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Layoffs stuck at high level as 1.3 million seek jobless aid
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically high pace that shows...
Europe fears complacency; virus hits ‘full speed’ in Africa
JOVANA GEC and GEIR MOULSON
Associated Press
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Asian and European officials pleaded with their citizens Thursday to respect modest precautions as...
US sanctions Chinese officials over repression of minorities
DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on three senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party, including a...
AP source: Feds feared Epstein confidante might kill herself
MICHAEL BALSAMO
Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal officials were so worried Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell might take her own life...
Schools or bars? Opening classrooms may mean hard choices
MICHELLE R. SMITH and CARLA K. JOHNSON
Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump insists that schools reopen this fall. Many parents, educators,...
Court rejects Trump’s broad claims, but records stay private
MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting President Donald Trump's complaints that he's being harassed, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a...
Health official: Trump rally ‘likely’ source of virus surge
SEAN MURPHY
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa in late June that drew thousands of participants and large...
AP Exclusive: ‘Strike for Black Lives’ to highlight racism
AARON MORRISON
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A national coalition of labor unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass...
Newsom hopes California schools won’t be delayed by virus
ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Surging coronavirus cases in California prompted a warning on Wednesday from the nation's most populous county of a possible...
Stanford drops 11 sports to cut costs during pandemic
JOHN MARSHALL
AP Sports Writer
Stanford announced Wednesday that it is dropping 11 sports amid financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The school will discontinue...