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Woman convicted in Thai knife attack held in girl's death

BANGKOK (AP) — A 50-year-old woman who served four years in prison for a random knife attack at a girls' school in the Thai capital in 2005 is in custody after being arrested in the fatal stabbing of a young girl.

Macy's to furlough majority of its 130,000 workers

NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's says it will stop paying tens of thousands of employees who were thrown out of work when the chain closed its stores in response to collapsing sales during the pandemic.

Time to 'revenge shop': China's virus hot spot reopens

WUHAN, China (AP) — The city at the center of China's virus outbreak was reopening for business Monday after authorities lifted more of the controls that locked downs tens of millions of people for two months. “I w…

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Japan warship, China fishing boat collide in East China Sea

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese destroyer collided with a Chinese fishing boat in the East China Sea on Monday but no one was injured, the Defense Ministry said.

Wall Street pushes higher, led by surging health care stocks

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing higher again on Wall Street Monday, led by health care stocks, bringing the market's surge over the past week to 17%. The S&P 500 rose more than 3% for its fourth gain in five day…

Mercedes F1 team helps to develop breathing aid in pandemic

Formula One team Mercedes has helped to develop a breathing aid that could keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care and ease some pressure on Britain’s strained health service.

Celebrities, civil rights groups form coalition on census

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights groups, lawmakers, attorney generals, former Census Bureau directors, former Commerce Department secretaries and actors like Rita Moreno and George Takei said Monday they were form…

AP PHOTOS: Virus overwhelms health workers, marches westward

Tales of grim scenes have emerged from Italian and Spanish hospitals, where the sick have sometimes been left to crowd hallways and doctors and nurses have worked beyond the point of exhaustion to respond to the co…

Navy hospital ship arrives in NYC to back up health systems

NEW YORK (AP) — A Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds arrived Monday in New York City as officials pressed for more federal help. Mayor Bill de Blasio said President Donald Trump’s suggestion that thousands of medic…

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Court: Grand jury records from lynching can't be released

ATLANTA (AP) — The grand jury records from the 1946 lynching of two black couples in Georgia cannot be released despite their great historical significance, a federal appeals court said.

'Calling all scientists': Experts volunteer for virus fight

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Wells was looking for a chance to use his scientific training to help fight the coronavirus when — on the same day the pandemic forced his lab to temporarily close — he decided to create his…