By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization bowed to calls Monday from most of its member states to launch an independent probe into how it managed the…
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Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, …
Tropical Storm Arthur hits North Carolina coast with rain
By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press Tropical Storm Arthur moved out to sea Monday after dumping heavy rain on North Carolina as forecasters warned that the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane se…
Post offices, beloved community hubs, fight virus-era threat
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For some of the 2,000 or so year-round residents of Deer Isle, Maine, the fraying American flag outside the post office this spring was a remind…
Fear of the future: Class of 2020 enters a world in crisis
By SHARON COHEN and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press Tyler Lyson watched his parents’ financial collapse in the Great Recession, a decade ago. He vowed he’d find the security they never had: He would g…
With no leader, commission overseeing virus relief struggles
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven weeks after Congress unleashed more than $2 trillion to deal with the coronavirus crisis, an oversight commission intended to keep track of how…
Obama criticizes virus response in online graduation speech
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized U.S. leaders overseeing the nation’s response to the coronavirus, telling college graduates…
Trump’s emergency powers worry some senators, legal experts
By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The day he declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, President Donald Trump made a cryptic offhand remark. “I have the right to do a lot …
Democrats investigating Trump firing of State Dept. watchdog
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats demanded on Saturday that the White House hand over all records related to President Donald Trump’s latest firing of a federal wat…
Powell: Recovery may begin by summer, will likely be slow
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed optimism Sunday that the U.S. economy can begin to recover from a devastating recession in th…