Nation
May 12, 2020
Georgia shooting witness says he's getting threats

Georgia shooting witness says he's getting threats

William R. Bryan is identified as a witness in the police report taken after Ahmaud Arbery's shooting. He has not been charged. "I am not feeling safe at all. I haven't felt safe in at least three to five days now," Bryan said
Nation
May 9, 2020
Protesters demand justice for black Ga. runner

Protesters demand justice for black Ga. runner

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Glynn County courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia on Friday demanding justice for Ahmaud Arbery.
Nation
May 9, 2020
N.Y. children die from syndrome possibly linked to virus

N.Y. children die from syndrome possibly linked to virus

Three children have now died in New York state from a possible complication from the coronavirus involving swollen blood vessels and heart problems, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.
Nation
May 9, 2020
Barred from public weddings, couples take to lawns

Barred from public weddings, couples take to lawns

Couples with dashed wedding plans due to lockdown restrictions have been tying the knot on lawns instead.
Nation
May 9, 2020
Cuomo: NY to expand virus testing for minorities

Cuomo: NY to expand virus testing for minorities

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday a new initiative to expand testing for the coronavirus within low income minority communities.
Nation
May 8, 2020
Trump joins World War II vets at V-E Day ceremony

Trump joins World War II vets at V-E Day ceremony

The seven veterans who took part at the wreath-laying ceremony were ages 96 to 100.
Nation
May 7, 2020
Hundreds evacuated as wildfires rage in NW Florida

Hundreds evacuated as wildfires rage in NW Florida

Wildfires raging in the Florida Panhandle have forced nearly 500 people to evacuate from their homes, authorities said.
Nation
May 7, 2020
Trump: 'Big price' should be paid for Flynn case

Trump: 'Big price' should be paid for Flynn case

President Donald Trump applauded the news from the Justice Department.
Coronavirus
May 6, 2020
Trump: Coronavirus Task Force will continue for now

Trump: Coronavirus Task Force will continue for now

Trump on Wednesday reversed course on plans to wind down his COVID-19 task force.
Coronavirus
May 6, 2020
Trump says he wore face mask at Honeywell plant

Trump says he wore face mask at Honeywell plant

Trump says he did so backstage, out of view of the press, for "not too long" a time.
Business
May 6, 2020
From hospital, Justice Ginsburg argues 'Obamacare' case

From hospital, Justice Ginsburg argues 'Obamacare' case

The case involves Trump administration rules that would allow more employers who cite a religious or moral objection to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women.
Business
May 6, 2020
The bar area at the Famous Dave's location in Maple Grove shown in a September 2016 file photo. (Staff photo by Jeff Wheeler) To counter sales decline

Owner of Famous Dave's, Granite City chains gets $13 million federal loan

Famous Dave's, Granite City owner says firm needed access to capital.
Local
May 5, 2020
An image from an electron microscope shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Scientists say this version of the coronavirus has mutated and

Study: Mutant virus has emerged, even more contagious than original

In addition to spreading faster, it may make people vulnerable to a second infection after a first bout with the disease, the report warned.
Coronavirus
May 5, 2020
Without mask, Trump tours Arizona face mask plant

Without mask, Trump tours Arizona face mask plant

He took a brief tour of a Honeywell plant that's making N95 respirator masks.
Coronavirus
May 5, 2020
Trump talks about winding down virus task force

Trump talks about winding down virus task force

President Donald Trump defended his administration's plans to wrap up the work of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
Nation
May 4, 2020

After suspension, census will restart work in some rural areas

Business
May 4, 2020
FILE - In this May 5, 2019, file photo Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks following the annual Berkshire Hathaway sharehol

Warren Buffett sells stake in Delta, other airlines

Nation
May 3, 2020

High court goes high tech, sort of

Nation
May 3, 2020
Chris Looney, a Washington State entomologist, displays a dead two-inch Asian giant hornet on his jacket in Blaine, Wash. on April 23, 2020. Sightings

A deadly pest has reached North America: The 'murder hornet'

Asian giant hornets can use mandibles shaped like spiked shark fins to wipe out a honeybee hive in a matter of hours.
Nation
May 2, 2020
A container ship past under the Second Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge on the Yangtze River in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province.

Coronavirus chokes drug trade from Wuhan to Mexico to U.S.

The novel coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan before spreading across the planet has upended the fentanyl supply chain, causing a ripple effect that has cut into the profits of Mexican traffickers and driven up street drug prices across the United States.

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