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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Trump honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day in twin events
BALTIMORE (AP) — President Donald Trump honored America’s fallen service members on Monday as he commemorated Memorial Day in back-to-back appearances in the midst of the pandemic.
The Latest: WHO to temporarily stop study of malaria drug
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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.
Venezuela celebrates docking of tanker with Iran gasoline
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities celebrated Monday as the first of five Iranian tankers loaded with gasoline docked in the South American country, delivering badly needed fuel to the crisis-stricken…
Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months
NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home.
Running on empty? Charity events wary in time of COVID-19
It wasn't exactly the finish line Ali Riecke had in mind.
Charitable runs, walks learn to adapt to crowd limits
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has forced charities or nonprofit groups to cancel or postpone an untold number of walks and runs that raise money for everything from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's.
US faces Memorial Day like no other under virus restrictions
ATLANTA (AP) — Americans marked a Memorial Day like no other Monday as the coronavirus pandemic upended traditional commemorations and forced communities to honor the nation's military dead with smaller, more subdu…
Trump doubles up on Memorial Day events
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump silently honored the nation's war dead Monday in a wreath ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, first in a pair of public events also taking him to Baltimore, to the chag…
The Latest: Lake revelers in Missouri draw stern warning
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Lufthansa: Government fund approves 9 billion euros in aid
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German airline Lufthansa said Monday it has received approval for a 9 billion-euro ($9.8 billion) "stabilization package” from a government support fund to keep the company going through t…
Efforts underway to get food from US farms to the needy
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — As food banks have struggled to meet soaring demand from people suddenly out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been especially troubling to see farmers have to bury produce, dum…
Car convoys, small ceremonies mark Memorial Day in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers marked Memorial Day with car convoys and small ceremonies instead of parades, as those looking to honor fallen military memberscontended with coronavirus restrictions.
VIRUS DIARY: A Memorial Day visit, altered but not stopped
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — I won’t be visiting Adam this Memorial Day weekend. COVID-19 is seeing to that.
In his final days, Ahmaud Arbery's life was at a crossroads
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — He was at a crossroads, his life stretching out before him, his troubles largely behind him. He had enrolled at South Georgia Technical College, preparing to become an electrician, just like h…