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May 28, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Column: Remembering an old family friend, Biff Pocoroba

ATLANTA (AP) — Ahh, that name.

May 28, 2020 12:03 a.m.

William Small, 'hero to journalism' at CBS, NBC, dies at 93

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime broadcast news executive William J. Small, who led CBS News' Washington coverage during the civil rights movement, Vietnam War and Watergate and was later president of NBC News and United Press International, died Sunday, CBS News said. He was 93.

May 28, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Wednesday's Sports in Brief

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May 28, 2020 12:03 a.m.

'Didn't give a damn': Inside a ravaged Spanish nursing home

MADRID (AP) — Zoilo Patiño was just one of more than 19,000 elderly people to die of coronavirus in Spain’s nursing homes but he has come to symbolize a system of caring for the country’s most vulnerable that critics say is desperately broken.

May 27, 2020 11:27 p.m.

Column: Remembering an old family friend, Biff Pocoroba

ATLANTA (AP) — Ahh, that name.

May 27, 2020 11:27 p.m.

'Didn't give a damn': Inside a ravaged Spanish nursing home

MADRID (AP) — Zoilo Patiño was just one of more than 19,000 elderly people to die of coronavirus in Spain’s nursing homes but he has come to symbolize a system of caring for the country’s most vulnerable that critics say is desperately broken.

May 27, 2020 6:27 p.m.

AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT

US death toll from coronavirus surges past 100,000 people

May 27, 2020 4:15 p.m.

Washington issues new guidelines for religious services

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that churches, mosques and synagogues can resume in-person services, with those in counties in the second stage of the state’s COVID-19 reopening plan allowed to have smaller in-building services and the remainder limited to outdoor services with no more than 100 people.

May 27, 2020 3:27 p.m.

AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT

US deaths from coronavirus surpass 100,000 milestone

May 27, 2020 3:27 p.m.

AP News Digest 6:15 p.m.

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May 27, 2020 2:03 p.m.

AP PHOTOS: Funerals become lonely affairs amid pandemic

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Mohammad Altaf, the generous spirit. Eudiana Smith, the trailblazer. Servius Collin, the caretaker. All were taken by COVID-19. And in death, all were robbed of the funerals they deserved.

May 27, 2020 2:03 p.m.

Former Braves C Biff Pocoroba dies at 66; All-Star in 1978

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Atlanta catcher Biff Pocoroba, who played in the 1978 All-Star Game and was a backup on the Braves team that won an improbable NL West title in 1982, has died at age 66.

May 27, 2020 10:27 a.m.

UK unveils test and trace plan; Johnson refuses aide inquiry

LONDON (AP) — After two months of lockdown and more than 37,000 coronavirus deaths, Britain on Wednesday finally rolled out a countrywide “test and trace” program -- an enormous undertaking meant to help isolate the virus and return the country to some sense of normality.

May 27, 2020 9:03 a.m.

UK leader rejects aide inquiry, unveils test and trace plan

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused Wednesday to hold an official inquiry into the actions of

May 27, 2020 4:03 a.m.

UK lawmakers set to quiz Johnson amid pressure to fire aide

LONDON (AP) — Senior British lawmakers are set to question Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday amid growing pressure to fire

May 27, 2020 12:27 a.m.

California lays out pandemic rules for church reopenings

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rabbi Shalom Rubanowitz looks forward to reopening his synagogue doors — if his congregation can balance the laws of God and California during the coronavirus pandemic.

May 27, 2020 12:06 a.m.

VIRUS DIARY: A Memorial Day visit, altered but not stopped

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — I won’t be visiting Adam this Memorial Day weekend. COVID-19 is seeing to that.

May 27, 2020 12:06 a.m.

AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

US death toll from coronavirus surges past 100,000 people

May 27, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Without test results, virus raced through an Afghan family

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Even as Dr. Yousuf Aryubi and his siblings, one after the other, started showing symptoms of COVID-19, the family was sure it was just a bad flu. The hospital had promised to tell them if their coronavirus tests had come up positive.

May 27, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Suspected militants kill 2 Pakistani policemen in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two suspected militants riding on a motorcycle opened fire on two policemen manning a roadside checkpoint on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, killing both of them before fleeing the scene, the police said Wednesday.