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Ex-NAACP leader Kweisi Mfume wins Maryland seat in Congress
BALTIMORE — Democrat Kweisi Mfume won a special election Tuesday to finish the term of the late Elijah Cummings, retaking a Maryland congressional seat Mfume held for five terms before leaving to lead the NAACP. Mfume defeated Republican Kimberly Klacik in the heavily Democratic district. Maryland opened only three polling...
Teen pleads guilty to 2018 Kentucky school shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A teen charged in the 2018 Kentucky school shooting that killed two students has pleaded guilty to murder. Gabriel Ross Parker was 15 when he fired a handgun into a crowd of students before classes started at Marshall County High School on Jan. 23, 2018. Parker was...
Ohio’s primary first big test of mail-in voting during coronavirus outbreak
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The first major test of an almost completely vote-by-mail election during a pandemic is unfolding Tuesday in Ohio, offering lessons to other states about how to conduct one of the most basic acts of democracy amid a health crisis. The process hasn’t been smooth as state officials...
Officials: US seeks indefinite United Nations arms embargo on Iran
UNITED NATIONS — The United States has circulated a draft U.N. resolution that would indefinitely extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran set to expire in October, a move almost certain to spark opposition from Russia, which has made no secret of its desire to resume conventional weapons sales to...
Belgian citizens urged to eat fries and save the economy
It’s rare that eating twice-fried potatoes more often can actually help a nation’s economy. But with 750,000 tons of potatoes sitting in Belgian warehouses as restaurants remain shuttered amid the coronavirus pandemic, the head of Belgium’s potato growers’ union has asked his countrymen to step up their consumption. The country...
Nearly 70 dead in ‘horrific’ outbreak at veterans’ homeVideo
Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a central Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S. While the death toll at the state-run Holyoke Soldiers’...
Pence comes under fire for going maskless at Mayo ClinicVideo
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Vice President Mike Pence chose not to wear a face mask Tuesday during a tour of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, an apparent violation of the world-renowned medical center’s policy requiring them. Video feeds show that Pence did not wear a mask when he met with a...
No joke: Tupac Shakur needs unemployment benefits
FRANKFORT, Ky. — It’s no joke — Tupac Shakur lives in Kentucky and needs unemployment benefits to pay his bills. The Lexington man’s name was brought up by Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday night as he spoke about how the state is trying to process all unemployment claims filed in...
Blood test helped detect cancer before symptoms, study finds
For the first time, a blood test has been shown to help detect many types of cancer in a study of thousands of people with no history or symptoms of the disease. The test is still experimental. Even its fans say it needs to be improved and that Tuesday’s results...
Colorado man wins $1M lottery jackpot twice on same day
PUEBLO, Colo. — With a little bit of luck and persistence, a Colorado man has hit the jackpot twice after playing the same numbers for 30 years. Colorado Lottery officials identified “Joe B.” as the winner of two $1 million Powerball jackpots on March 25. He claimed the winnings on...
Bottleneck continues as businesses seek government relief loans
NEW YORK — Banks trying to submit applications for thousands of small businesses seeking coronavirus relief loans have hit a bottleneck for a second day at the Small Business Administration. Banking industry groups said Tuesday the SBA’s loan processing system is still unable to handle the volume of loan applications...
In rural U.S., fears of virus seem far away as stores reopen
ROUNDUP, Mont. — Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the tiny Montana town of Roundup. That’s because it’s largely business as usual in the town of 1,800 people. Nonessential stores could reopen as a statewide...
Woman born during Spanish Flu survives second pandemicVideo
MOHEGAN LAKE, N.Y. — A New York woman who was born during the Spanish Flu pandemic has survived covid-19. Angelina Friedman, who lives in a nursing home in Lake Mohegan, was taken to a hospital for a minor medical procedure on March 21. But her procedure was postponed after she...
Officials: 9 inmates dead in Peru coronavirus prison riot
LIMA, Peru — Prisoners in Peru staged a riot to protest their precarious living conditions following the deaths of several fellow inmates from the new coronavirus, but the revolt in itself proved fatal, with nine prisoners winding up dead, authorities said. Authorities said Tuesday the inmates were shot to death...
FDA reminds people not to ingest hand sanitizer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday stressed that hand sanitizers are not meant to be ingested. In a statement, the agency said that they are happy that more manufacturers are making hand sanitizer to help get the product to consumers. But they stressed that “hand sanitizers … not...
Companies seek to limit legal liability for virus infectionsVideo
As companies start planning their reopenings, business groups are pushing Congress to limit liability from potential lawsuits filed by workers and customers infected by the coronavirus. They appear to have the White House’s ear. President Donald Trump has floated shielding businesses from lawsuits. His top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said...
Trump urges states to consider opening schools before summerVideo
President Donald Trump says states should “seriously consider” reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even though dozens already have said it would be unsafe for students to return until the summer or fall. Trump made the comments Monday in a call with governors discussing how...
U.S. reopening is coming, but ‘normal’ is still a ways off
NEW YORK — Everyone wants to know: When, oh when, will it go back to normal? As some governors across the United States begin to ease restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, hopes are soaring that life as Americans knew it might be returning. But plans emerging...
American, JetBlue want travelers to wear masks while flying
As the covid-19 pandemic decimates demand for air travel, U.S. carriers have taken several unprecedented steps to increase onboard safety. The latest: urging passengers to wear face masks. The world’s largest carrier, American Airlines, said Monday that passengers will be handed a mask and hand sanitizer when boarding some flights,...
Slumping tech favorites pull major US stock indexes lower
Wall Street jostled to a mixed finish Tuesday, as former stalwarts ran out of momentum and some of the market’s most beaten-down stocks turned into winners. The S&P 500 slipped 0.5% after stocks that have held up the best through this year’s sell-off fell to some of the market’s sharpest...
Norwegian tycoon arrested, suspected of killing missing wife
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — One of Norway’s wealthiest men was arrested Tuesday in connection with his wife’s 2018 disappearance and held on suspicion of murder or complicity to murder in a case that police had earlier thought was a kidnapping. Tom Hagen, a media-shy real estate investor and owner of an...
In Italy, Naples’ beloved pizza is back after virus shutdown easesVideo
NAPLES, Italy — Wood is burning again in Naples’ pizza ovens, giving a symbolic and savory boost to Neapolitans after two months of lockdown meant an end to their most iconic and favorite food. Pizzerias reopened Monday night in the birthplace of pizza, albeit under restrictions and for home delivery...
Pentagon releases 3 Navy videos showing UFOsVideo
The Department of Defense has been watching, and recording, the skies. The Pentagon released three videos Monday that depict unexplained “unidentified aerial phenomena” which were recorded by pilots between 2004 and 2015. In each of the reconnaissance videos, a flying aircraft maneuvers strangely before emitting a bright light and flying...
False belief poison cures for coronavirus kills over 700 in Iran
TEHRAN — The false belief that toxic methanol cures the coronavirus has seen over 700 people killed in Iran, an official said Monday. That represents a higher death toll than so far released by the Iranian Health Ministry. An adviser to the ministry, Hossein Hassanian, said that the difference in...
Milwaukee police find 5 dead in house; suspect in custody
Police found five people shot to death Monday inside a Milwaukee home and arrested the man who dialed 911 to report the slayings, the city’s police chief said. The police department received a call around 10:30 a.m. from a man who said his family was dead, Chief Alfonso Morales said...
