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54,000 still getting pay held over student debt, filing says
A Monday court filing from the U.S. Education Department says the agency was still garnishing wages from more than 50,000 workers who had fallen behind on their student loans more than a month after Congress ordere…
White House virus trouble is microcosm of what America faces
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is increasingly looking like an imperfect microcosm of the challenges that all Americans face in keeping the coronavirus at bay as huge swaths of the nation move to reopen.
After controversy, parole grant in officer's slaying delayed
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The expected release Monday of a man convicted in the 1979 killing of a Richmond police officer was put on hold amid an investigation by Virginia's government watchdog agency into the parole bo…
Trump faces virus at White House amid push to 'reopen' US
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted Monday his administration has “met the moment” and “prevailed” on coronavirus testing, even as the White House itself became a potent symbol of the risk facing Amer…
US tweets support for Taiwan, sparking opposition from China
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States tweeted its support for Taiwan’s participation in the United Nations Friday, provoking a sharp response from China expressing “strong indignation and firm opposition.”
Weary Moroccan medics fight virus, nightmares and tears
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — When Moroccan nurse Mofadal Ahyane lost his first patient to COVID-19, he had a recurring nightmare: His patient in agony slips from his body, which gradually transforms into Ahyane's own fath…
Believe women? Sure, say Democrats, but vet their claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — "Believe women" was never a call to believe all women automatically.
French soldier killed in anti-insurgent operations in Mali
PARIS (AP) — France’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that a French soldier has been killed in Mali during operations against “armed terrorist groups.”
Misery of Italy's migrants grows not from virus but lockdown
CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy (AP) — They are known as “the invisibles": Undocumented African migrants who, even before the coronavirus outbreak plunged Italy into crisis, barely scraped by as day laborers, prostitutes, f…
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Western Europe relaxes virus measures, Russia numbers spike
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spaniards filled the streets Saturday to exercise outside in gorgeous spring weather for the first time in seven weeks, while German children rushed to playgrounds as countries in Western Eu…
India says 2 soldiers killed in Pakistani firing in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Two Indian soldiers were killed and another wounded in Pakistani firing in Kashmir, the Indian military said Saturday, as tensions continued to escalate along the volatile and highly militari…
Patter of tiny paws: Giant panda gives birth at Dutch zoo
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A giant panda loaned by China to a Dutch zoo as part of a breeding pair has given birth to a cub, the zoo announced Saturday.
Kim reappears in public, ending absence amid health rumors
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an abs…
'I died and came back': 12-year-old recovers from virus
COVINGTON, La. (AP) — As her desperately sick daughter was being airlifted to a hospital, Jennifer Daly was thinking about all the parts of life that still lay ahead for her 12-year-old and whether she’d ever exper…