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Woman arraigned in killing of security guard over virus mask
FLINT, Mich. — A Michigan woman was formally charged Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a store security guard who refused to allow her daughter inside because she wasn’t wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.
May 6, 2020 8:28 PM
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Former Iraqi intelligence chief approved as new premier
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s former spy chief was sworn in as prime minister by lawmakers early Thursday after weeks of tense political negotiations as the country faces a severe economic crisis spurred by plummeting oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.
May 6, 2020 7:56 PM
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Mermaids returning to Montana tiki bar as it reopens
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — For patrons at a Montana tiki bar that has a back wall of a window into a motel swimming pool, it's typical to see mermaids in the water five nights a week.
May 6, 2020 4:28 PM
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Israeli Supreme Court: Netanyahu may form government
JERUSALEM — Israel's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may form a new government while under indictment for corruption charges, clearing the way for him and his rival-turned-uneasy ally to join together in a controv
May 6, 2020 4:08 PM
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New campus sexual assault rules bolster rights of accused
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday issued a new policy that will reshape the way schools and universities respond to complaints of sexual misconduct, bolstering the rights of the accused and narrowing the scope of cases colleges are require
May 6, 2020 3:45 PM
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Clashes between Arabs, non-Arabs in Sudan province kill 30
CAIRO — Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s South Darfur province left at least 30 people dead and a dozen wounded, authorities said Wednesday.
May 6, 2020 2:02 PM
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Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider-Esleben dies aged 73
BERLIN — Florian Schneider-Esleben, a co-founder of German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, has died, record label Sony said Wednesday. He was 73.
May 6, 2020 10:13 AM
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New anthology collects dozens of poems about pandemic
NEW YORK — As the coronavirus spread in March, poet Ada Limon struggled at first to write, feeling “flattened and silenced” by a pandemic that had shut down much of the world she knew. “I could call nothing to me.
May 6, 2020 8:13 AM
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EU forecasts 'recession of historic proportions' this year
BRUSSELS — The European Union predicted Wednesday “a recession of historic proportions this year” due to the impact of the coronavirus as it released its first official estimates of the damage the pandemic is inflicting on the bloc’s economy.
May 6, 2020 7:33 AM
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HGTV, Food Network helped by coronavirus stay-at-homes
NEW YORK — Americans stuck at home staring at fading furniture and wondering what to cook for dinner have been a boon for television networks like HGTV and the Food Network.
May 6, 2020 6:49 AM
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