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WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is working to reassert himself in national politics three weeks after taking command of the Democratic presidential primary.

BEIJING — The publishers of three major American newspapers have written an open letter asking China to reverse its recent decision to expel many of their correspondents working in the country.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) _ Steelcase Inc. (SCS) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $66.5 million.

The 49ers have agreed to terms with Chargers wide receiver Travis Benjamin, 30, on a one-year contract, adding potential depth and experience to a young and unsettled position group, a league source said.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Hospitals, nursing homes and child care centers are asking Pennsylvania state government for more money to avoid closures amid a surge of coronavirus -related demands on staffing and equipment, while the union representing state corrections officers wants the prison system to stop transferring inmates.

KABUL — Washington’s unprecedented threat to cut $1 billion in Afghanistan funding — a response to the refusal of rivals in Kabul to work together to advance peace — comes at a time when the impoverished nation risks being overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.

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BRUSSELS — European affairs ministers agreed Tuesday to allow Albania and North Macedonia to begin European Union membership talks, paving the way for the bloc’s leaders to sign off on the move that could end years of setbacks and disappointment for the two Balkan nations.

MARACAIBO, Venezuela — In their final minutes together, Jean Carlos, 8, held his mother’s hand like an anchor and promised to “take deep breaths” so he wouldn’t cry. His sister, Crisol, 10, hid angrily in the kitchen. His brother, Cristian, 12, hauled a blue suitcase into the yard.

How the heck do I work and home-school my two sons? I get asked this question a lot, but especially over the past couple of weeks.

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Thalía y Residente pidieron a los mexicanos quedarse en casa un día antes de que el gobierno implementara la Fase 2 de contingencia por el coronavirus, por lo cual es oficial que a partir del martes se tomarán medidas más restrictivas para tratar de controlar la enfermedad en el país.

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Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters will have to wait a while longer for her new album after the artist announced on Twitter this morning that its release will be postponed to an unknown date later in 2020 due to worries about COVID-19.

After the government agreed to help homeowners unable to pay their mortgages due to the coronavirus, many renters cried foul. Now they may get some relief.

A cold system moving across Northern California Monday will deliver spotty showers, bouts of hail and maybe a few thunderstorms to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Airline service in the United States is teetering on the brink of collapse, with near-empty planes and coronavirus outbreaks that have left some air traffic control towers empty.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut businesses adapted to new social distancing guidelines Tuesday, and state lawmakers were planning to continue work on an assistance package for small companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak despite the postponement of the legislative session.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voting advocacy groups and the mayor of Wisconsin's largest city on Tuesday urged Gov. Tony Evers to close polling sites and conduct the state's spring election entirely by mail to protect voters and a dwindling pool of election workers from the coronavirus.

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 70-year-old man experiencing chest pains from his boat off the Florida coast on Monday, the agency said in a news release.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett is appearing in an animated ad about proper hand-washing techniques to help educate kids during the coronavirus outbreak.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A review board has overturned the firing of an Iowa workplace safety inspector, finding that he unfairly faced retribution after reporting a hostile work environment inside the agency.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The number of positive cases of COVID-19 has grown by another 19 in Iowa, bringing the state total to 124 confirmed cases, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday.

CHICAGO (AP) — A former nurse is suing a Chicago hospital for allegedly firing her in retaliation for warning colleagues that masks provided by the hospital to treat COVID-19 patients would not sufficiently protect them from contracting the disease.