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Colombian company creates bed that can double as coffin
BOGOTA – A Colombian advertising company is pitching a novel if morbid solution to shortages…
Libya gov’t warns of escalation after attacks near embassies
CAIRO – The head of Libya’s U.N.-supported government on Friday warned of an escalation in…
Suspect dead after 2 shot at Delaware veterans cemetery
BEAR, Del. – A suspect in the shooting of two people at a veterans cemetery…
Indiana shootings strain relationship between police, blacks
Indianapolis police Chief Randal Taylor solemnly promised thoroughness and transparency as his department investigates the…
Extreme lockdown shows divide in hard-hit Navajo border town
GALLUP, N.M. – Like clockwork, payday arrives and tens of thousands of people from the…
Arkansas allowing pools, water parks to reopen this month
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas pools and water parks can reopen this month with new…
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
The U.S. unemployment rate rocketed to 14.7% in April, a level last seen during the…
Records: $325K deal paid in handcuffed man’s shooting death
BATON ROUGE, La. – A Louisiana sheriff’s office in 2018 paid a $325,000 settlement after…
Video shows man charge at officer who fatally shot him
SILVER SPRING, Md. – Video released Friday from a Maryland police officer’s body camera captures…
Alaska court says recall effort against governor can proceed
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that an effort aimed at recalling…
VP Pence’s press secretary tests positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON – Vice-President Mike Pence’s press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said Friday,…
The Latest: S.Korea has 18 new virus cases fueled by clubs
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for…
Virus restrictions reimposed amid patchwork re-openings
As coronavirus-induced economic pain grew around the world, some U.S. states moved forward Friday with…
Former Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott dies at 77
JUNEAU, Alaska – Byron Mallott, who served as Alaska’s lieutenant governor as part of a…
US awards border wall contract in Texas to begin in 2021
HOUSTON – The U.S. government has awarded a $275 million border wall contract for construction…
US objects to UN resolution on virus in dispute with China
TANZANIA, Tanzania – The United States on Friday objected to a proposed U.N. resolution on…
North Dakota tourism industry watches, waits amid pandemic
BISMARCK, N.D. – March visitation to Theodore Roosevelt National Park felt more like June for…
Virtual connection keeps youth involved in mentor program
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – When school was first cancelled, “it was kind of like summer vacation…
Feeling your pain? Virus reaches into the lives of Congress
WASHINGTON – A husband coughing up blood. A sister close to death. Another friend felled…
‘It’s gone haywire’: When COVID-19 arrived in rural America
DAWSON, Ga. – The reverend approached the makeshift pulpit and asked the Lord to help…
‘Fear kills:’ WWII vets recall war, reject panic over virus
YAKUTSK, Russia – On the 75th anniversary of the allied victory in the World War…
Clashes and unity calls at UN on World War II anniversary
TANZANIA, Tanzania – A U.N. Security Council meeting on the 75th anniversary of the end…
Militants increasing attacks on Burkina Faso mines
BOUDA, Burkina Faso – Jihadists burst into the gold mine where Moussa Tambura worked in…
Gunfire kills 6 at Afghan protest calling for economic aid
KABUL – A shootout erupted on Saturday at a protest in western Afghanistan by residents…