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Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Officials investigating Colorado beef plant

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…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Man dies after fight with deputies at Florida airport

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A man died shortly after a confrontation with deputies at a Florida airport, officials said.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Church software companies rush to accommodate surge in usage

(RNS) — As in-person worship services and religious gatherings have been shut down around much of the country, faith leaders have been left scrambling to shift all their worship services, fundraising, administrativ…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT

World virus deaths pass 100,000, with New York area hit hard

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Brazil teen’s death raises virus alert for indigenous groups

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A teenager from the Yanomami indigenous tribe has been killed by the new coronavirus in Brazil, the Health Ministry said Friday, raising alarm about the spread of the virus into protected land…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
US court upholds SSI for Puerto Ricans in key ruling

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a key ruling on Friday that allows anyone from Puerto Rico to apply for Supplemental Security Income at a time when the U.S. territory is mired in a 13-…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Turkish stores jammed after curfew announced

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…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
White House points to hopeful signs as deaths keep rising

WASHINGTON (AP) — At the end of a week officials had warned would be this generation's Pearl Harbor, White House officials pointed to hopeful signs that the spread of the coronavirus could be slowing, even as Presi…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Ecuador suspends oil exports after dual pipelines destroyed

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador announced Friday that it has temporarily suspended oil exports after a flooded river washed out a mountainside in the heart of the Amazon, destroying two large pipelines critical to th…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
GAO: Border Patrol needlessly spent $12M at Texas facility

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection needlessly spent around $12 million last year to guard, house and feed as many as 2,500 people in a private detention center in Texas that never held more th…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: IMF helping Albania cope with coronavirus

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…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Trump winery eligible for bailout in virus relief law

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s Virginia vineyard could be eligible for a federal bailout under the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus he signed into law last month, despite provisions in the bill that D…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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