U.S. labor leader Trumka has died, Schumer says

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, 72, has died, Senate Majority Chuck Schumer announced Thursday on the Senate floor. "We have just lost a giant," said Schumer, a New York Democrat, in a brief speech.

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China seals city as its worst virus outbreak in a year grows

China's worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic a year and a half ago escalated Wednesday with dozens more cases around the country, the sealing-off of one city and the punishment of its local leaders.

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