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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 …
New York City deaths top 1,000 with worst to come
NEW YORK (AP) — New York authorities rushed to mobilize an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily …
Wisconsin governor deploys National Guard to help at polls
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's governor ordered National Guard soldiers to staff undermanned polling sites in next week's presidential primary.
A 'Solidarity Menu' for poor Colombians, migrant Venezuelans
Emiliano Moscoso fights back tears.
The Latest: Washington, D.C., has 586 cases of coronavirus
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3 people fatally shot at central Oklahoma convenience store
BETHANY, Okla. (AP) — Three people were killed and one was wounded early Wednesday in a shooting at a convenience store in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, police said.
Puerto Rico shutters police stations amid COVID-19 curfew
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico on Wednesday closed its fifth police station in a week, raising concerns about the U.S. territory's ability to respond to the coronavirus pandemic as officers accused the go…
Stocks skid worldwide as coronavirus infections keep soaring
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks joined a worldwide downdraft Wednesday as more signs piled up of the economic and physical pain being caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Iran general visits Baghdad, tries to forge political unity
BAGHDAD (AP) — A top Iranian general arrived in Baghdad this week to try and unify Iraq's fractured political leaders, Iraqi officials said Wednesday, as stiff opposition by one major bloc thwarts chances the count…
The Latest: Wimbledon canceled 1st time since World War II
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Hezbollah shifts attention from Syria fight to battle virus
BEIRUT (AP) — In the streets of Beirut's southern suburbs, Hezbollah paramedics and volunteers on trucks and on foot sprayed disinfectants on shops and buildings. At a hospital where it once treated its wounded fig…
The Latest: Swedish military against canceling May exercise
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Boy, 8, dies after shots fired into house in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An 8-year-old Indianapolis boy died overnight after he was struck by stray gunfire when shots were fired into a house, police said Wednesday.
Car sales crash, and so does crude, as virus seizes markets
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments on Wednesday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus.
LGBT community raided in Uganda over social distancing
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A gay rights leader in Uganda says 20 members of the local LGBT community have been detained after police raided their shelter and accused them of violating coronavirus-related social distanc…
Florida in cruise-ship standoff, New York collects its dead
NEW YORK (AP) — Florida officials were locked in a standoff with two cruise ships steaming toward the coast Tuesday as more coronavirus hot spots flared around the country and embattled New York City used forklifts…