By HOPE YEN and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat on Sunday called on the Department of Veterans Affairs to explain why it allowed the use of an unproven dru…
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Pence spends weekend at home after exposure to infected aide
By KEVIN FREKING and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence was self-isolating Sunday after an aide tested positive for the coronavirus last week, but he planned to r…
Trump advisers cite need to stop ‘permanent’ economic toll
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers emphasized on Sunday the importance of states getting more businesses and offices open even a…
Iran says 19 of its sailors killed in training accident
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A missile fired during an Iranian military training exercise mistakenly struck a naval vessel instead of its intended target in w…
Putin lifts Russia’s shutdown, but keeps many restrictions
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared an end to a partial economic shutdown across Russia due to the coronavirus pandemic, but he said that many restricti…
VIRUS DIARY: Searching for sanity in tiny moments of joy
MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — We meet for a memorial service by video conference because that’s how it must be done these days. It feels strange, but there also is comfort as I scan th…
US unemployment surges to a Depression-era level of 14.7%
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus crisis has sent U.S. unemployment surging to 14.7%, a level last seen when the country was in the throes of the Depression …
AP Exclusive: Docs show top WH officials buried CDC report
By JASON DEAREN Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic…
Flynn dismissal a surprise? AG Barr in sync with Trump
By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he didn’t know the Justice Department was planning to drop its case against his former national securi…
White father, son charged with murder in Ahmaud Arbery case
By RUSS BYNUM and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The white father and son stood quietly Friday as the judge read murder and aggravated assault charges against them in the fatal s…