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Montana lawmakers push for reauthorizing Keystone XL
President Joe Biden canceled the long-disputed pipeline project in one of many executive orders on his first day i…
Virus outbreak poses massive challenges for US charities
NEW YORK (AP) — With its global scope and its staying power, the coronavirus outbreak poses unprecedented challenges for charities and nonprofit groups that re…
Telemedicine emerges as care option during COVID-19 outbreak
Got a worrisome rash? You can still see a doctor if you can't leave home during the coronavirus outbreak.
Center for study of revolutionary era created
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Stephen Fried, who teaches writing at Penn and has done a fair amount of it himself, is a firm believer in the David Library of the American Revolution, a scholarly research center in Washington…
Legion celebrates 75-year membership of WWII vet
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Lester Clarke remembers how he had to sleep on the deck of a Navy ship during World War II because it was safer than in the ship's belly if a bomb or torpedo hit.
Imports of medical supplies plummet as demand in US soars
The critical shortage of medical supplies across the U.S., including testing swabs, protective masks, surgical gowns and hand sanitizer, can be tied to a sudde…
AP News in Brief at 11:09 p.m. EDT
As virus spreads, growing need for hospital beds, supplies
AP Top Business News at 9:28 p.m. EDT
The Latest: Panthers sign WR/KR Cooper, safety Burris
The Latest on NFL free agency. The NFL's spending in free agency continues Friday:
Congress toils on $1 trillion rescue, Trump unleashes fury
WASHINGTON (AP) — As leaders from Congress and the White House toiled in high-stakes negotiations on a mammoth $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package Friday,…
New York bans gatherings, nonessential workers to stay home
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced sweeping orders Friday that will severely restrict gatherings of any size for the state's more than 19…
Governor: 2nd Maryland death as cases 'dramatically rise'
Gov. Larry Hogan announced a second death in Maryland late Friday from the new coronavirus, warning the number of infections continues to “dramatically rise" w…
Fed ramps up lending, bond buying to calm financial markets
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve moved with unprecedented force and speed Friday to pump huge amounts of cash into the financial system to ease disruption…
Trump uses daily coronavirus briefing to attack reporter
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump called NBC News correspondent Peter Alexander a “terrible reporter” during Friday's White House news briefing for asking…
US virus testing faces new headwind: Lab supply shortages
WASHINGTON (AP) — First, some of the coronavirus tests didn't work. Then there weren't enough to go around. Now, just as the federal government tries to ramp u…
Placido Domingo resigns from opera union, donates $500,000
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Superstar Plácido Domingo has resigned from the U.S. union that represents opera singers and will contribute $500,000 to sexual harassment…