Online, in parking lots and on TV: Christians face unusual Easter

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Online, on television and even in their cars in church parking lots, American Christians will, due to the coronavirus pandemic, observe an Easter Sunday unlike any ...

'They need some relief': US cannabis stores exempt from coronavirus lockdown

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Millions of California's Bay area residents can still legally light up as cannabis facilities are exempt from a cornonavirus lockdown that has shuttered most businesses ...

R&B singer R. Kelly arrested on federal sex crime charges - media

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Grammy Award-winning singer R. Kelly was arrested in Chicago on federal sex crime charges, NBC News said, citing unidentified law enforcement officials.

12 dead as Arctic freeze wreaks havoc in US

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The blast of Arctic air that caused at least a dozen deaths and cancelling or delaying thousands of flights in the US Midwest, spread eastward.

NASA launches mission to go deep into Sun's scorching atmosphere

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NASA launched a space probe early Sunday that will go closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before, the agency announced.

Fear mounts as hurricane ploughs towards Hawaii's volcano

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Hurricane Hector regained strength and swelled into a Category 4 storm as it stayed on target to possibly hit Hawaii by midweek, officials said.

Three killed after nude man goes on shooting rampage at US restaurant

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A man who was naked but for a green jacket shot and killed three people and wounded four others at a Waffle House restaurant in the US, police said.

Democrat Jones wins US Senate seat in Alabama in blow to Trump

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Democrat Doug Jones won the fight for a US Senate seat in deeply conservative Alabama, dealing a political blow to President Donald Trump.