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Record economic plunge, bleak jobs numbers reveal virus toll

WASHINGTON - The coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy plunging by a record-shattering 32.9% annual rate last quarter and is still inflicting damage across the country, squeezing already struggli...

Jul 30, 2020

AstraZeneca: won't profit from COVID-19 vaccine in pandemic

LONDON - Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca repeated its promise not to profit from a COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic as it reported it was on track with late-stage trials for the treatment. Such...

Jul 30, 2020

3 former presidents mourn John Lewis at funeral in Atlanta

ATLANTA - John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history...

Jul 30, 2020

Full appeals court to review dismissal of Flynn case

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court said it plans to review a decision ordering the dismissal of the Justice Department's case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. The action...

Jul 30, 2020

Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies at 74

ATLANTA - Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of a major pizza chain who went on to become an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, has died of complications fro...

Jul 30, 2020

Criminal case opened against FIFA president Gianni Infantino

GENEVA - A criminal case against FIFA president Gianni Infantino was opened Thursday by a Swiss special prosecutor, plunging the soccer body into a new scandal. FIFA said it and Infantino will co-oper...

Jul 30, 2020

2nd US virus surge hits plateau, but few experts celebrate

NEW YORK - While deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. are mounting rapidly, public health experts are seeing a flicker of good news: The second surge of confirmed cases appears to be levelling off....

Jul 30, 2020

Lewis in posthumous essay: 'Your turn to let freedom ring'

ATLANTA - John Lewis spent his whole life fighting for civil rights - and he wanted to make sure the cause lived on after his death. In an essay he wrote shortly before he died and that was published ...

Jul 30, 2020

1.4 million seek jobless aid as virus surges in South, West

WASHINGTON - More than 1.4 million laid-off Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, further evidence of the devastation the coronavirus outbreak has unleashed on the U.S. economy. The c...

Jul 30, 2020

Glenda Jackson film to launch PBS' 'Masterpiece' anniversary

LOS ANGELES - Acclaimed actor Glenda Jackson will launch the 50th season of PBS' "Masterpiece" drama showcase next year. The film "Elizabeth is Missing," with Jackson as a woman in search of a vanishe...

Jul 30, 2020