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Asia Today: Sri Lanka reimposing full curfew amid resurgence
BANGKOK (AP) — Sri Lanka's government is reimposing a 24-hour curfew across the Indian Ocean island nation Thursday after a recent resurgence of coronavirus cases.
Police called after NYC funeral home puts bodies in trucks
NEW YORK (AP) — Police were called to a Brooklyn neighborhood Wednesday after a funeral home overwhelmed by the coronavirus resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks, and a passerby complained ab…
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Virus roadblock ends in shooting in southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in southern Mexico may face charges after they opened fire on townspeople protesting an anti-virus roadblock that activists say cut their community off from the outside world, prosecutors …
Ex-congregant charged with breaking into minister's home
UNDATED (AP) — A secretive evangelical church in North Carolina says hysteria over the coronavirus may have motivated a former member with a gun to break into the home of one of the sect’s top ministers, but the no…
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Police: Bodies in vehicles outside Brooklyn funeral home
NEW YORK (AP) — Police were called to a Brooklyn neighborhood Wednesday after someone reported human bodies in vehicles, which officers determined were connected to a nearby funeral home.
Knowledge about North Korea's Kim is limited, but crucial
TOKYO (AP) — New rumors about Kim Jong Un pour in daily. The North Korean leader is dead. Or he’s very ill. Or maybe he’s just recuperating in his luxury compound, or isolating himself from the coronavirus.
Inmates sue prison guards after being beaten while cuffed
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two Alabama inmates who reported being beaten while handcuffed by a prison guard have sued him and other prison employees, saying they conspired to conceal the assault and violated their rig…
Trump erupts at campaign team as his poll numbers slide
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump erupted at his top political advisers last week when they presented him with worrisome polling data that showed his support eroding in a series of battleground states as his…
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Police: Callers bombard office in support of defiant pastor
CENTRAL, La. (AP) — A Louisiana police department has been bombarded by callers looking to voice their support of a pastor who was accused of attempting to hit someone with his church bus while violating a ban on m…
The Latest: Navajo Nation institutes another lockdown
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