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Hidden suffering of coronavirus: Stigma, blaming, shaming
BOGOTA – No one should have known Bella Lamilla’s name. But within hours of her…
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…
Florida mom seeks custody of son, says father is virus risk
ORLANDO, Fla. – A Florida mother is asking a judge to allow her to keep…
Essential workers talk about how COVID-19 affects them
Health-care workers, grocery store staff, transit drivers and food delivery workers are among those being…
Virus outbreak leads Niobrara River visitors centre to close
VALENTINE, Neb. – The federal parks service has announced the closure of the Niobrara National…
Contagious singing as Corona Community Chorus unites voices
NEW YORK – Casper ter Kuile lights a candle in front of his computer screen.…
Taste of home schooling generating new interest among parents
Selena Valencia is on the fence when it comes to home-schooling her children. The mother…
Pet fostering takes off as coronavirus keeps Americans home
OMAHA, Neb. – The Simeon family was heading home to Omaha from a Smoky Mountains…
Global diplomacy under the gun in the time of coronavirus
WASHINGTON – Entire countries are on lockdown, state visits cancelled, travel curtailed, key meetings postponed…
Those without broadband struggle in a stuck-at-home nation
NEW YORK – In Sandwich, New Hampshire, a town of 1,200 best known as a…
State unemployment systems tested by surge of applicants
Americans are seeking unemployment benefits at unprecedented levels due to the coronavirus, but many are…
4 soldiers, 63 jihadists killed in clash in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger – Four soldiers and 63 jihadists have been killed in fighting between Niger’s…