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US relief checks begin arriving as economic damage piles up

WASHINGTON - Government relief checks began arriving in Americans' bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wednesday and sluggish sales at reopened stores in Eur...

Apr 15, 2020

AP Source: Obama to endorse Biden in video on Tuesday

WASHINGTON - Former President Barack Obama plans to endorse Joe Biden in a video on Tuesday, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party's biggest fundraiser and one ...

Apr 14, 2020

Florida judge: Get out of bed, get dressed for Zoom hearings

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Florida judge has one request for attorneys showing up for court hearings via Zoom: Get out of bed and put on some clothes! Broward Circuit Judge Dennis Bailey made the plea ...

Apr 14, 2020

Singer Jon Bon Jovi asks kindergartners to 'Do What You Can'

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - A Florida kindergarten teacher took his virtual classroom to new levels on Monday when rock icon Jon Bon Jovi popped in on a writing lesson about life in the coronavirus qua...

Apr 14, 2020

Cuomo says Trump is not a king, can't force states to reopen

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to morning TV shows Tuesday to push back against President Donald Trump's claim of "total" authority to reopen the nation's virus-stalled economy, noting that a preside...

Apr 14, 2020

IMF: Stung by virus, global economy will shrink 3% in 2020

WASHINGTON - Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest f...

Apr 14, 2020

In shutdown, a glimpse of life without movie theatres

NEW YORK - Jennifer Page jokes that four months in, this decade is already the worst of her life. A server at a nearby resort, she's out of work due to the pandemic. After someone tested positive at h...

Apr 14, 2020

North Korea fires suspected cruise missiles in latest launch

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea fired several suspected cruise missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a slew of weapons launches by the North despit...

Apr 13, 2020

Lawmaker: Trump officials want delay in census due to virus

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Trump administration wants to delay deadlines for the 2020 census because of the coronavirus outbreak, a move that if approved would push back timetables for releasing data used to...

Apr 13, 2020

Concrete room saves Mississippi family of 4 from twister

MOSS, Miss. - With a tornado bearing down on their rural home, Andrew Phillips told his wife to grab their two children and get into the safest place they had: A small room built from concrete blocks....

Apr 13, 2020