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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Kansas man charged in killings of girlfriend, her daughter
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of his girlfriend and her 8-year-old daughter.
Americans brace for 'hardest, saddest' week of their lives
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans braced for what the nation's top doctor warned Sunday would be “the hardest and saddest week” of their lives while Britain assumed the unwelcome mantle of deadliest coronavirus hot spot in…
Bike, motorcycle crash in Florida kills 2 on popular street
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A crash involving a motorcycle and a bicycle has killed two people along one of the best-known promenades in Tampa, Florida.
'I cried on the truck': Fatigued NY workers forge ahead
Josh Allert’s days are a blur and a battle.
Palm Sunday services held without public; some on rooftops
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday Mass in the shelter of St. Peter's Basilica without the public because of the coronavirus pandemic, while parish priests elsewhere in Rome took to church roof…
Doctors, nurses leave homes to protect families from virus
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Lisa Neuburger was caring for a patient with the coronavirus when the person's ventilator tube became detached. As she worked to help the patient, she knew fluid from the person's lungs could…
Surgeon general warns US of `saddest week' and `9/11 moment'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. surgeon general offered some of the starkest warnings yet Sunday as he braced Americans for the worsening fallout from the new
Jews prep for a pandemic Passover: Smaller but no less vital
Passover and its epic story — how the Jewish people escaped to freedom after plagues struck their oppressors — are uniquely resonant this year, as Jews find ways to honor the holiday amid the outbreak of what feels…
The Latest: Biden says convention could be held virtually
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New Yorkers hunker down as city braces for critical phase
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers hunkered down Sunday as the city entered a critical phase in the coronavirus crisis — a period authorities warned would bring soaring death tolls and even more challenges for an overburd…
Jerusalem's Palm Sunday procession scaled back due to virus
JERUSALEM (AP) — A small group of Franciscan monks and Roman Catholic faithful took to the streets of Jerusalem’s Christian Quarter in the Old City Sunday to distribute olive branches, after the traditional Palm Su…
Sidewalk notes bring smiles to hospital staff during virus
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The messenger is anonymous — but the messages are heartfelt, and appreciated.
The Latest: Adams braces America for deadly week ahead
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Chaos and scrambling in the US oil patch as prices plummet
NEW YORK (AP) — In Montana, a father and son running a small oil business are cutting their salaries in half. In New Mexico, an oil truck driver who supports his family just went a week without pay. And in Alaska, …
Rwanda finds genocide grave that could contain 30,000 bodies
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A valley dam that authorities in Rwanda say could contain about 30,000 bodies has been discovered more than a quarter-century after the country’s genocide in which 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hut…