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Woman arraigned in killing of security guard over virus mask

FLINT, Mich. - A Michigan woman was formally charged Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a store security guard who refused to allow her daughter inside because she wasn't wearing a face mask to protect ...

May 06, 2020

Mermaids returning to Montana tiki bar as it reopens

GREAT FALLS, Mont. - For patrons at a Montana tiki bar that has a back wall of a window into a motel swimming pool, it's typical to see mermaids in the water five nights a week. So as the owner of the...

May 06, 2020

Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider-Esleben dies aged 73

BERLIN - Florian Schneider-Esleben, a co-founder of German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, has died, record label Sony said Wednesday. He was 73. Citing fellow group founder Ralf Huetter, Sony sa...

May 06, 2020

Israeli Supreme Court: Netanyahu may form government

JERUSALEM - Israel's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may form a new government while under indictment for corruption charges, clearing the way for him and his main...

May 06, 2020

Clashes between Arabs, non-Arabs in Sudan province kill 30

CAIRO - Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan's South Darfur province left at least 30 people dead and a dozen wounded, authorities said Wednesday. The fighting poses a significant chall...

May 06, 2020

New campus sexual assault rules bolster rights of accused

The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday finalized campus sexual assault rules that bolster the rights of the accused, reduce legal liabilities for schools and colleges, and narrow the scope of case...

May 06, 2020

With quirks and restrictions, many states lift lockdowns

GRETNA, La. - More than a dozen states let restaurants, stores or other businesses reopen Friday in the biggest one-day push yet to get their economies up and running again, acting at their own speed ...

May 06, 2020

New anthology collects dozens of poems about pandemic

NEW YORK - As the coronavirus spread in March, poet Ada Limon struggled at first to write, feeling "flattened and silenced" by a pandemic that had shut down much of the world she knew. "I could call n...

May 06, 2020

HGTV, Food Network helped by coronavirus stay-at-homes

NEW YORK - Americans stuck at home staring at fading furniture and wondering what to cook for dinner have been a boon for television networks like HGTV and the Food Network. The Food Network's overall...

May 06, 2020

More than 20 million jobs vanish in April

BALTIMORE - U.S. businesses cut an unprecedented 20.2 million jobs in April, an epic collapse as the coronavirus outbreak closed of offices, factories, schools, construction sites and stores that prop...

May 06, 2020