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New Navy carrier inquiry suggests tough scrutiny of admirals
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is launching a wider investigation of the
Trump says he won't extend social distancing guidelines
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday the federal government will not be extending its coronavirus social distancing guidelines once they expire Thursday, and his son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kus…
Military helicopter missing in sea between Italy and Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A military helicopter operating off a Canadian frigate taking part in a NATO operation in the Mediterranean has gone missing in the sea between Greece and Italy, Greek state TV reported Wednes…
UK now has world's third-highest virus-related death toll
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has the third-highest coronavirus death toll in the world after the British government published new figures Wednesday that include deaths outside of hospitals.
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Dalla Torre, grand master of Knights of Malta, dies at 75
ROME (AP) — Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, an Italian aristocrat who steered the ancient Knights of Malta religious order after an institutional crisis with the Vatican, has died. He was 75.
Bolsonaro abandons Federal Police nomination under pressure
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro yielded on Wednesday to growing criticism around the nomination of a new federal police chief seen as too close to the Brazilian leader's family, and revoked the appoi…
Pandemic crisis squeezes Cuba's fragile private businesses
HAVANA (AP) —
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Transgender fire chief files discrimination suit over firing
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A transgender fire chief has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the small Georgia city where she led the fire department for more than a decade, then was fired 18 months after she b…
Greece claims Turkey tried to help migrants enter its waters
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities said Wednesday they have thwarted an attempt by Turkish coast guard vessels to escort a boat carrying migrants into Greek waters off the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos.
SBA: Small businesses move to head of loan application line
NEW YORK (AP) — The smallest companies seeking coronavirus relief loans were moving to the head of the line Wednesday as the Small Business Administration said that for eight hours ending at midnight Eastern time i…
Appeals court hands blow to Democrats in ballot order suit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appellate court ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit over how names are listed on Florida ballots wrongly targeted the state's chief elections officer, who the court said isn't responsi…
Food crisis deepens as Puerto Rico school cafeterias shutter
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government is refusing to open school cafeterias amid coronavirus health concerns and has not tapped into millions of federal dollars set aside for the island even as a gr…
Economists agree: No quick rebound from recession is likely
WASHINGTON (AP) — Devastated by the coronavirus, the U.S. economy is sinking. And the plunge is accelerating.