By GILLIAN FLACCUS and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press Frustration is mounting as more families across the U.S. enter their second or even third week of distance learning — and some overwhelmed parent…
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Census delay could put off new voting districts, primaries
By DAVID A. LIEB and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau needs more time to wrap up the once-a-decade count because of the coronavirus, opening the possib…
Canada mass shooting started with assault on girlfriend
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s worst mass shooting erupted from an argument between the gunman and his girlfriend, who survived the attack, police confirmed Friday. Royal Cana…
Navy admiral advises reinstatement of fired carrier captain
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Navy officer has recommended the reinstatement of the aircraft carrier captain fired for sending a fraught email to comm…
Gig workers and self-employed keep waiting for jobless aid
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Like many Americans cooped up during the virus outbreak, Jeff Kardesch of Austin, Texas, is spending a lot of time on social media. It isn&…
Virus pushes US unemployment toward highest since Depression
By DAVID CRARY, REGINA GARCIA CANO and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Unemployment in the U.S. is swelling to levels last seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s, with 1 in 6 A…
Doctors struggle to stay true to science but not cross Trump
By DEB RIECHMANN, AAMER MADHANI and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s becoming a kind of daily ritual: President Donald Trump and a phalanx of doctors file into the White House b…
US delays oil pipeline approvals after environmental ruling
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a nationwide program used to approve oil and gas pipelines, power lines and other utility work, …
Probe sought in Trump administration’s ouster of scientist
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Calls mounted Thursday for an investigation into the ouster of a senior government scientist who says he’s being punished for opposi…
10,000 deaths: Ravaged nursing homes plead for more testing
BERNARD CONDON, MATT SEDENSKY AND JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After two months and more than 10,000 deaths that have made the nation’s nursing homes some of the most terrifying places…