Coronavirus complicates Appalachian Trail hikers' plans

WASHINGTON (AP) — In some respects, people starting the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail this month couldn’t have better timing. While the novel coronavirus was spreading across the globe with alarming speed, they were leaving civilization behind and heading to the woods of northern Georgia, with the ultimate goal of walking …
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Virginia city honors slavery's end over Jefferson's birthday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — His name still adorns much of the city, from the public library to a private winery. And from the foot of a mountain dedicated to him, his statue still gazes out over the university he founded.
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Nation to give Reagan a grand goodbye

WASHINGTON — He was never particularly at home in Washington. He believed big government was the bane of the nation, and he preferred weekends at Camp David in the Maryland mountains to the whirl of the capital.
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