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U.S. trade gap rises to $49.4 billion in April

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit hit the highest level in eight months in April. Exports and imports both posted record monthly drops as the coronavirus pandemic smothered America's commerce with o...

Jun 04, 2020

European Central Bank nearly doubles pandemic support scheme

FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank has boosted its pandemic emergency support program by an unexpectedly large 600 billion euros to 1.35 trillion euros ($1.5 trillion), adding to a range of efforts...

Jun 04, 2020

Detained US Navy veteran freed by Iran, en route home

WASHINGTON - A Navy veteran detained in Iran for nearly two years has been released and is on his way home aboard a Swiss government aircraft, U.S. officials said Thursday. The U.S. special envoy for ...

Jun 04, 2020

Protests large but peaceful after new charges in Floyd case

MINNEAPOLIS - Demonstrations across the U.S. to condemn racism and police abuses remained large but mostly without the violence of previous nights on the eve of a Thursday memorial service for George ...

Jun 04, 2020

Officer shot, 2nd slashed in Brooklyn hours into NYC curfew

NEW YORK - A police officer was shot and a second one slashed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, hours after a curfew that was intended to quell unrest over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, police said....

Jun 03, 2020

Virginia governor to announce removal of Lee statue

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday for the removal of an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond's prominent Monument Avenue, a se...

Jun 03, 2020

Snapchat to stop 'promoting' Trump amid uproar over tweets

OAKLAND, Calif. - Snapchat will stop "promoting" President Donald Trump on its video messaging service, the latest example of a social media platform adjusting how it treats this U.S. president. Last ...

Jun 03, 2020

Cannes announces lineup for a festival cancelled by COVID

From an empty movie theatre in Paris, organizers of the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday announced the films that would have played at there in May had it not been cancelled by the pandemic. The sele...

Jun 03, 2020

Fed approves expansion of state and local support program

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has approved an expansion of its $500 billion emergency program to support state and local governments. The expansion will allow all states to have at least two cities...

Jun 03, 2020

Pilgrim’s Pride CEO among indicted for chicken price fixing

The CEO of Pilgrim's Pride is one of four current and former chicken company executives indicted Wednesday on charges of price-fixing. The U.S. Department of Justice said a federal grand jury in Color...

Jun 03, 2020