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FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to …
In Ecuador, families wait with their dead as bodies pile up
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Larrea died Monday after a week of high fever, struggling to breathe and steadily turning blue. Then a new nightmare began for his family. No one in their city on Ecuador's Pacific coas…
The Latest: US to recommend widespread wearing of masks
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Economic fallout mounts, worldwide cases top 1 million
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak has thrown 10 million Americans out of work in just two weeks, the swiftest, most stunning collapse the U.S. job market has ever witnessed, and economists warn unemployment …
Confirmed cases of coronavirus top 1 million worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University tally
NEW YORK (AP) — Confirmed cases of coronavirus top 1 million worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University tally.
Virus hits NYC hardest in a few working-class neighborhoods
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has hit especially hard in a few poorer New York City neighborhoods where telecommuting isn’t an option for many workers and there are more likely to be many people living u…
In coastal Ecuador city families wait with the mounting dead
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Larrea died Monday after a week of high fever, struggling to breathe and steadily turning blue. Then a new nightmare began for his family. No one in their city on Ecuador's Pacific coas…
The Latest: UN facing cash crisis, made worse by pandemic
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Spanish hospital personnel must improvise in a makeshift ICU
BADALONA, Spain (AP) — The tension is palpable. There is no non-essential talking. An orchestra of medical monitors marks the tempo with an endless series of soft, distinct beeps.
Memo: Some in US may not get stimulus checks until August
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government expects to begin making payments to millions of Americans under the new stimulus law in mid-April, but some people without direct deposit information may not get checks unti…
AP News Digest 2:50 p.m.
Eds: Resending to make clear that VIRUS OUTBREAK now stands for VIRUS OUTBREAK-UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. Adds VIRUS OUTBREAK-BUSINESS FALLOUT.
Radio host gets 25 years in Ponzi scheme targeting listeners
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas radio host and financial consultant who admitted to conning elderly listeners out of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
US eases blood donation limits for gay men due to shortage
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government Thursday eased restrictions on blood donations from gay men and other key groups because of a drop in the nation's blood supply triggered by the coronavirus outbreak.
The Latest: Feds propose fine for Seattle-area nursing home
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US stocks give up most of a gain driven by higher oil prices
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes turned wobbly on Wall Street Thursday afternoon after giving up much of an early gain driven by a surge in oil prices as hopes grew for a truce in an oil price war between Russia and S…
West Virginia doctor charged with groping VA patient
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A doctor at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia has been charged with groping and injuring a patient.