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Protests as Indianapolis police kill 3 in separate incidents
INDIANAPOLIS – Protesters crowded the streets of Indianapolis on Thursday to voice concerns about police…
California doom: Staggering $54 billion budget deficit looms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California will have a budget shortfall of $54.3 billion because of the…
Store workers become enforcers of social distancing rules
NEW YORK – Sandy Jensen’s customer-service job at a Sam’s Club in Fullerton, California, normally…
Biden uses virtual events to target battleground Florida
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden ventured back onto the campaign trail Thursday, targeting the critical battleground…
Disney World restaurant, entertainment complex to reopen
ORLANDO, Fla. – Walt Disney World plans to reopen its restaurant and entertainment area later…
South Dakota teen admits to fatally shooting Wyoming girl
STURGIS, S.D. – A South Dakota teenager admitted Thursday that he fatally shot a Wyoming…
Libyan official: 5 killed, dozens wounds in Tripoli shelling
CAIRO – Artillery shelling by Libya’s eastern-based forces killed more than five civilians and wounded…
Police: Ravens’ Thomas threatened by wife with gun in Texas
BALTIMORE – The lawyer for the wife of Baltimore Ravens safety Earl Thomas said she…
Minors deported from Mexico to Guatemala positive for virus
GUATEMALA CITY – A Guatemalan deported from the United States tested positive for the new…
Ex-Green Beret behind Venezuela raid suspected of plagiarism
MIAMI – The former Green Beret behind a failed military incursion in Venezuela can add…
NYPD distancing arrests: Many non-whites, at times violently
NEW YORK – One newly surfaced video of social distancing enforcement gone wrong in New…
The Latest: U.N. chief calls for end to virus hate speech
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for…
Trump ‘not sure we even have a choice’ on reopening states
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was continuing his push to get states reopened as he…
Amid pandemic, the world’s working poor hustle to survive
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – From India to Argentina, untold millions who were already struggling…
Troubled Zimbabwe hopes for some relief in tobacco sales
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Adjust Saidi, a foreman at a farm outside Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, paced…
Palestinians say Israel targeting prisoners’ bank accounts
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory – Palestinian officials said Friday that Israel is forcing banks in the…
Georgia recalls its ambassador in Ukraine over ex-president
TBILISI, Georgia – Georgia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday recalled its ambassador in Kyiv after the…
Meet 8 people around the world hustling to survive pandemic
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – From India to Argentina, untold millions who were already struggling…
Butler’s prescient sci-fi resonates years after her death
NEW YORK – Novelist N.K. Jemisin was a teenager the first time she read Octavia…
Alaska school board postpones decision on banned books
PALMER, Alaska – An Alaska school board postponed a vote over rescinding a ban on…
Czech-Russian relations plunge amid differences over history
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – It began with the dismantling of a statue of a Russian…
Space agency: Human urine could help make concrete on moon
BERLIN – The European Space Agency said Friday that human urine could one day become…
After weeks at sea, 277 Rohingya land in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh – More than 250 Rohingya Muslim refugees who had been floating for weeks…
Afghanistan envoy calls for American contractor’s release
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – The U.S. envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation says he has called for…