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15 hours agoSlowly, surely, US houses of worship emerge from lockdown On the same weekend that President Donald Trump declared houses of worship are essential, pastors and congregants from some of those churches are cautiously returning to ...
20 hours agoNational parks hope visitors comply with virus measuresAs Yellowstone and other national parks end a two-month shutdown due to the coronavirus, park officials want visitors to take precautions, such as washing their hands, ke...
20 hours agoThousands wait to take US citizenship oath amid virus delaysImmigrants and their advocates say the U.S. citizenship process has stalled during the coronavirus crisis even as many parts of life have pivoted online or are starting t...
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1 day agoRestrictions eased while virus deaths decline in New YorkGov. Andrew Cuomo has given New Yorkers an unexpected reprieve from cabin fever by lifting the state’s ban on gatherings in time for the Memorial Day weekend.
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2 days agoGroup: Texas naval base shooter voiced support for clericsA group that monitors online activity of jihadists says the suspect killed during an attack at a Texas naval air base voiced support for hardline clerics.
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2 days agoOfficial: Investigation of Arbery slaying finished soonThe Georgia man who filmed cellphone video of the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery has now been charged with murder.
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2 days agoLoughlin, Giannulli plead in college scam but await fate“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are preparing to plead guilty to cheating the college admissions process under a d...
3 days agoAlaska will send oil-wealth checks early because of virusAlaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says checks from the state's oil-wealth fund will begin going out to residents three months earlier than usual because of economic hardships cau...
3 days agoGOP weighs jobless aid cuts to urge Americans back to work The U.S. Senate is doing almost anything but deliberate the coronavirus.
3 days agoIn reversal, White House tells CDC to post church guidanceAfter refusing for weeks to release reopening guidance for churches, the Trump administration on Thursday abruptly changed course — with the president saying he had instr...
3 days agoGOP rising star John James faces trouble at top of ticketMichigan Senate candidate John James has been called a rising star of the Republican Party so many times it’s become a cliche, but his race against Sen. Gary Peters in a ...
3 days agoVirus cases spike in California county on Mexican border As much of California reopens businesses amid easing coronavirus conditions, a farming region bordering Mexico is struggling with a spike in cases.
3 days agoLoughlin, Giannulli to serve prison time for college scamCourt papers show actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges that will include prison time in the c...
3 days agoForecasters predict busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season with 13-19 named stormsGovernment forecasters are predicting an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season with the possibility of 13 to 19 named storms.
3 days agoFurloughs becoming layoffs at Trump National Doral MiamiSome furloughs at a Trump golf resort in South Florida are becoming permanent layoffs.
3 days agoNASA, SpaceX bringing astronaut launches back to home turfFor the first time in nearly a decade, U.S. astronauts are about to blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil.
3 days agoEx-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from US prisonPresident Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison Thursday and is expected to serve the remainder of his sent...
3 days agoColleges plan fall opening, but campuses won't look the sameGrowing numbers of U.S. colleges are pledging to reopen this fall, but they're planning dramatic changes to campus life to keep the coronavirus at bay.
3 days agoTop educator taught Kansas preschoolers alongside retireesA teacher who instructed preschoolers inside a Kansas nursing home before the coronavirus pandemic has been named the nation's top educator.
