Restart or re-stop? Countries reopen amid second-wave fears
May 11, 2020
By LORI HINNANT and NICK PERRY PARIS (AP) — Plastic spacing barriers and millions of masks appeared Monday on the streets of Europe’s newly reopened cities, as France and Belgium emerged from lockdowns, the Netherlands…
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5 things to know today - that aren’t about the virus
May 08, 2020
By The Associated Press Your daily look at nonvirus stories in the news: 1. ‘THE FIRST STEP TO JUSTICE’ Georgia authorities arrest a white father and son and charge them with murder in the shooting death of…
AP Exclusive: US shelves detailed guide to reopening country
May 07, 2020
By JASON DEAREN and MIKE STOBBE GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration has shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to…
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May 06, 2020
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Detroit automakers push for restart of plants within 2 weeks
May 05, 2020
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May 04, 2020
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Healthy pigs being killed as meatpacking backlog hits farms
May 01, 2020
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Apr 30, 2020
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US economy shrank 4.8% last quarter, with worst yet to come
Apr 29, 2020
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank at a 4.8% annual rate last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the country and began triggering a recession that will end…
In rural U.S., fears of virus seem far away as stores reopen
Apr 28, 2020
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the tiny Montana…