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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Police to acknowledge press protections after disputed raid
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police have acknowledged the need to uphold press protections as part of a settlement with a freelance journalist whose home and office were raided by police a year ago in a bid t…
The Latest: California allows salons to reopen in many areas
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30 deported to Haiti, but ex-strongman remains in US
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thirty people were deported to Haiti on Tuesday, but a former paramilitary leader accused of murder and torture was not among them as a result of recent discussions with U.S. officials,…
Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a
Chile's hospital ICUs near full capacity as pandemic rages
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Intensive care units in Chile's hospitals are nearly at capacity amid a flood of coronavirus patients, authorities said Tuesday, and doctors are having to make wrenching choices over which pa…
Woman fired after backlash from racist park confrontation
NEW YORK (AP) — The verbal dispute between a white woman with an unleashed dog and a black man bird watching in Central Park might normally have gone unnoticed in a city preoccupied by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Latest: Russian health workers dispute medics death toll
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Minneapolis mayor: 4 officers involved in restraint death of black man have been fired
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis mayor: 4 officers involved in restraint death of black man have been fired.
Israel passes on Chinese bid for major desalination plant
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Tuesday awarded a contract to build a new desalination plant to a local company, turning down a bid by a Hong Kong conglomerate at a time of growing U.S. pressure to avoid Chinese investm…
Muslims celebrate major holiday amid curfews, virus fears
JERUSALEM (AP) — Muslims around the world on Sunday began celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a normally festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, with millions under strict stay-at-home orders and many…
GOP govs offer states as alternative RNC convention host
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two GOP governors are offering up their states to host the Republican National Convention — a day after President Donald Trump threatened to pull the convention out of North Carolina if that state…
The Latest: Focus turns to relaunching New York City economy
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Home Launch
On May 27, NASA astronauts are set to blast into orbit from home turf on a private company’s rocket — a first since the end of the space shuttle era in 2011.
Wife of victim says UConn student was looking for neighbor
WILLINGTON, Conn. (AP) — A college student sought by police as a suspect in two slayings was looking for a third person, a young woman he knew, when he showed up in the rural Connecticut neighborhood where the firs…
Georgia woman, brother OK after turtle strikes car window
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman and her brother were not seriously hurt after a turtle launched through the air and became lodged into the windshield of a car they were in.