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Apple, Google to adapt phones for virus infection tracking
FRANK BAJAK and MATT O'BRIEN
AP Technology Writer
Apple and Google launched a major joint effort to leverage smartphone technology to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
New...
Drums, dancers livestream as virus moves powwows online
FELICIA FONSECA
Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The names pop up quickly on Whitney Rencountre's computer screen, and he greets them as he would...
Joe Biden’s next big decision: Choosing a running mate
BILL BARROW
Associated Press
Joe Biden faces the most important decision of his five-decade political career: choosing a vice president.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee expects...
Sean Penn wants to ‘save lives’ with free COVID-19 testing
MARCELA ISAZA
Associated Press
MALIBU (AP) — After nearly a decade of helping communities in distress abroad, Sean Penn is joining the fight against the...
Deaths near 100K as some countries weigh reopening business
MATT SEDENSKY and JIM MUSTIAN
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus closed in on 100,000 as Christians around...
Analysis: Virus shows benefit of learning from other nations
JOHN DANISZEWSKI
Associated Press
In 1910, when a contagious pneumonic plague was ravaging northeastern China, a physician there concluded that the disease traveled through the...
Friday: What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
The Associated Press
Christians observed Good Friday without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years, instead watching livestreams at home as the...
As Trump rails against mail voting, some allies embrace it
NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Associated Press
President Donald Trump is claiming without evidence that expanding mail-in voting will increase voter fraud. But several GOP state officials are...
Governor encouraged by drop in ICU placements
ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California saw its first daily decrease in intensive care hospitalizations during the coronavirus outbreak, a key indicator of...
Civil rights pioneer and face of gay marriage dies at 95
JANIE HAR
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gay rights pioneer Phyllis Lyon, who with her longtime partner was among the first same-sex couples to...