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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
The Latest: British official says Johnson is improving
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…
Science row hits EU at height of coronavirus crisis
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has been thrown into a scientific policy dispute at the height of the coronavirus crisis after the head of its top science panel resigned amid claims of red tape and institutional…
AP PHOTOS: As Wuhan reopens, people begin to venture outside
WUHAN, China (AP) — Some people couldn't wait to leave town. Others just wanted to get outside and feel free again. All of them wore face masks against the virus that had forced them to stay in their homes for more…
AP-SYNC 2 Wednesday Coverage UPDATE - SANDERS
AP-SYNC 2 Coverage:
The Latest: Melania Trump thanks medical workers in video
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…
AP-SYNC 1, AP-SYNC 2 Wednesday Coverage UPDATE
AP-SYNC 1 Coverage:
Wall Street climbs as volatility keeps squeezing markets
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are climbing again on Wall Street Wednesday. Maybe this time it will last.
The Latest: Pentagon: Military coronavirus cases near 2,000
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…
Italy, Spain ICU pressures decline, but emotional toll rises
ROME (AP) — Maddalena Ferrari lets herself cry when she takes off the surgical mask she wears even at home to protect her elderly parents from the coronavirus that surrounds her at work in one of Italy’s hardest-hi…
The Latest: Puerto Rico wants flight ban from US hot spots
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…
UK truck driver pleads guilty in deaths of 39 Vietnamese
LONDON (AP) — A truck driver accused in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found inside a refrigerated container that had been hauled to England pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday.
Wall Street ticks up amid unsettled trading around the world
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ticked higher in morning trading on Wall Street Wednesday. Maybe this time it will last.
Mayor says virus has hit black, Hispanic New Yorkers hard
NEW YORK (AP) — New data shows New York City’s death toll from COVID-19 has been disproportionately high in black and Hispanic communities. And deaths continue to rise statewide at a record pace, even as stay-at-ho…
42 Thai returnees from Indonesia found to have coronavirus
BANGKOK (AP) — Health authorities in Thailand say more than half the people returning from a trip to a mass religious meeting in Indonesia have been found to be infected with the coronavirus.
A truck driver has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese found inside a container in England
LONDON (AP) — A truck driver has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese found inside a container in England.