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More than 432,000 jobless claims filed in Florida last week
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida had the most new unemployment claims of any U.S. state last…
Virtual meetings set for drilling plan near national park
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Federal land managers plan to hold a series of virtual meetings on…
Virus-related delays for Universal parks in Florida, Japan
ORLANDO, Fla. – The company that owns Universal theme parks around the world said it’s…
Pork producer says it needs flexibility on virus guidelines
O’FALLON, Mo. – The world’s largest pork producer told a judge in Missouri on Thursday…
New jobless hope seeds of tourism can be resown in Big Apple
For New York City tour guide Megan Marod, the first warning of the pandemic’s financial…
Pandemic brings fortunes to Amazon – and headaches too
Amazon has spent years honing the business of packing, shipping and delivering millions of products…
Ex-prosecutor reprimanded for appealing to jurors’ emotions
PHOENIX – A former prosecutor best known for winning a murder conviction against Jodi Arias…
Navy hospital ships, once thought critical, see few patients
About a month ago, with Los Angeles girding for a potentially crippling surge of coronavirus…
5-year-old coronavirus victim mourned at Detroit funeral
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. – A handful of loved ones in a chapel on Detroit’s west…
This time, Pence wears mask as he tours Indiana plant
WASHINGTON – This time, he wore a mask. Vice-President Mike Pence donned a face covering…
Gigi Hadid expects first child with Zayn Malik in September
LOS ANGELES – Gigi Hadid is about to strut into motherhood. The supermodel confirmed her…
Maine company to double production of virus testing swabs
PORTLAND, Maine – A Maine company that makes specialized swabs for coronavirus testing is teaming…
Court nixes Trump policy of tying grants to enforcement
CHICAGO – A sharply worded ruling by a federal appeals court in Chicago on Thursday…
Brazilians start defying isolation, egged on by Bolsonaro
RIO DE JANEIRO – Divina Baldomero awoke, looked out the window at Rio de Janeiro’s…
‘And then, boom’: Outbreak shows shaky ground as Texas opens
PARIS, Texas – Barely a week ago, rural Lamar County could make a pretty good…
Outsiders consider possibility of chaos in North Korea
TOKYO – North Korea’s collapse has been predicted — wrongly— for decades. Some said it…
‘Is my dad alive?’: Outrage as deaths mount at veterans home
Desperate for information as coronavirus deaths mounted at the Massachusetts veterans home where her father…
With rural Kansas close to reopening, doctor remains nervous
TOPEKA, Kan. – Dr. Beth Oller would like Kansas to remain under a stay-at-home order…
NYPD cracks down on another big funeral, stoking tensions
NEW YORK – Tensions between police and members of New York City’s Hasidic Jewish community…
Guatemala says US testing deportees for virus before sending
GUATEMALA CITY – A planeload of 89 Guatemalan deportees that arrived Thursday all tested negative…
‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum hearings suspended through June 1
SAN DIEGO – The Trump administration on Thursday suspended immigration court hearings for asylum-seekers waiting…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Economic figures show grim toll in Europe and US from virus NEW YORK (AP) —…
Pelosi: States, cities seek $1T to avoid layoffs from virus
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that state and local governments are seeking…
Dem lawmakers say Trump’s freeze for WHO to hurt Venezuelans
MIAMI – As much as $110 million in U.S. funding for disease prevention in Latin…