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Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
California's 'island of romance' crippled by virus

AVALON, Calif. (AP) — When the gates to California's “island of romance” were all but locked to lovers and pretty much everybody else last month it may have saved the 4,000 residents from a coronavirus outbreak but…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Britain joins 4 nations topping 20,000 deaths

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Lives Lost: Sudan-born doctor saw himself as ordinary Briton

LONDON (AP) — During a pandemic, heroes wear scrubs.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Earnhardt race car up for auction to fund virus relief work

WELCOME, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR team owner Richard Childress is auctioning off one of racing legend Dale Earnhardt’s cars to raise money for

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Stoop show: Brooklyn accordionist entertains neighbors

NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Stein felt useless -- stuck in his Brooklyn brownstone apartment, watching his neighbors suffer deprivations as COVID-19 swept the city.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
India reopens stores as virus restrictions ease elsewhere

NEW DELHI (AP) — A tentative easing around the world of coronavirus lockdowns gathered pace Saturday with the reopening in India of neighborhood stores that many of the country's 1.3 billion people rely on for ever…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Spain reports nearly 3,000 daily virus cases

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Virus creates unprecedented Maryland congressional election

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Ballots cast in person in Maryland's special congressional election between Democrat Kweisi Mfume and Republican Kimberly Klacik will be quarantined for about 24 hours after poll close before …

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Police: Bandit skates off after Dunkin’ Donuts stickup

HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A robber wearing in-line skates skated off into the night after sticking up a Dunkin’ Donuts on Long Island, police said.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Deputies: Man made bomb threat to avoid work

WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) — A Florida construction worker called in a bomb threat to a water treatment facility to get a day off work, authorities said.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Poland targeted by disinformation attack, suspects Russia

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish government official says Poland has been hit by a “complex disinformation operation” that appears aimed at weakening the Polish-U.S. alliance and is consistent with previous Russian c…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Belarus holds day of civic labor despite rising virus cases

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — More than 2 million Belarusians, including doctors and nurses, took part in a government-decreed national day of civic labor Saturday despite worries about the country's sharply rising coronav…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Iran deaths rise, hardest hit in Middle East

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Civilian shot dead in Somalia during coronavirus enforcement

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A police officer in Somalia’s capital has been arrested in the fatal shooting of at least one civilian while enforcing coronavirus restrictions, fellow officer Ahmed Muse said Saturday.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
India reopens stores as some virus lockdowns ease globally

NEW DELHI (AP) — A tentative easing around the world of coronavirus lockdowns gathered pace Saturday with the reopening in India of neighborhood stores that many of the country's 1.3 billion people rely on for ever…