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NTSB: Halladay on drugs, doing stunts when plane crashed

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.

Apr 16, 2020 9:58 AM Read more >

Amid lockdown, Danes find way to celebrate queen's birthday

COPENHAGEN — Observing social distancing, Danes on Thursday sang birthday songs from homes, balconies, parks and public gardens to honour popular Queen Margrethe II, who turned 80 amid the pandemic lockdown.

Apr 16, 2020 8:23 AM Read more >

EEUU: 22 millones buscan ayuda por desempleo por pandemia

WASHINGTON — La oleada de despidos que ha envuelto la economía de Estados Unidos desde el brote del nuevo coronavirus obligó a 5,2 millones de personas más a ir en busca de ayuda federal por desempleo la semana pasada, informó el gobierno el jueves.

Apr 16, 2020 8:20 AM Read more >

Leading in pandemic becomes part of audition for Biden's VP

CHICAGO — California Sen. Kamala Harris is raising money for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden while speaking out about the disproportionate number of African Americans with COVID-19. Minnesota Sen.

Apr 16, 2020 8:11 AM Read more >

US home construction collapsed 22.3% in March

WASHINGTON — U.S. home-building activity collapsed in March as the coronavirus spread, with housing starts tumbling 22.3% from a month ago.

Apr 16, 2020 7:12 AM Read more >

Saudi Arabia executes man who attacked Spanish performers

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed a Yemeni man found guilty of attacking a Spanish dance troupe and wounding three people on stage before a stunned audience in the capital last year.

Apr 16, 2020 4:20 AM Read more >

Warren becomes latest ex-presidential rival to back Biden

WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren endorsed Joe Biden on Wednesday, the latest of the former vice-president ’s onetime White House rivals to back him as the Democratic Party moves to project unity against President Donald Trump going into the November ele

Apr 15, 2020 6:48 PM Read more >

Coronavirus: Hold music, noise wreck court hearing by phone

ATLANTA — It was a court hearing gone awry in the time of the coronavirus: Legal arguments in a lawsuit over gun carry licenses were repeatedly interrupted by hold music, background noise and failures of the mute button.

Apr 15, 2020 5:59 PM Read more >

US relief checks begin arriving as economic damage piles up

WASHINGTON — Government relief checks began arriving in Americans’ bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S.

Apr 15, 2020 5:21 PM Read more >

Fed notes what most Americans see: A sharp economic downturn

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is noting what most Americans are already acutely aware of: Economic activity contracted sharply and abruptly cross all regions of the country in recent weeks as the country locked down to combat the coronavirus pande

Apr 15, 2020 3:43 PM Read more >