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Alaska health officials recommend face coverings in public
JUNEAU, Alaska – State health officials on Friday recommended Alaskans wear cloth face coverings in…
US urges masks as dramatic steps to combat virus roll out
NEW YORK – The Trump administration urged Americans to cover their faces in public and…
2nd deported Guatemalan tests positive for coronavirus
GUATEMALA CITY – A second Guatemalan man has tested positive for the new coronavirus after…
Hawaii: Delay international military drill over virus
HONOLULU – Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Friday he will ask the U.S. military to…
Cuba gives prominent dissident house arrest, reads sentence
HAVANA – Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer was placed under house arrest Friday after a…
‘Recovery’ search for Kennedy Townsend’s daughter, grandson
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Authorities were conducting a “recovery” search for the daughter and a grandson…
Barr orders increase in home confinement as virus surges
WASHINGTON – Attorney General William Barr ordered the Bureau of Prisons on Friday to increase…
Some banks offer reduced credit card interest rate for clients affected by virus
TORONTO – Several of Canada’s largest banks are offering reduced interest rates on personal credit…
Being on the East Coast a double-edged sword in COVID-19 pandemic medical battle
HALIFAX – Being a small East Coast province in the pandemic is a double-edged sword:…
Lives Lost: Virus struck Wuhan family, took its patriarch
WUHAN, China – For more than a month, Wu Di did not know his father…
Social distancing not slowing crime in Mexico
MEXICO CITY – Social distancing measures and calls for Mexicans to remain in their homes…
Biden to name VP vetting team, thinking about Cabinet makeup
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden said Friday that he will announce a committee to oversee his…
3M pushes back on Trump administration order to stop sending N95 masks to Canada
WASHINGTON – One of the biggest American manufacturers of protective medical gear went to bat…
Government lawyer named as new Grand Canyon park leader
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – A veteran lawyer for the federal government has been…
3rd Iditarod champion, nicknamed ‘Yukon Fox,’ dies at 79
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Emmitt Peters Sr., an Alaska Native who won the Iditarod Trail Sled…
Search for body of missing woman could cost $500,000
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The search for the body of a Missouri woman presumed to…
Cuomo orders shift in ventilators to overwhelmed hospitals
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would order the redistribution of critically needed ventilators.…
Kentucky governor vetoes voter ID bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday vetoed a bill pushed by Republican…
‘Disaster’ feared if sick moved to California nursing homes
LOS ANGELES – A California directive that could open the way for some patients sickened…
In time of crisis, Trump-Pelosi relationship remains broken
WASHINGTON – Two of the most powerful people in Washington haven’t spoken in five months…
Delta police say they stopped sale of medical equipment at inflated prices
DELTA, B.C. – Police in Delta, B.C., say it was “troubling” to catch two people…
Florida finally takes cruise passengers, some on stretchers
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Passengers from an ill-fated cruise were carefully freed from their cabins…
New phone-only Quibi aims for bite of digital entertainment
LOS ANGELES – Want to see Chance the Rapper prank Hollywood stars? Catch a new…
Patients paying higher dispensing fees as pharmacists limit prescription amounts
OTTAWA – A new policy that has pharmacists restricting patients to a 30-day supply of…