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Trump extends pandemic-related visa ban through March 31

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on issuing green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants outside the United States through March 31. Federal j...

Dec 31, 2020

Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses

MADISON, Wis. - Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two night...

Dec 31, 2020

Auld lang syne: New Year brings final UK-EU Brexit split

LONDON - Like a separated couple still living together, Britain and the European Union spent 2020 wrangling and wondering whether they can remain friends. On Thursday, the U.K. is finally moving out. ...

Dec 31, 2020

S&P 500 ends at another record high as tumultuous 2020 ends

The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 2020 at more record highs Thursday, closing out one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and ended the ye...

Dec 31, 2020

US to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has decided to send home the only Navy aircraft carrier operating in the Middle East, a move that will reduce American firepower in the region amid heightened tensions with I...

Dec 31, 2020

Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies

Dick Thornburgh, who as Pennsylvania governor won plaudits for his cool handling of the 1979 Three Mile Island crisis and as U.S. attorney general restored credibility to a Justice Department hurt by ...

Dec 31, 2020

No charges for police in death of 'boogaloo' movement martyr

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland prosecutors have ruled out criminal charges against any police officers in the shooting death of a man whose family says he was sleeping in his bed next to his girlfriend ...

Dec 31, 2020

Glenda Jackson returns to screen with 'Elizabeth Is Missing'

NEW YORK - Only one project lured two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson back to the screen after an absence of 25 years: "Elizabeth Is Missing." The film is a mystery but so much more - a power...

Dec 31, 2020

One Good Thing: Special Olympian spreads message of love

Gary Schottle arrived in time to see the other kids in line hitting and jumping on his young son. Nicknamed "Tank," Derek towered over the pestering kids, yet lacked the confidence to stick up for him...

Dec 31, 2020

Jobless claims down 19,000, still 4 times pre-pandemic level

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits last week fell by 19,000 to 787,000, still a historically high level as a resurgent coronavirus maintains its grip on the U.S. econom...

Dec 31, 2020