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Animal Wellness Action

Advocates call on U.S. attorneys to investigate shipments of fighting roosters

The animal rights groups said the shippers who sold to Guam typically use the U.S. Postal Service to transport the birds, packing the live animals into boxes and sending them 8,000 miles from Tennessee to Guam in the cargo holds with multiple stops and without food or water.

Jul 3, 2020 at 2:30 PM
A policeman removes rubble from a building damaged by an earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico, on Tuesday.
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7.4 quake shakes southern Mexico; at least 5 dead

A powerful earthquake centered near the southern Mexico resort of Huatulco on Tuesday killed at least five people, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands fleeing into the streets.

Jun 24, 2020 at 1:59 AM
A woman takes off her face mask for a photograph at the Ocean Park amusement park in Hong Kong, Saturday, June 13, 2020. Hong Kong's Ocean Park reopened Saturday after nearly four months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The animal and nature-themed attraction combines pandas, penguins, roller coasters and other rides, and has been a Hong Kong icon since its opening in 1977. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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COVID-19

The Latest: European nations sign 400M-dose vaccine deal

Pharma giant AstraZeneca has struck a deal with Europe's Inclusive Vaccines Alliance to supply up to 400 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine.

Updated Jun 13, 2020 at 12:10 PM
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, poses for a photo outside the New York Stock Exchange as fireworks are exploded before his company's IPO. In 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said space is currently a $400 billion market, including satellites. Opening up spaceflight to paying customers, he said, could expand the market to $1 trillion. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets

It doesn’t quite reach the fantasized heights of George Jetson and Iron Man, but still promises plenty of thrills.

Jun 7, 2020 at 8:30 PM
World War II D-Day veteran and Penobscot Elder from Maine, Charles Norman Shay poses on the dune overlooking Omaha Beach prior to a ceremony at his memorial in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Friday, June 5, 2020. Saturday's anniversary of D-Day will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping almost everyone away, from government leaders to frail veterans who might not get another chance for a final farewell to their unlucky comrades. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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D-Day remembrance

On sad anniversary, few to mourn the D-Day dead in Normandy

Saturday’s anniversary will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping almost everyone away.

Jun 6, 2020 at 7:00 AM
A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, May 30, 2020. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts blasted towards orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company.(AP Photo/John Raoux)
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United States

'Back in the game': SpaceX ship blasts off with 2 astronauts

NASA officials and others expressed hope the flight would lift American spirits and show the world what the U.S. can do.

Updated May 30, 2020 at 8:15 PM
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe: China should be held accountable for coronavirus cover-up

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe said Thursday the federal government should hold the Chinese government accountable for its "lies, deceit and inaction," which allowed the coronavirus to spread rapidly and delayed the international response.

May 1, 2020 at 4:00 PM
A woman sleeps on Brighton Beach in the Brooklyn borough of New York as seagulls flutter around her, on Saturday, April 25, 2020. With the weather warming up, more people wearing personal protective equipment are venturing out to the parks and streets, though most are still respecting the social distancing guidelines for the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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Global death toll tops 200,000 as some virus lockdowns eased

Dr. Anthony Fauci, infectious diseases chief at the National Institutes of Health, on Saturday stressed a step-wise approach, with restrictions gradually lifted as areas reach certain milestones.

Apr 26, 2020 at 1:00 AM
Eastman has generated thousands of face shields to fight COVID-19.
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Eastman outlines COVID-19 global response efforts

Eastman products go into: cleaning products; packaging to prevent contamination of food, medicine, personal care and medical products; personal hygiene products, soaps and antiseptics; personal protective equipment used by medical personnel; and over-the-counter and prescription medications.

Apr 23, 2020 at 8:30 AM
Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers prepare to take a person into custody at a gas station in Enfield, Nova Scotia on Sunday April 19, 2020. A suspect in an active shooter investigation is in custody in Nova Scotia, with police saying several people were harmed before a man wearing police clothing was arrested. Gabriel Wortman was arrested by the RCMP at the Irving Big Stop in Enfield, N.S., about 35 km from downtown Halifax. (Tim Krochak/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Canada

Police: At least 10 killed in shooting rampage in Canada

A 51-year-old man went on a shooting rampage across the northern part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Sunday, killing at least 10 people, including a policewoman.

Apr 19, 2020 at 6:17 PM
A body wrapped in plastic is unloaded from a refrigerated truck and handled by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The body was moved to a hearse to be removed to a mortuary. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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COVID-19

U.S. death toll from the virus eclipses China's official count

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,500 Tuesday, eclipsing China's official count, as the deepening crisis in New York hit close to home for the governor when he disclosed, teary-eyed, that his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, has become infected.

Mar 31, 2020 at 2:34 PM
Tom Hanks, left, and Rita Wilson arrive at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 20.
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Hollywood

Hanks, Wilson back in U.S. after coronavirus isolation

Actor Tom Hanks and singer/actress Rita Wilson, his wife, returned to the United States on Friday, weeks after testing positive for the novel coronavirus in Australia.

Mar 28, 2020 at 4:26 AM
The Olympic Rings are displayed at the entrance of the IOC, International Olympic Committee headquarters during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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Olympics

Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021

The Tokyo Olympics were postponed until 2021 on Tuesday, ending weeks of speculation that the games could not go ahead as scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Mar 24, 2020 at 9:35 AM
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the novel coronavirus, SARS-Cov-19, which can cause the disease COVID-19.
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COVID-19

St. Jude limits visits, cancels events; Trump to ask Congress for payroll tax relief

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is limiting visits and restricting patient and family events after the new coronavirus was confirmed in the county in which it’s located.

Mar 10, 2020 at 3:12 AM
A woman wearing face mask walks her dogs in Hong Kong on Thursday, March 5. Cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owner.
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COVID-19

Dogs, cats can test positive for coronavirus, can't pass it on to humans

Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owners.

Mar 8, 2020 at 3:34 AM