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Oprah Winfrey gives grants to ‘home’ cities during pandemic

Oprah Winfrey gives grants to ‘home’ cities during pandemic

NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey is giving grants to the cities she’s called home through her $12 million coronavirus relief fund.
UK government to unveil legislation tightening terror laws

UK government to unveil legislation tightening terror laws

LONDON — The British government is to unveil legislation Wednesday that could potentially see indefinite curbs on the movements of suspected terrorists, a move that's prompted concerns over civil liberties.
Biden wins Oregon Democratic presidential primary

Biden wins Oregon Democratic presidential primary

SALEM, Ore. — Republican voters in Oregon’s vast 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday elected a former state senator to be their candidate to replace Rep.
AT&T quits Venezuela as US sanctions force it to defy Maduro

AT&T quits Venezuela as US sanctions force it to defy Maduro

MIAMI — AT&T said Tuesday it will immediately ditch Venezuela's pay TV market as U.S. sanctions prohibit its DirecTV platform from broadcasting channels that it is required to carry by the socialist administration of Nicolás Maduro.
Virginia family out for ride finds nearly $1 million in road

Virginia family out for ride finds nearly $1 million in road

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A Virginia family out for a ride to get a change of scenery after being holed up due to the coronavirus found nearly $1 million in two bags lying in the road.
Donation brings a bit of Mardi Gras to hospital workers

Donation brings a bit of Mardi Gras to hospital workers

NEW ORLEANS — Emily Bauman is a believer in the power of music. So when she got her stimulus check, she put that power to work -- for New Orleans’s hospital workers and the city’s out-of-work musicians.
Canadian mother gets time served for $400K college admissions bribe

Canadian mother gets time served for $400K college admissions bribe

A woman from British Columbia who was locked up for five months in a Spanish prison after her arrest in a college admissions bribery scheme won’t spend any more time behind bars, a judge ruled Monday.
Appeals court OKs June 23 NY Democratic presidential primary

Appeals court OKs June 23 NY Democratic presidential primary

New York’s Democratic Party leadership gave up trying to cancel the state’s June 23 presidential primary Tuesday after an appeals court rejected arguments that holding it during the coronavirus pandemic would endanger public safety. Douglas A.
Annie Glenn, widow of U.S. Sen. John Glenn, dies at 100

Annie Glenn, widow of U.S. Sen. John Glenn, dies at 100

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Annie Glenn, the widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn and a communication disorders advocate, died Tuesday at age 100. Glenn died of COVID-19 complications at a nursing home near St.
Song critical of Polish leader disappears from hit chart

Song critical of Polish leader disappears from hit chart

WARSAW, Poland — A song took aim at an alleged abuse of power by Poland's ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. It rose to the top of the chart of a public radio station. Then it disappeared. The public broadcaster is now accused of censorship.