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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Police: Man with gun fatally shot outside Wisconsin hospital
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Officers fatally shot a man who pointed a gun at them early Wednesday outside the emergency department of a Wisconsin hospital where he had apparently gone for treatment, police said.
With commerce frozen, retail sales plunge unprecedented 8.7%
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales plummeted 8.7% in March, an unprecedented decline, as the viral outbreak forces an almost complete lock down of commerce nationwide.
AP Entertainment Digest for Wednesday, April 15
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The Latest: Europe union leader worried about worker safety
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…
US retail sales plunge by record 8.7% in March amid shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales plummeted 8.7% in March, a record drop as the viral outbreak closed down thousands of stores and shoppers stayed home.
Pileup along icy Chicago expressway sends 14 to hospitals
CHICAGO (AP) — Portions of a Chicago expressway left icy by a wintry blast that brought overnight snowfall led to a pileup involving of dozens of vehicles early Wednesday, sending 14 people to hospitals, officials …
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Italian virus hospital offers Fauci work if Trump fires him
ROME (AP) — The scientific director of Italy’s leading infectious disease hospital offered Wednesday to hire Dr. Anthony Fauci if President Donald Trump removes him from the White House coronavirus task force, sayi…
As lockdowns ease, virus fears persist for shoppers, workers
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The first tentative steps in lifting the economically crippling coronavirus restrictions in Europe and China are running into resistance, with shoppers and other customers staying away fr…
EU releases 15M euros for Albania’s quake recovery
The European Union on Wednesday released a first grant of 15 million euros ($16.4 million) to Albania to help the Balkan nation rebuild homes, schools and other structures after a November earthquake which killed 5…
Global Forecast-Celsius
Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Wednesday, April 15, 2020
The Latest: Italy hospital says Fauci welcome with open arms
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…
Global stocks, oil price sink on grim forecasts
Global stocks and oil prices tumbled Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund said the world's economy will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Wednesday, April 15, 2020