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AP-NORC poll: Americans harbour strong fear of new infections

DES MOINES, Iowa - Strong concern about a second wave of coronavirus infections is reinforcing widespread opposition among Americans to reopening public places, a new poll finds, even as many state le...

May 20, 2020

US arrests 2 men accused of aiding ex-Nissan boss' escape

BOSTON - Two Americans accused of helping aid former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan while awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges were arrested Wednesday, the Justice Departm...

May 20, 2020

Oprah Winfrey gives $12M to ‘home’ cities during pandemic

NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey is giving grants to the cities she's called home through her $12 million coronavirus relief fund. She announced Wednesday that her Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation will don...

May 20, 2020

Biden wins Oregon Democratic presidential primary

SALEM, Ore. - Republican voters in Oregon's vast 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday elected a former state senator to be their candidate to replace Rep. Greg Walden, who didn't run for a 12th term ...

May 19, 2020

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen inaugurated for a second term

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has been inaugurated for a second term amid increasing pressure from China on the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory. Tsai...

May 19, 2020

Donation brings a bit of Mardi Gras to hospital workers

NEW ORLEANS - Emily Bauman is a believer in the power of music. So when she got her stimulus check, she put that power to work -- for New Orleans's hospital workers and the city's out-of-work musician...

May 19, 2020

AT&T quits Venezuela as US sanctions force it to defy Maduro

MIAMI - AT&T said Tuesday it will immediately abandon Venezuela's pay TV market as U.S. sanctions prohibit its DirecTV platform from broadcasting channels that it is required to carry by the socia...

May 19, 2020

Appeals court OKs June 23 NY Democratic presidential primary

New York's Democratic Party leadership gave up its attempt to cancel the state's June 23 presidential primary Tuesday after an appeals court rejected arguments that holding it during the coronavirus p...

May 19, 2020

Song critical of Polish leader disappears from hit chart

WARSAW, Poland - A song took aim at an alleged abuse of power by Poland's ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. It rose to the top of the chart of a public radio station. Then it disappeared. The p...

May 19, 2020

Sony to buy full control of financial unit to weather crisis

TOKYO - Sony Corp. plans to make its financial services unit a wholly owned subsidiary to ensure stability as it rides out the hardships brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. "We will be able to car...

May 19, 2020