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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 …
Father-son photo taken days before tornado destroys home
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Three days after a photo posted on Facebook showed an Arkansas doctor looking through a glass door to see his 1-year-old son crawl for the first time, the family's home in Jonesboro was destr…
The Latest: Prince Charles ends isolation period for virus
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Organizers of Dubai's Expo 2020 recommend postponing the world's fair until next year over the new coronavirus pandemic
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Organizers of Dubai's Expo 2020 recommend postponing the world's fair until next year over the new coronavirus pandemic.
Greek WWII resistance hero Manolis Glezos dies at 97
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Manolis Glezos, a Greek World War II resistance hero, who remained active in politics into his nineties, has died in Athens. He was 97.
Stocks inch up amid uncertainty about virus toll; oil falls
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are shaky in early trading on Monday, as markets around the world made tentative moves amid all the uncertainty about whether global authorities can do enough to nurse the economy throug…
Dubai Expo 2020 recommends postponing a year amid virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai's Expo 2020 should be postponed to next year over the new coronavirus pandemic, local organizers recommended Monday, pushing back a world's fair that the sheikhdom has bet b…
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
New York's governor has put out an urgent plea for medical volunteers as coronavirus deaths in New York City mount and hospitals buckle in what authorities say could be a preview of what other cities across the U.S…
Spain's hospitals at breaking point as infections pass China
MADRID (AP) — Spain overtook China on Monday in confirmed coronavirus infections as the pandemic stretched scores of Spanish hospitals to their breaking point. As confirmed virus deaths in New York surpassed 1,000,…
How would overwhelmed hospitals decide who to treat first?
NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to breathe, and a ventilator could save their …
The Latest: Fauci: Smaller U.S. cities ripe for acceleration
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Prisoners riot in Iran; Netanyahu goes into self-quarantine
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Prisoners in southern Iran broke cameras and caused other damage during a riot, state media reported Monday, the latest in a series of violent prison disturbances in the country, which is battli…
Facebook gives $100M to journalism, easyJet grounds planes
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments on Monday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus.
The Latest: Tokyo Olympics will open in July 2021
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Boat does doughnuts after hitting wave, throws man overboard
WASHINGTON (AP) — A boat that started doing doughnuts after hitting a wave in the Potomac River tossed the driver overboard.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's office says he'll go into quarantine after an aide tested positive for coronavirus
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's office says he'll go into quarantine after an aide tested positive for coronavirus.