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On virus response, Trump pitches tax relief to wary Congress
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s proposed payroll tax break met with bipartisan resistance Tuesday on…
Groups: Release immigrant detainees at high coronavirus risk
SEATTLE – Immigrant rights groups want U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release detainees at…
Seattle small businesses pinched as virus keeps workers home
SEATTLE – The coronavirus outbreak has largely emptied Seattle’s usually busy downtown streets after Amazon…
Police: Woman won’t explain why she threw son from 4th floor
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota mother has admitted she severely injured her 11-year-old son…
Venezuelan riot police drive off protesters with tear gas
CARACAS, Venezuela – Security forces fired tear gas Tuesday to repel an anti-government march led…
Wisconsin officials caution against travel due to COVID-19
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin health officials urged residents Tuesday to avoid non-essential travel following confirmation…
Sanders, Biden cancel Ohio rallies over coronavirus concerns
WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden abruptly cancelled election-night rallies Tuesday…
Governor: 22 Iowans were on quarantined cruise ship
DES MOINES, Iowa – Twenty-two Iowans are among the thousands of passengers and crew who…
Coachella festival postponed as concerts grapple with virus
The uber-popular Coachella music festival has been postponed from its usual two-weekend-run in April to…
Sass emerges as mushers jockey for lead in the Iditarod
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Mushers continue to jockey for the lead in the early stages of…
San Francisco public corruption probe snares 2nd official
SAN FRANCISCO – A widening public corruption probe ensnared a second high-ranking San Francisco official…
Lawsuit aims to end California license plate language limits
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California may have to end most restrictions on personalized license plate language…
Lawmakers briefed on Russian attempts to sow discord in US
WASHINGTON – Two classified briefings that lawmakers received from intelligence agencies Tuesday did little to…
Arsenal-City game called off with players in self-isolation
LONDON – Members of Arsenal’s playing squad went into self-isolation in a coronavirus precautionary move,…
Espy wins Mississippi US Senate race; will face Hyde-Smith
JACKSON, Miss. – Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy won the Democratic nomination for a…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Biden wins hard-fought Michigan, deals major blow to Sanders WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden decisively…
Australia’s High Court hears what may be Pell’s last appeal
CANBERRA, Australia – The most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse took…
Virus impact on US sports grows; more restrictions in Europe
The novel coronavirus outbreak, which has already reshaped the professional sports landscape in Europe, prompted…
2 coronavirus infections reported in Michigan, governor says
WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Two people in the Detroit area have tested positive for the…
Biden wins hard-fought Michigan, deals major blow to Sanders
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, seizing a key…
Weathering the stock markets: one investor’s strategy
NEW YORK – Buy and hold — and don’t sell when the stock market plunges.…
Great Smoky Mountains seeking volunteers to adopt a trail
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to adopt a…
Israeli president urges deadlocked blocs to consider unity
JERUSALEM – Israel’s largely ceremonial president on Wednesday urged the country’s opposing blocs to find…
Italy’s lockdown reshapes family life in time of coronavirus
SOAVE, Italy – Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte’s decision to lock down the entire country brought…