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Jobs report Friday is expected to end record hiring streak

After a record 113 straight months of hiring, the government's monthly jobs report Friday is expected to show that the ...

Mosques stay open in Pakistan even as virus death toll rises

Mosques were allowed to remain open in Pakistan on Friday, when Muslims gather for weekly prayers, even as the coronavirus ...

Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

Aid workers are bracing for a possible outbreak of the coronavirus in one of the world's largest refugee camps in Bangladesh, ...

After ignoring warnings, Israeli ultra-Orthodox hit by virus

Early this week, the streets of the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak were bustling with shoppers as ultra-Orthodox ...

Review: A lewd buddy cop comedy in ‘Coffee & Kareem’

Your enjoyment of the new Netflix comedy “ Coffee & Kareem ” may depend on whether or not you find insanely vulgar middle ...

Chinese struggle to return to work as virus controls ease

After two months in locked-down Wuhan, Wei Lei was eager to get back to work on a railway construction site. Instead, the ...

Cardboard cutouts pose as guests for wedding amid COVID-19

Cardboard cutout wedding guests will make for a not-so-cookie-cutter wedding as a Michigan couple prepares to tie the knot ...

AP-NORC poll: About half of workers lose income due to virus

About half of all working Americans report some kind of income loss affecting themselves or a member of their household due ...

Virus hits NYC hardest in a few working-class neighborhoods

The coronavirus pandemic has hit especially hard in a few poorer New York City neighborhoods where telecommuting isn’t an ...

Africa faces an 'existential threat' as virus cases spread

Some African countries will have more than 10,000 coronavirus cases by the end of April, health officials projected Thursday, ...

DiCaprio, others launch $12M coronavirus relief food fund

Leonardo DiCaprio will help launch America’s Food Fund, which has already raised $12 million to help communities impacted by ...

Study: Gonzaga, Michigan top academics-based NCAA brackets

Gonzaga and Michigan stood out in a study that seeded men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament brackets based on graduation rates, ...

AP-NORC poll: Widespread support for virus relief package

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that positive views of the nation's ...

James Patterson sets up fund to help indie booksellers

James Patterson has a history of helping independent bookstores. The best-selling novelist has donated millions in recent ...

Survey: Athletic directors bracing for financial crisis

Athletic directors at the nation's biggest sports schools are bracing for a potential financial crisis related to the ...

South African cops storm Cape Town church to expel migrants

South African police wearing riot gear forced their way into a church in central Cape Town on Thursday to remove hundreds of ...

'Lost Children' author: Writers must 'document' pandemic

Cooped up at her Bronx home with her daughter and a niece because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mexican writer Valeria ...

Billions in virus aid aim to shelter, test the homeless

The Trump administration said Thursday it is distributing about $3 billion in the first round of coronavirus aid to help the ...

AP-NORC poll: Broad support for state virus control efforts

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that a majority of Republicans and ...

The Latest: Israel's health minister has new coronavirus

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, ...