PORT-AU PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Marco was hit by a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday en route to the coast of Louisiana, when Tropical Storm Laura killed at least seven people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Laura went over Cuba before his path probably took him …
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BERLIN – Germany’s health inspectorate reported 2,034 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, the first time the daily national increase since the end of April has been 2,000. The Robert Koch Institute calls the coronavirus outbreaks “very concerning.” They are reported in various institutions, including nursing homes and hospitals, schools, …
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LONDON (AP) – The brother of the suicide bomber who set off an explosion at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds, was sentenced on Thursday to a minimum of 55 years in prison. Hashem Abedi, 23, had refused to help plan the …
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VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis warned on Wednesday against any chance that rich people would be given priority over a coronavirus vaccine. “The pandemic is in crisis. You do not get the same result – better or worse, ‘Francis said, adding improvised remarks to his planned speech to his …
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BERLIN (AP) – A German icebreaker accompanying scientists on a year-long international expedition in the high Arctic has reached the North Pole, after making an unplanned detour due to lighter-than-usual sea ice conditions. Expedition leader Markus Rex said on Wednesday that the RV Polarstern could reach the geographic North Pole …
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