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Captain Sir Tom Moore, a World War II veteran who raised more than $40 million to help Britain's health service fight the coronavirus, has died from COVID-19 at 100 years old.

The U.K. had planned to fly a group of asylum-seekers to Rwanda until a court stepped in. It's part of a new British immigration policy that's been widely criticized as cruel.

British playwright Harold Pinter, who juxtaposed the brutal and the banal in such works as The Caretaker and The Birthday Party and made an art form out of spare language and unbearable silence, won the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday.

It's a system similar to Amber Alerts and silver alerts, which are used respectively for missing children and vulnerable adults in many states.

If you acquire a piece of second-hand furniture that has bedbugs, even a thorough cleaning and time may not be enough to fully eradicate the Cimex lectularius from your furnishings.

The series is tied at one game a piece. The Miami Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs Sunday night 103-84. Last week, the Spurs beat the Heat in the opener.

Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo further demonstrates its desire to compete with Google, which has dominated the Web search industry. But analysts warn that Microsoft and Yahoo each bring flawed Internet strategies to the table, while Google holds a strong hand.

Another batch of negative economic reports Tuesday: One showed inflation sharply higher; another found consumers in a glum mood; and a third reported housing prices continuing to fall. Nevertheless, the stock market ended the day up.

A bipartisan amendment by senators could undo a deal struck days ago to revive the Chinese telecom giant after it was cut off from its U.S. suppliers over sales to Iran and North Korea.

The boat was carrying more than 100 passengers, mostly Chinese. The Thai navy said another 29 people are still missing after the vessel capsized in rough weather off the resort island of Phuket.