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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Irene Hirano Inouye, widow of US senator from Hawaii, dies
HONOLULU (AP) — Irene Hirano Inouye, the widow of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii and the founding CEO of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, has died. She was 71.
Second US study for COVID-19 vaccine uses skin-deep shots
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. researchers have opened another safety test of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine, this one using a skin-deep shot instead of the usual deeper jab.
The Latest: Macron touts WHO in wake of Trump criticism
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…
2 dead, 10 injured in fire at Moscow nursing home
MOSCOW (AP) — Emergency officials say two people died in a fire late Wednesday at a Moscow home for the elderly and at least 10 have been injured.
Editorial Roundup: US
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
US charges 2 with terror crimes over threats to spread virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department charged two people with federal terrorism offenses on Wednesday for allegedly claiming they were intentionally trying to spread the coronavirus.
Police: Body of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's grandson found
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Authorities recovered the body of a grandson of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend on Wednesday, two days after the body of the boy's mother was found in the water after a cano…
Stocks up 3.4% on Wall Street as hopes build for virus peak
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks shot 3.4% higher on Wall Street Wednesday as investors chose to focus on the optimistic side of data about the coronavirus outbreak’s trajectory. It’s the latest about-face in this brutally v…
The Latest: Son of Serbian president hospitalized with virus
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…
Doctor's death highlights limits of coronavirus death count
NEW YORK (AP) — As the coronavirus bore down on New York, Dr. Doug Bass' family begged him to work from home. He refused, pointing to his patients at Phoenix House, a drug and alcohol treatment center where he serv…
Housing market chills, layoffs, companies boost virus fight
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Wednesday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus.
AP PHOTOS: German charity goes home-to-home in virus crisis
BERLIN (AP) — Poor families are particularly hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, even in rich countries like Germany.
Outcry over racial data grows as virus slams black Americans
As the coronavirus tightens its grip across the country, it is cutting a particularly devastating swath through an already vulnerable population — black Americans.
Countries start thinking about easing up on restrictions
NEW YORK (AP) — Even as coronavirus deaths mount across Europe and New York, the U.S. and other countries are starting to contemplate an exit strategy and thinking about a staggered and carefully calibrated easing …
Saudi officials announce Yemen cease-fire amid pandemic
CAIRO (AP) — The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen announced Wednesday that its forces would begin a cease-fire starting Thursday, a step that could pave the way for the first d…