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The Latest: Protests decry Brazil policies as toll tops 500K

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Anti-government protesters have taken to the streets in cities across Brazil as the nation’s confirmed death toll from COVID-19 soared past half a million. It’s a tragedy many critics blame on President Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to minimize the disease. Thousands gathered Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, waving flags reading “Get out Bolsonaro.” Other marchers hoisted posters…

AP Week in Pictures: Global

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JUNE 12 – 18, 2021 From lemurs at a troubled zoo in Chile, to Italian players celebrating during a Euro 2020 soccer championship game in Rome, to a transgender woman laughing with friends in Indian-controlled Kashmir, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from around the…

The Latest: Uganda tightening measures due to virus surge

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KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda is tightening its lockdown measures to try and stem a surge in coronavirus infections in the East African country that is seeing an array of variants. The measures announced late Friday by President Yoweri Museveni include a ban on private and public transportation within and across districts, including in the capital Kampala. Only vehicles carrying cargo…

Father gives daughter life-saving gift as living organ donor

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Mississippi dad Rhett Shaffette says he’s already had the best Father’s Day gift: His daughter is thriving, eight months after getting part of his liver. Twelve-year-old Cecilia received the transplant after nearly losing her life to internal bleeding. After years in frustration on the wait list, the family in Carriere, Mississippi, began searching for a partial liver from a living donor. Her father Rhett turned out to be the perfect match. Only 66 of the 500 liver transplants performed on children last year were from living donors, and only 22 of those were from biological parents. Pediatric surgeons are trying to encourage more anonymous living donors. 

The Latest: Nevada to disburse $5 million in vaccine effort

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LAS VEGAS — Nevada is distributing $5 million in cash prizes to residents who have been vaccinated as part of an effort to encourage more people to get shots. Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday that the new “Vax Nevada Days” initiative provided skeptics one more reason to get vaccinated. His announcement adds Nevada to a growing list of states offering…