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May 29, 2021 8:03 a.m.

Advocates in US push new efforts to bring back deportees

MIAMI (AP) — Jesus Lopez says he feels like a stranger in the place he was born.

May 29, 2021 7:30 a.m.

State GOP lawmakers try to limit teaching about race, racism

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Teachers and professors in Idaho will be prevented from “indoctrinating” students on race. Oklahoma teachers will be prohibited from saying certain people are inherently racist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously. Tennessee schools will risk losing state aid if their lessons include particular concepts about race and racism.

May 29, 2021 6:30 a.m.

Rioters blame their actions on 2020 election misinformation

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Falsehoods about the election helped bring insurrectionists to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and now some who are facing criminal charges for their actions during the riot hope their gullibility might save them or at least engender some sympathy.

May 29, 2021 6:30 a.m.

The Latest: Europeans plan summer vacations as cases plummet

ROME — Coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths are plummeting across the continent, after Europe led the world in new cases last fall and winter in waves that cost hundreds of thousands of lives, forced more rolling lockdowns and overwhelmed intensive care units.

May 29, 2021 3:09 a.m.

The Latest: Philippines ends ban on workers' travel to Saudi

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has lifted a ban on the deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia, which it imposed after receiving reports that workers were being asked to shoulder COVID-19 test and quarantine costs in the oil-rich kingdom.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Spain criticized for unequally priced 'equality stamps'

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s postal service is feeling a backlash from its attempt to highlight racial inequality.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

'Couldn't stay quiet': Capitol cop's mom wants Jan. 6 probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian Sicknick's family wants to uncover every detail about the Jan. 6 insurrection by pro-Trump rioters, when the Capitol Police officer collapsed and later died. They can't understand why lawmakers do not.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Yellen says economic recovery likely to be 'bumpy'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says that the economic recovery is going to be “bumpy” with high inflation readings likely to last through the end of this year.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Biden marks vaccine progress, thanks troops ahead of holiday

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden started the Memorial Day weekend by visiting a rock climbing gym in northern Virginia as the state lifted all COVID-19 distancing and capacity restrictions at private businesses and much of the nation pushes toward a greater sense of normalcy.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

US, Britain seek new WHO look into COVID origins in China

GENEVA (AP) — The United States and Britain are stepping up calls for the World Health Organization to take a deeper look into the possible origins of COVID-19, including a new visit to China where the first human infections were detected.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

WHO chief concedes 'slow' response to Congo sex abuse claims

LONDON (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization acknowledged the U.N. health agency's response to sexual abuse allegations involving employees who worked in Congo during an Ebola outbreak was “slow,” following

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Biden's $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is proposing a $6 trillion budget for next year that’s piled high with new safety net programs for the poor and middle class, but his generosity depends on taxing corporations and the wealthy to keep the nation’s spiking debt from spiraling totally out of control.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

AP sources: Staffing hampered response to prison suicide

WASHINGTON (AP) — The radios crackled with a frantic call for backup at a federal prison in California: An inmate was found hanging in his cell. Help was needed immediately.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter

BRUSSELS (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Idaho lieutenant governor bans mask mandates

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — With the governor out of the state, Idaho’s lieutenant governor issued an executive order Thursday banning mask mandates in schools and public buildings, saying the face-covering directives threatened people’s freedom.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Frenchman killed after stabbing, shooting 3 police officers

PARIS (AP) — A man with severe schizophrenia who had been on a watch list for Islamic radicalism stabbed a police officer at her station Friday in western France and shot two other officers before police killed him, authorities said.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Social spending, business tax hike drive $6T Biden budget

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's $6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a $1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-income people designed to pay for his ambitious spending plans.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

AP FACT CHECK: Biden is off on his vaccine claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden misstated the record Thursday when he asserted that half of his country has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and when he suggested that the U.S. leads the world in protecting its population with the shots.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Auditors find no fraud in disputed New Hampshire election

PEMBROKE N.H. (AP) — There is no evidence of fraud or political bias in a controversial New Hampshire election where a recount and audit has drawn the interest of former President Donald Trump, auditors concluded Thursday.

May 29, 2021 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: China reports 16 new confirmed coronavirus cases

BEIJING — China on Saturday reported 16 new confirmed coronavirus cases including two authorities said were believed to have been acquired locally.