck, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the m…
Pakistan says it shot down Indian drone inside Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani troops shot down a small Indian spy drone as it flew into the country's airspace over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Wednesday, the military said.
Chechen leader resurfaces after COVID-19 infection reports
MOSCOW (AP) — The strongman leader of Russia's province of Chechnya went live on Instagram Wednesday to insist that he was feeling well, in an apparent attempt to dispel media reports about his hospitalization with…
North Macedonia's Muslim leader sacked over choice of bride
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia's Islamic community voted Wednesday to dismiss its leader over his decision to marry a woman 50 years his junior.
The Latest: Death toll of virus in Italy surpasses 33,000
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Turkey: Soldier killed in explosion in Syria's Idlib
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry has announced the death of a Turkish soldier in Idlib, the last rebel-held territory in northwest Syria.