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Virus forces Alaska oil field company to lay off 304 workers
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Alaska oil field contractor plans to lay off 304 workers as…
Leaders pledge billions for virus vaccine research
BRUSSELS – World leaders on Monday began pledging billions of euros for research into a…
J.Crew files for Chapter 11 as pandemic chokes retail
NEW YORK – The owner of J.Crew is filing for bankruptcy protection, the first major…
Asia Today: Vietnam schools reopen, New Zealand hits zero
BANGKOK – Students across Vietnam started returning to their classrooms Monday that had been closed…
US to rein in flood of virus blood tests after lax oversight
WASHINGTON – U.S. regulators Monday pulled back a decision that allowed scores of coronavirus blood…
VIRUS DIARY: For her, virus-era New York is a story in sound
NEW YORK – Sirens. Birds. The ice cream truck. Sirens. Sirens. Sirens. The stall of…
Secluded Chesapeake Bay island keeps eye on virus from afar
NORFOLK, Va. – Inez Pruitt has watched the coronavirus spread throughout the world from the…
Troopers: Nikiski resident dies after multi-vehicle crash
SOLDOTNA, Alaska – A Nikiski resident is dead after a collision involving multiple vehicles on…
With split delayed, United Methodists face a year in limbo
NEW YORK – Had there been no coronavirus pandemic, America’s largest mainline Protestant denomination would…
Ferrari slashes 2020 earnings forecast of COVID-19 pandemic
SOAVE, Italy – Luxury sports carmaker Ferrari on Monday lowered its full-year earnings guidance significantly…
Johnson & Johnsons settles West Virginia pelvic mesh lawsuit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia has reached a $3.9 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson…
Guatemala says it will receive 3 US deportation flights
GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemala said Monday it will receive three flights this week carrying a…
Hanks, who survived COVID-19, calls graduates ‘the chosen’
DAYTON, Ohio – Tom Hanks says graduates of an Ohio university that named a film…
New book aims to portray ‘real’ Prince Harry and Meghan
LONDON – Freed from the constraints of life as full-time royals — and enmeshed in…
Netanyahu lashes out at top court, threatens new elections
JERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister urged the country’s Supreme Court on Monday not to interfere…
Homeless in NYC: Scared of shelters during COVID-19 crisis
NEW YORK – Three hours before mealtime, a line begins to form on the sidewalk…
UN: US hasn’t shared evidence on alleged coronavirus origin
GENEVA – The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said Monday that it has received no…
Freedom! In France, a nursing home takes on COVID and wins
LYON, France – As the coronavirus scythed through nursing homes, cutting a deadly path, Valerie…
Distinguished Kenyan journalist Chege Mbitiru dies at 77
NAIROBI, Kenya – Distinguished Kenyan journalist Chege Mbitiru, whose career included work in North America…
Italy eases virus lockdown, and gets first reckoning of toll
ROME – Italians strolled in the park, grabbed take-out cappuccinos and paid their respects to…
Police: Woman wanted to get close to alligator before attack
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – A woman killed by an alligator at a South Carolina pond…
Cuomo details regional restart criteria as NY hits 1M tests
NEW YORK – Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday laid out criteria for reopening New York’s…
Treasury says April-June borrowing will be a record $2.99T
WASHINGTON – The economic paralysis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is forcing the U.S. Treasury…
Puerto Rico files fiscal plan, rejects austerity measures
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico’s government said Monday it has asked a federal…