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US layoffs climb to 41 million, despite business reopenings

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press

Trump preparing order targeting social media protections

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order Thursday aimed at curbing liability protections for social media companies, two days after he lashed out at Twitter for applying fact checks to two of his tweets.

South African bans on tobacco, liquor amid virus stir debate

By ANDREW MELDRUM and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press
    JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A soccer mom in one of Cape Town's posh suburbs drops off a cardboard box of blankets to a neighbor. Inside the box are several bottles of red wine.

Hypocrisy gone viral? Officials set bad COVID-19 examples

By THOMAS ADAMSON and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press
    PARIS (AP) — "Do as I say, but not as I do" was the message many British saw in the behavior of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's key aide, who traveled hundreds of miles with coronavirus symptoms during the country's lockdown.

Protesters mass in Hong Kong as anthem law is debated

By ZEN SOO Associated Press
    HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of protesters shouted pro-democracy slogans and insults at police in Hong Kong on Wednesday as lawmakers debated a bill criminalizing abuse of the Chinese national anthem in the semi-autonomous city.

SpaceX ready to launch NASA astronauts, back on home turf

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — A SpaceX rocket is ready to boost two NASA astronauts into orbit Wednesday, the first launch of Americans from the U.S. in nearly a decade.

Swift firings for Minneapolis officers in death of black man

By AMY FORLITI and JEFF BAENEN Associated Press
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was horrifying.

American virus deaths at 100,000: What does a number mean?

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer
    The fraught, freighted number of this particular American moment is a round one brimming with zeroes: 100,000. A hundred thousands. A thousand hundreds. Five thousand score. More than 8,000 dozen. All dead.

Spike in South Korea virus cases shows perils of reopening

By KIM TONG-HYUNG, JILL LAWLESS and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press

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