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US charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK airbase
`A hot mess’: Americans face testing delays as virus surges
Some sites are running out of kits, while labs are reporting shortages of materials and workers to process the swabs
US government launches campaign to reduce high suicide rates
About 20 veterans, guardsmen and reservists die by suicide each day
Wall Street follows solid stock market rally with pullback
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 396.85 points
Chicago’s holiday weekend ends with 17 dead, 70 wounded
Police Superintendent: Major hurdle is the failure of the county’s criminal justice system to keep violent offenders behind bars
Hiring soared in May as mass layoffs eased
It wasn’t nearly enough to offset the roughly 19 million layoffs in March and April
DeVos rejects part-time reopening for schools amid pandemic
‘A choice of two days per week in the classroom is not a choice at all’
FROM THE AP: Coronavirus testing a stress threat for athletic budgets
By ERIC OLSON
FROM THE AP: Debates turn emotional as schools decide how and if to open
School districts across America are in the midst of making wrenching decisions over how to resume classes in settings radically altered by the coronavirus pandemic, with school buses running below capacity, virtual…
FROM THE AP: Sheriff: 2 dead, 8 hurt in South Carolina nightclub shooting
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A shooting at a nightclub early Sunday left two people dead and eight wounded in South Carolina, a sheriff’s official said.
FROM THE AP: Former officer charged in Floyd’s death posts $750K bond
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer charged in the killing of George Floyd has been released from jail, according to Hennepin County jail records.
FROM THE AP: Ex-MLB pitcher Tyson Brummett, 3 others die in plane crash
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — A former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher and three others died in a plane crash in rural Utah.
FROM THE AP: US holiday weekend adds to virus worries as case counts grow
Florida reported a record number of coronavirus cases on Saturday, the latest sign that the virus is surging in many parts of the United States, casting a pall…
FROM THE AP: Amid pandemic, fewer students seek federal aid for college
By COLLIN BINKLEY and LARRY FENN
Cop who stopped Elijah McClain fired over chokehold photos
One of the three white officers who stopped Elijah McClain has been fired over photos showing colleagues reenacting the chokehold used on the Black man before …
Investigation underway over police officers' TikTok videos
A newspaper reported that three police officers in Washington state are under investigation over videos posted to their personal social media accounts, including one that criticized a protest about defunding police