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Civil rights hero Lowery honoured at private Atlanta funeral
ATLANTA – Family of the Rev. Joseph Lowery gathered Saturday for a small, private funeral…
Police arrest hospital aide in thefts of equipment, supplies
PRESCOTT, Ariz. – A housekeeping employee at a Prescott hospital has been fired after being…
Wisconsin GOP appeals to Supreme Court on extended voting
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to block extended…
Trump, Dems clash on boosting mail-in voting during pandemic
WASHINGTON – While Wisconsin struggles to hold its primary on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and…
Puerto Rico discovers protective supply cache amid COVID-19
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The suspected mismanagement of essential supplies during Hurricane Maria turned…
B.C.’s health officer says decrease in COVID cases ‘heartening’
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s medical health officer says the province seems to be holding its…
Arkansas church to follow rules on large services amid virus
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An Arkansas church that officials had accused of disregarding restrictions on…
Knifeman in France kills 2 in attack, terror inquiry opened
PARIS – A man wielding a knife attacked residents of a French town while they…
Hunt for medical supplies creates marketplace of desperation
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Shady middlemen, phantom shipments, prices soaring by the hour, goods flown in…
Brazil lacks coronavirus tests, other equipment, report says
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian health officials grappling with the new coronavirus outbreak have issued…
‘The Charter still applies’: Canadians urged to monitor civil liberties during pandemic
MONTREAL – While Canadians monitor their bodies for signs of COVID-19 symptoms, civil liberties advocates…
Kobe, Duncan, Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame class
Kobe Bryant’s resume has yet another entry to validate his greatness: He’s now, officially, a…
Where will the bodies go? Morgues plan as virus grows
PHILADELPHIA – There are the new dead. And then there are the bodies waiting in…
Medics at Egypt’s main cancer centre test positive for virus
CAIRO – At least 17 medics in Egypt’s main cancer hospital have been quarantined after…
Lives Lost: Detroit woman, mother of 4, loved ballroom dance
DETROIT – When Laneeka Barksdale got so sick from the coronavirus that she had to…
Mendenhall Glacier Park receives comments on expansion plan
JUNEAU, Alaska – The U.S. Forest Service has received more than 100 comments on an…
South Dakota lawmaker dies of coronavirus
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A South Dakota state lawmaker who was among several family members…
Sister of woman found dead last month is accused of first-degree murder
COQUITLAM, B.C. – A first-degree murder charge has been laid against the sister of a…
Teammates Nelson and Fimis taken Nos. 1 and 2 in OHL’s Priority Selection Draft
TORONTO – Teammates Ty Nelson and Pano Fimis were the top two picks in the…
At funerals in virus outbreak, mourning is from a distance
LEXINGTON, S.C. – No one stands in line to embrace the widow and share memories…
Virus alters Holy Week celebration worldwide, not the spirit
For Pope Francis at the Vatican, and for Christians worldwide from churches large and small,…
A gentler Gotham? NYers anxiously wait out coronavirus
NEW YORK – To a casting director, he might have seemed the perfect impatient New…
The inexact science involved in predicting the likely path of COVID-19
TORONTO – Data experts are cautioning already on-edge Canadians against taking Ontario’s dire predictions about…
Alaska enrolls students in Florida-based virtual school
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration has launched a new virtual school for…