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UK hits record COVID-19 levels; nearly 5 million infected
LONDON (AP) — The prevalence of COVID-19 in the U.K. has reached record levels, with about 1 in 13 people...
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US added 431,000 jobs in March in sign of economic health
America’s employers extended a streak of robust hiring in March, adding 431,000 jobs in a sign of the economy’s resilience...
Read moreDetailsPope makes historic apology to Indigenous for Canada abuses
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they...
Read moreDetailsUkraine strike on Russian territory reported as talks resume
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Talks to stop the fighting in Ukraine resumed Friday, as another attempt to rescue civilians from...
Read moreDetailsLabor groups close in on Amazon in two tight union elections
NEW YORK (AP) — Labor organizers always knew it would be tough to convince Amazon workers to unionize. But a...
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Biden planning to tap oil reserve to control gas prices
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil...
Read moreDetailsChris Rock takes to comedy mic, still processing Oscars slap
BOSTON (AP) — Chris Rock received several standing ovations before he told one joke Wednesday at his first comedy show...
Read moreDetailsConvoy heads to Ukraine’s Mariupol to attempt evacuation
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A convoy of buses headed to Mariupol on Thursday in another attempt to evacuate people from...
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Amazon, union organizers face off again in Alabama
BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — For union organizers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, the second time could be a...
Read moreDetailsCalifornia panel OKs reparations limit for slave descendants
California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations has decided to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black...
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