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1st deadlines for laid-off workers to get health insurance

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Many laid-off workers who lost health insurance in the coronavirus shutdown soon face the first deadlines to qualify for fallback coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

Biden aims to move left without abandoning centrist roots

By WILL WEISSERT and BILL BARROW Associated Press

NASA astronauts go back to the future with capsule launch

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It's back to the future as NASA astronauts launch again from the U.S. — aboard a retro-style "Right Stuff" capsule.
    Make no mistake: This is not your father's — or grandfather's — capsule.

US faces a Memorial Day like no other; Greek islands reopen

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press

Virus stalls work to keep alive a rare rhino subspecies

By JOE MWIHIA and KHALED KAZZIHA Associated Press
    NANYUKI, Kenya (AP) — It's not quite a case of coitus interruptus, but efforts to create a very special baby are definitely on hold. Blame the pandemic.

SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch breaking new ground for style

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first astronauts launched by SpaceX are breaking new ground for style with hip spacesuits, gull-wing Teslas and a sleek rocketship — all of it white with black trim.

16 days on a ventilator: the first Adams County resident to test positive for coronavirus speaks out

By JAYLYNN ANDREWS
Decatur Daily Democrat

Worker killed along Indiana highway, prompting lane closures

    BURNS HARBOR, Ind. (AP) — A construction worker was killed along a northwestern Indiana interstate early Friday when a semi truck collided with his vehicle, sending it careening into the worker, police said.

Flood raises fears of pollution at Michigan toxic waste site

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer

FBI says Texas naval base shooting is 'terrorism-related'

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press
    A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead early Thursday was being investigated as "terrorism-related," the FBI said, but divulged few details as to why.