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Active-duty troops deployed to DC region start to leave

WASHINGTON - Active-duty troops brought in to help if needed with the civil unrest in the nation's capitol are beginning to return to their home base, after two days of more peaceful demonstrations in...

Jun 03, 2020

Nation's streets calmest in days; police credit curfews

MINNEAPOLIS - Protesters marched on Wednesday in peaceful pleas to end police brutality, after a calmer night in cities across America void of the violence of recent days, as demonstrators heightened ...

Jun 03, 2020

Trump administration moves to block Chinese airlines from US

The Trump administration moved Wednesday to block Chinese airlines from flying to the U.S. in an escalation of trade and travel tensions between the two countries. The Transportation Department said i...

Jun 03, 2020

US service sector contracts for second month in May

WASHINGTON - The U.S. services sector shrank for a second month in May as the coronavirus pandemic triggered shutdowns and layoffs around the country. Activity did rise from levels last month that had...

Jun 03, 2020

Survey: Businesses cut 2.76 million jobs in May

BALTIMORE - U.S. businesses shed 2.76 million jobs in May as the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak stretched into a third month. The payroll company ADP reported Wednesday that businesses ...

Jun 03, 2020

High-speed Spanish passenger train hits car on track; 2 dead

MADRID - Two people were killed when a high-speed passenger train with more than 150 people on board hit a car on the tracks in northwest Spain on Tuesday. Emergency services said the locomotive derai...

Jun 02, 2020

Police: Video shows man killed in Kentucky fired a gun

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Video shows that a popular barbecue shack operator fatally shot while police and National Guard soldiers were enforcing a curfew in Louisville fired a gun as officers approached his ...

Jun 02, 2020

Embracing religious themes, Trump visits John Paul II shrine

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump toured a Catholic shrine on Tuesday in his second straight religious-themed appearance as the nation grappled with widespread unrest over the death of George Floyd ...

Jun 02, 2020

With Italy at risk, Europe Central Bank could boost stimulus

FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank could soon expand its anti-pandemic stimulus program to more than a trillion euros, giving it more firepower to keep the virus crisis from sliding into a new fina...

Jun 02, 2020

Astronauts ring opening bell for Nasdaq from space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The astronauts launched into orbit by SpaceX joined in the ringing of the opening bell for the Nasdaq on Tuesday to mark "a pivotal moment" for the space economy. NASA astronaut...

Jun 02, 2020