By COLLEEN LONG and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Spain called off the Running of the Bulls in July, the U.S. scrapped the national spelling bee in June and Germany canceled Oktoberfes…
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Canadian police say 22 victims after rampage in Nova Scotia
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police said Tuesday they believe there are at least 22 victims after a gunman wearing a police uniform shot people in their homes and set fires …
Virus misinformation flourishes in online protest groups
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of posts fly in the new Facebook groups daily. The coronavirus numbers are fake, some of the social media videos claim. “…
More deaths, no benefit from malaria drug in VA virus study
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans …
Georgia businesses hesitant to embrace Kemp’s call to reopen
By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp’s call to reopen shuttered businesses in Georgia left many business owners wary and confused Tuesday as they conside…
Oil’s chaotic collapse deepens; stocks drop worldwide
By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices crumpled even further Tuesday, and U.S. stocks sank to their worst loss in weeks as worries swept markets w…
Senate approves $483B virus aid deal, sends it to House
By LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A $483 billion coronavirus aid package flew through the Senate on Tuesday after Congress and the White House reached a deal to repl…
Back to work? Companies finding it easier said than done
By MAE ANDERSON, TOM KRISHER and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — As state and federal leaders tussle over when and how fast to “reopen” the U.S. economy amid the coronaviru…
Trump bars new immigration green cards, not temporary visas
By JILL COLVIN, ELLIOT SPAGAT and BEN FOX WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced what he described as a “temporary suspension of immigration into the United States” on Tuesday, an executiv…
Mid-April in America is an unforgiving time, and now this
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer For a generation, mid-April has delivered some of American life’s most cataclysmic moments — a week when young men have shot up schools, terrorists have blown up fell…