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Official: Saints emails on clergy crisis should stay secret
Hundreds of emails detailing the New Orleans Saints’ efforts to conduct damage control for the…
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
A staggering 16.8 million Americans have been thrown onto the unemployment rolls in just three…
Storms packing high winds cause damage in Indiana, Arkansas
MOORESVILLE, Ind. – Severe storms with high winds, hail and tornadoes swept across the Midwest…
Asian shares steady after Wall St caps best week since 1974
BANGKOK – Asian shares are steady in quiet Good Friday trading after Wall Street closed…
The Latest: Japanese leaders press PM to hasten measures
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for…
On-the-go sports stars embrace family time during shutdown
Blake Wheeler and the Winnipeg Jets would have been on the road last week, trying…
Singapore stops Zoom for online education as hackers strike
HONG KONG – Singapore has suspended the use of Zoom for online education after hackers…
As Easter nears, virus deaths test Italian priest’s faith
CARENNO, Italy – The circle of contagion around the Rev. Angelo Riva couldn’t have been…
Israelis looking out for overworked healthcare professionals
RAANANA, Israel – While hunkering down at home and keeping three young children entertained in…
Chad says 1,000 Boko Haram killed during week of fighting
N’DJAMENA, Chad – Chad says its soldiers have killed some 1,000 jihadists in an operation…
Still scarred, Notre Dame lives anew in coronavirus crisis
PARIS – Still damaged and scarred by fire, Notre Dame Cathedral came back to life…
Markets stable amid holidays, oil down on OPEC uncertainty
BANGKOK – Asian shares were steady in quiet Good Friday trading after Wall Street closed…
Start of Ex-Baltimore mayor’s prison term delayed to June 26
BALTIMORE – A federal judge on Thursday agreed to delay for a second time the…
Mosques, streets quiet as Indonesia’s capital tightens rules
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Mosques usually filled for Friday prayers and streets normally clogged with cars…
Poland marks 10 years since president killed in plane crash
WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s government on Friday marked the 10th anniversary of the plane crash…
Alaska lighthouse run using technology to social distance
JUNEAU, Alaska – A fundraising run for Alaska’s oldest original lighthouse will use technology to…
Summer camps facing rocky start, uncertain future
NEW YORK – For 17-year-old Morgan Carney, missing her seventh summer at overnight camp in…
Man arrested after shooting death of Indianapolis officer
INDIANAPOLIS – A man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of an…
Thailand bans sale of alcoholic drinks in war on COVID-19
BANGKOK – Thailand is trying a new tactic in its battle against the new coronavirus:…
29 years on death row, Pakistan woman suffers mental illness
ISLAMABAD – Kanizan Bibi was 16 when she was charged with murdering her employer’s wife…
Pakistan seeks extradition of IS leader from Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has asked neighbouring Afghanistan to extradite a leader in the local Islamic…
Man accused of pointing gun at a waving Easter Bunny
MIDDLEBOURNE, Ohio – A man brandished a gun and threatened a person playing the Easter…
Bunnies to the rescue as virus hits Belgian chocolatiers
SINT-PIETERS BRUGGE, Belgium – Master chocolatier Dominique Persoone stood forlorn on his huge workfloor, a…
Stampede in Kenya as slum residents surge for food aid
NAIROBI, Kenya – Thousands of people surged for food aid in a brief stampede Friday…