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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Amid anxiety, Georgia lets close-contact businesses reopen
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Some businesses took the first steps toward reopening in Georgia on Friday as the Republican governor eased a month-long shutdown amid experts’ warnings of a potential new surge in coronavirus …
Global markets struggle as hopes for quick rebound fade
TOKYO (AP) — Global stock markets mostly fell on Friday as hopes faded for a quick recovery from the global coronavirus pandemic.
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Countries take different approaches in lifting lockdown
MADRID (AP) — Without a tried-and-tested action plan for how to pull countries out of lockdown, the world is seeing a patchwork of approaches. Schools reopen in one country, stay closed in others; face masks are an…
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Knife found in jail cell of accused white supremacist
ROME, Ga. (AP) — Authorities said they found a knife in the jail cell of a Georgia man accused of being part of a violent white supremacist group known as The Base.
Lebanon tightens security around refugee camp over virus
BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — Authorities closed all entrances to a Palestinian refugee camp in eastern Lebanon on Friday after four more people tested positive for the coronavirus, heightening concerns the virus could f…
Pandemic brings gloom to Muslims marking month of Ramadan
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Millions of Muslims in Asia on Friday started the holiest month on the Islamic calendar under the coronavirus lockdown or strict social restrictions, deepening their anxiety over the disea…
Pandemic forces Arctic expedition to take 3-week break
BERLIN (AP) — Organizers of a year-long international Arctic science expedition say they have found a way to keep going despite difficulties caused by the pandemic lockdown, but it will require a three-week break i…
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Coronavirus shakes the conceit of ‘American exceptionalism’
Asia Today: Muslims change traditions in virus-hit Ramadan
BANGKOK (AP) — Millions of Muslims in Asia began Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, on Friday under the gloom of life with the coronavirus, which has forced extensive changes to traditions.
Fight against malaria could be set back 20 years, WHO warns
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — One of the hard lessons the World Health Organization learned during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was this: Other diseases can be forgotten and take a deadlier toll.
N.C. woman sentenced for impersonating FBI Agent on date
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman was sentenced to three years in prison for impersonating an FBI agent on an online dating site, and on a date.