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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Probe: Breakdown in protecting feds during virus evacuation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A management breakdown led to some federal employees being sent to help American evacuees from the coronavirus epidemic in China without proper protective equipment, federal investigators have con…
High court declines to revisit immigrant issue during virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday declined a request by states who cited the coronavirus pandemic in asking the justices to reverse course and temporarily halt a Trump administration policy that makes i…
The Latest: Florida to allow pharmacists to administer tests
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Brazil becoming virus outbreak center as hospitals buckle
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world's pandemic hot spots.
Despite critics' outcry, border wall construction goes on
PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government is proceeding with plans for a border wall even as communities where construction is ongoing protest the presence of workers, according to court documents.
Kentucky's Democratic governor vetoes abortion legislation
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Democratic governor vetoed legislation Friday that would have given the state's anti-abortion attorney general new authority to regulate abortion clinics.
The Latest: French hotel executive says rough year ahead
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Taxpayers will pay restaurants to feed seniors in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Taxpayers will pay restaurants to make meals for millions of California's seniors during the coronavirus pandemic, an initiative that could pump billions of dollars into a devastated indus…
Feds: Man threw lit Molotov cocktail at DC police officer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a man they say threw a lit Molotov cocktail at a police officer sitting in an unmarked car in the nation’s capital.
No, don't inject disinfectant: Outcry over Trump's musing
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's raising of unproven, even far-fetched ideas for fighting COVID-19 -- including his latest musing about injecting disinfectants into people -- triggered an outcry from heal…
Senior official cited by Trump is subject of investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The senior Department of Homeland Security official who was thrust into the spotlight by President Donald Trump to describe the effects of temperature on COVID-19 has been the subject of misconduc…
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3 states ease lockdowns; US COVID-19 toll passes 50,000
Navy admiral advises reinstatement of fired carrier captain
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Navy officer has recommended the reinstatement of the aircraft carrier captain fired for sending a fraught email to commanders pleading for faster action to protect his crew from a coronav…
Red Cross: COVID-19 crisis needs huge economy recovery plan
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the world’s largest humanitarian network urged governments Friday to start thinking about tackling the economic damage from the coronavirus with something like the Marshall Plan us…