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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Man has plea deal over neo-Nazi group's 'swatting' calls
A former Virginia college student has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors to resolve a charge that he coordinated with neo-Nazi group members to harass and endanger their targets by calling in bogus p…
Ohio's high court to hear arguments about gunman's records
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments in a case filed by news media groups seeking school records about the man who gunned down nine people in Dayton last August before being ki…
Death toll from storms in U.S. South rises to at least 30; 11 dead in Mississippi and nine killed in South Carolina.
CHATSWORTH, Ga. (AP) — Death toll from storms in U.S. South rises to at least 30; 11 dead in Mississippi and nine killed in South Carolina.
The Latest: France's Macron extends lockdown until May 11
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…
Netanyahu rival calls for coalition deal ahead of deadline
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's main opposition leader urged its long-serving prime minister on Monday to seal a coalition deal ahead of a looming midnight deadline or risk dragging the country toward unprecedented fourt…
Egypt opens Gaza border for returnees stranded by outbreak
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Egypt reopened its border crossing on Monday with the Gaza Strip after nearly three weeks, allowing hundreds of Palestinians stranded by the coronavirus pandemic to return home.
Heart woes spur partial stop of malaria drug study for virus
Scientists in Brazil have stopped part of a
Storm tears through South amid pandemic; at least 30 dead
CHATSWORTH, Ga. (AP) — Storms that killed at least 30 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesse…
NY death toll surpasses 10,000; new hot spots slow to emerge
MADRID (AP) — New York's coronavirus death toll topped 10,000 on Monday even as the absence of fresh hot spots in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world yielded a ray of optimism in global efforts against the disease, …
A month after New York's 1st virus death, toll hits 10,000
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s coronavirus death toll has now topped 10,000 only about a month after the state recorded its first fatality, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
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With results due in Wisconsin election, voters file lawsuit
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Municipal clerks across Wisconsin on Monday were set to start tallying votes from last week's chaotic presidential primary, a count that was delayed for several days by the legal struggle over …
VIRUS DIARY: Connecting to the world from a balcony in Rome
ROME (AP) — Balconies are a kind of extension of a window on the world. During Month One of lockdown in Italy, stepping out onto mine kept me connected to a drastically shrunken daily universe.
States largely have authority over when to shut down, reopen
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has shown no reluctance to use his White House perch to commend and criticize governors over steps they've taken to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But one thing …
British PM's praise for health service could boost its cause
LONDON (AP) — His skin pale and his eyes hooded from a week in the hospital with the coronavirus, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looked into the camera and paid tribute to the two nurses who never left his be…