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Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Monday, as the market gave up some of the big gains from its first back-to-back weekly increase since February. The selling came as oil prices plunged below zero for the first time, weighed down by excess supplies of crude due to pandemic-related business shutdowns, which have idled factories,

DETROIT — A husband and wife who have jointly devoted decades to fighting crime and saving lives in Detroit lost their 5-year-old daughter to COVID-19 — Michigan’s youngest victim in the coronavirus pandemic. Skylar Herbert died Sunday from complications due to the virus. Even in Detroit, where more than 600 people have died from the

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Monday: Lennox International Inc., down $2.88 to $181.00. The maker of heating, ventilation and air conditioning products slashed its financial forecasts following a disappointing first quarter. M&T Bank Corp., up 12 cents to $105.60. The bank’s first-quarter profit and revenue beat Wall Street forecasts.

Delaying the Tour de France is good for four-time champion Chris Froome, his team manager Dave Brailsford said on Monday. When the French extended their ban on large gatherings into July, the Tour’s start was shifted from late June to late August. Doubt remains about whether it will start even then because of the coronavirus

“The Moment of Tenderness,” by Madeleine L’Engle (Grand Central Publishing) “The Moment of Tenderness” gifts readers with a new batch of stories from the late Madeleine L’Engle, beloved bestselling author of “A Wrinkle in Time.” Discovered and compiled by L’Engle’s granddaughter, Charlotte Jones Voiklis, the stories range widely in plot, from a girl being bullied

Benchmark U.S. crude oil fell $55.90, or more than 300%, to settle at negative $37.63 a barrel Monday. Brent crude oil, the international standard, dropped $2.51 to close at $25.57 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline fell 4 cents to 67 cents a gallon. Heating oil dropped 7 cents to 88 cents a gallon. Natural gas rose

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As unemployment surged during the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., Florida ranked at or near the bottom of all states in its speed of processing those claims, federal data shows. The state is already among the most inhospitable places to be unemployed, and the economic downturn has only

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard announced on Monday that it has significantly upgraded the range of its anti-warship missiles, the state-run news agency reported. The Guard says it now possesses surface-to-surface and subsurface anti-warship missiles with a range as high as 700 kilometers (430 miles), according to its top naval officer, Adm. Ali

UNITED NATIONS — A coalition of 13 human rights and humanitarian organizations urged U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to put the U.S.-led coalition and government-backed forces in Afghanistan and Russian ground and air forces in Syria on a U.N. blacklist of warring parties responsible for killing and injuring children last year. The international advocacy group, the

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The wife of a southern Indiana mayor has been hospitalized for more than a week with a coronavirus infection and her mother died last week from the illness. Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton’s wife, Indiana University law professor Dawn Johnsen, wrote in a Facebook post Monday that she was in her ninth day

OUAHIGOUYA, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s security forces reportedly killed 31 unarmed men in the country’s north earlier this month, according to a report on Monday by Human Rights Watch. The killings occurred on April 9, hours after the men were detained during a government counterterrorism operation in the town of Djibo in the Sahel

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Defense attorneys in Puerto Rico are rushing to court to argue their clients are being held illegally after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that jury verdicts must be unanimous to convict in criminal trials. The decision doesn’t mention Puerto Rico directly, but defense attorneys are seizing the opportunity in

The planet and its wondrous inhabitants take center stage this week in celebration of Earth Day. Several documentaries will spotlight the wonders of the outside world, while a live R&B battle and a new Beastie Boys documentary provide a chance to get moving in our homes. For non-virus offerings, HBO will premiere a new dark

MINNEAPOLIS — JBS USA said it is temporarily shutting down its big pork processing plant in southwestern Minnesota because of an outbreak of COVID-19 among workers, the latest closure of a major U.S. food processing plant due to the pandemic. “We don’t make this decision lightly,” Bob Krebs, president of JBS USA Pork, said in

TIRANA, Albania — Kosovo’s acting prime minister on Monday accused a United States envoy of being “directly involved” in toppling his government last month, calling it part of a plan to achieve a major diplomatic victory in a U.S. election year. Albin Kurti said Richard Grenell, U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Kosovo-Serbia talks,

MIAMI — Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter told team employees during a conference call Monday he is forgoing his salary during the coronavirus pandemic, a person familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press. The person confirmed Jeter’s comments to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Marlins have not commented publicly on the

NEW YORK — One toddler became dizzy, fell and hit her head after drinking from a large bottle of hand sanitizer. A woman had a scary coughing and wheezing fit while soaking her produce in a sink containing bleach, vinegar and hot water. Reports of accidental poisonings from cleaners and disinfectants are up this year,

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and his players agreed to reduce pay by 12.5% on Monday for the next year to help their club deal with the financial impact of the coronavirus. No games have been played in the English Premier League for six weeks and the competition is not likely to resume until at least

ROANOKE, Va. — Three Virginia Tech students are suing the university in federal court over how it handled allegations that they were involved in hazing. The lawsuits were filed last week by former Corps of Cadets members who say they were denied due process while being disciplined, according to The Roanoke Times. A dozen cadets

BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic says if an anti-coronavirus vaccination is compulsory for tennis players to return to the world tours then he won’t take it. Ranked No. 1 in the world, Djokovic said in a live Facebook chat he wouldn’t “be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars are ready to move on from running back Leonard Fournette. A person familiar with the decision says the Jaguars are actively looking to trade the fourth overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t made

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s governor said Monday he was easing restrictions on hospitals from performing elective surgeries even as the state health commissioner remained concerned over whether coronavirus infections were slowing in the state. Gov. Eric Holcomb said while he was extending the statewide stay-at-home order until May 1, hospitals would be allowed starting Tuesday to

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State star CJ Elleby plans to go through the NBA draft process. Elleby, who led the Cougars in scoring and rebounding this season as a sophomore, says he had nothing to lose by putting his name in the draft pool. He can still return to Washington State for his junior season

Top 100 tennis player Nicolas Jarry was given an 11-month doping ban by the International Tennis Federation on Monday, stemming from a failed test at the Davis Cup Finals in November. In separate statements, Jarry, a 24-year-old from Chile, said he “accepted” the punishment, which will keep him from playing until Nov. 15, while the

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival announced Monday that they have forged a deal to form an “emergency” government, ending months of political paralysis and averting what would have been a fourth consecutive election in just over a year. Netanyahu and former military chief Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue