US remembers 9/11 as pandemic changes tribute traditions
Sep 11, 2020
By KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — Americans commemorated 9/11 Friday as a new national crisis — the coronavirus pandemic — reconfigured and divided anniversary ceremonies and a presidential campaign carved a…
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Wall Street’s 3-day skid a reality check for runaway market
Sep 09, 2020
By ALEX VEIGA AP - Wall Street’s summer-long party fueled by investors’ appetite for some of the world’s best-known technology companies has come to an abrupt, if not entirely unexpected, halt. The sharp sell-off that…
McConnell proposes ‘targeted’ virus aid, Dems say not enough
Sep 08, 2020
By ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the Senate would vote on a trimmed-down Republican coronavirus relief package, though it has a slim chance of passage in the face…
US trade deficit surges in July to highest in 12 years
Sep 03, 2020
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit surged in July to $63.6 billion, the highest level in 12 years, as imports jumped by a record amount. The Commerce Department reported that the…
Health officials worry nation not ready for COVID-19 vaccine
Sep 02, 2020
By LIZ SZABO AP - Millions of Americans are counting on a COVID-19 vaccine to curb the global pandemic and return life to normal. While one or more options could be available toward the end of…
Trump to wade into racial tensions with visit to Kenosha
Sep 01, 2020
By ZEKE MILLER, JONATHAN LEMIRE and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is diving into the latest eruption in the nation’s reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, over…
State police returning to Portland following deadly shooting
Aug 31, 2020
By GILLIAN FLACCUS PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — State Police will return to Portland to help local authorities after the fatal shooting of a man following clashes between President Donald Trump supporters and counter-protesters that led…
Thousands expected at March on Washington commemorations
Aug 28, 2020
By AARON MORRISON WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates will highlight the scourge of police and vigilante violence…
Laura blasts Gulf Coast with wind, rain and wall of seawater
Aug 27, 2020
By GERALD HERBERT, MELINDA DESLATTE and STACEY PLAISANCE LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast with ferocious wind and torrential rain Thursday and unleashed a wall of seawater that could push…
Laura now forecast to be a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane
Aug 26, 2020
By JEFF MARTIN, JOHN MONE and STACEY PLAISANCE GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Laura rapidly gained strength on Wednesday, forecast to become an “extremely powerful Category 4 hurricane” when it strikes Texas and Louisiana. Officials…