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Malaysia imposes total lockdown after cases soar above 8,000

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's prime minister says a total coronavirus lockdown will be imposed in the country, with all business and economic activities to be halted for two weeks to contai...

May 28, 2021

US consumers boosted their spending by 0.5% in April

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans increased their spending by 0.5% in April, a slowdown after a massive gain in March that had been powered by the distribution of billions of dollars in individual stimulus ...

May 28, 2021

As Russia tensions simmer, NATO conducts massive war games

ABOARD HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (AP) - As tensions with Russia simmer, thousands of NATO troops, several warships and dozens of aircraft are taking part in military exercises stretching across the Atlantic...

May 28, 2021

Hong Kong tycoon gets 14-month jail term over 2019 protest

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities crack ...

May 27, 2021

Faith, political leaders unite in rally against antisemitism

Faith leaders, celebrities and lawmakers across the political spectrum joined Thursday to condemn a rise in antisemitic incidents around the world triggered by the recent conflict between Israel and G...

May 27, 2021

Official: Shooter said he hated work years before killing 9

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A gunman who killed nine people at a California rail yard where he worked appeared to target some of the victims, a sheriff told The Associated Press on Thursday, while a Biden...

May 27, 2021

California to offer $116M in coronavirus vaccine prize money

LOS ANGELES (AP) - California is giving away the country's largest pot of vaccine prize money, $116.5 million, in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous U.S. state fully r...

May 27, 2021

US tells Russia it won't rejoin Open Skies arms control pact

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration informed Russia on Thursday that it will not rejoin a key arms control pact, even as the two sides prepare for a summit next month between their leaders. U.S...

May 27, 2021

Capitol rally planned over death of man in police custody

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana State Police troopers involved in the violent arrest of a Black motorist who died in police custody in 2019 should be fired and arrested, leaders of the National Urban Lea...

May 27, 2021

U.S. durable goods orders drop 1.3% in April

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. orders for big-ticket manufactured goods dropped unexpectedly in April for the first time in 11 months as a shortage of computer chips disrupted auto production. The Commerce De...

May 27, 2021