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June 16, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Activists weigh LGBT ballot drive after Supreme Court ruling

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Organizers of a Michigan ballot drive to prohibit discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people said Monday they were evaluating whether to continue following a major victory in the U.S. Supreme Court.

June 16, 2020 12:06 a.m.

The Latest: New Zealand is no longer coronavirus-free

WELLINGTON, New Zealand —- New Zealand is no longer free from the new coronavirus after health officials say two women who flew from London to see a dying parent had tested positive.

June 16, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Feds: eBay staff sent spiders, roaches to harass couple

Six former eBay Inc. employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online newsletter with threats and disturbing deliveries to their home, including live spiders and cockroaches, federal authorities said Monday.

June 16, 2020 12:06 a.m.

The Latest: Patients filling beds in India's largest cities

NEW DELHI — India recorded another 10,000-plus coronavirus infections as patients swamp health services in its largest cities.

Robert A. Hammond
June 15, 2020 11:16 p.m.

Robert A. Hammond

October 22, 1923 – June 11, 2020

June 15, 2020 9:27 p.m.

The Latest: New Zealand is no longer coronavirus-free

WELLINGTON, New Zealand —- New Zealand is no longer free from the new coronavirus after health officials say two women who flew from London to see a dying parent had tested positive.

June 15, 2020 7:30 p.m.

Asia Today: More controls used in Beijing as outbreak grows

BEIJING (AP) — China increased testing and lockdown measures in parts of the capital Tuesday to control what appeared to be its largest coronavirus outbreak in more than two months.

June 15, 2020 4:03 p.m.

Marj Carpenter, reporter who became Presbyterian head, dies

DALLAS (AP) — Marj Carpenter, who pushed international missionary work while briefly leading the nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination in the mid-1990s following a journalism career in West Texas that included covering millionaire swindler

June 15, 2020 2:27 p.m.

Condemning 9 acres would allow Arlington Cemetery expansion

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Justice Department has initiated legal proceedings to condemn nine acres of land in northern Virginia to facilitate a major expansion of Arlington National Cemetery.

June 15, 2020 2:03 p.m.

Feds: eBay staff sent spiders, roaches to harass couple

Six former eBay Inc. employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online newsletter with threats and disturbing deliveries to their home, including live spiders and cockroaches, federal authorities said Monday.

June 15, 2020 11:03 a.m.

Feds: Ex-eBay staff sent spiders, roaches to harass couple

Six former eBay Inc. employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online newsletter with threats and disturbing deliveries to their home, including live spiders and cockroaches, federal authorities said Monday.

June 15, 2020 11:03 a.m.

Activists weigh LGBT ballot drive after Supreme Court ruling

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Organizers of a Michigan ballot drive to prohibit discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people said Monday they were evaluating whether to continue following a major victory in the U.S. Supreme Court.

June 15, 2020 10:27 a.m.

Supreme Court says gay, transgender workers protected by law

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court.

June 15, 2020 7:27 a.m.

Justices rule LGBT people protected from job discrimination

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court.

June 15, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Protesters try to seize African artwork from Paris museum

PARIS (AP) — Activists dislodged a 19th century African funeral pole from its perch in a Paris museum Friday and tried to walk away with it, saying they wanted to return it to Africa in a protest against colonial-era abuses.

Lois Ilene Elizabeth Renken
June 14, 2020 11:04 p.m.

Lois Ilene Elizabeth Renken

July 21, 1933 – May 17, 2020

June 14, 2020 7:27 a.m.

Spike in deaths in Darfur points to virus' invisible spread

CAIRO (AP) — In the sprawling camps for the displaced of Darfur, the war-scarred western region of Sudan, officials say the elderly are falling sick and dying at astonishing rates.

June 14, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Protesters try to seize African artwork from Paris museum

PARIS (AP) — Activists dislodged a 19th century African funeral pole from its perch in a Paris museum Friday and tried to walk away with it, saying they wanted to return it to Africa in a protest against colonial-era abuses.

June 13, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Protest over Mexico police killing of Mexican-American teen

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Relatives, friends and neighbors of a 16-year-old Mexican-American boy shot dead by local police in southern Mexico demonstrated Friday to demand justice in the case.

June 13, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Protesters try to seize African artwork from Paris museum

PARIS (AP) — Activists dislodged a 19th century African funeral pole from its perch in a Paris museum Friday and tried to walk away with it, saying they wanted to return it to Africa in a protest against colonial-era abuses.