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Advocates with mask donation turned away from San Diego immigration detention center
SAN DIEGO — Staff at Otay Mesa Detention Center did not allow Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez to donate masks to help protect detainees from the COVID-19 outbreak inside when she showed up at the facility gate on Friday. Gonzalez, whose district includes the detention center, joined with several immigrant rights advocacy...
Polish government gets pushback on postal presidential vote
WARSAW — The Polish government’s determination to move forward with a scheduled presidential election next month by making it an all-postal vote has sparked anxiety and anger amid the coronavirus pandemic, with critics slamming the plan as a threat to the health of both the public and Poland’s democracy. Health...
US states begin easing lockdowns as virus weakens in Asia
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The U.S. states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska began loosening lockdown orders on their pandemic-wounded businesses, even as the confirmed U.S. death toll from the coronavirus soared past 50,000 and despite warnings from health experts that such steps may be coming too early. The news came as...
Trump claims sarcasm in comments about injecting disinfectants
WASHINGTON — Don’t inject disinfectants, health officials leapt to warn on Friday, reacting to President Donald Trump’s comment that disinfectants perhaps could be injected or ingested to fight covid-19. His suggestion even prompted the maker of Lysol to warn its product should never be used internally. “As a global leader...
Navy recommends reinstatement of fired carrier captain
WASHINGTON — The top Navy officer has recommended the reinstatement of the aircraft carrier captain fired for sending a fraught email to commanders pleading for faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, officials familiar with the investigation said Friday. Adm. Mike Gilday recommended that Navy Capt. Brett...
U.S. states build stockpiles of malaria drug touted by Trump
SALT LAKE CITY — State and local governments across the United States have obtained 30 million doses of a malaria drug touted by President Trump to treat patients with the new coronavirus, despite warnings from doctors that more research is needed. At least 21 states and Washington, D.C. secured shipments...
Canada mass shooting started with assault on girlfriend
TORONTO — Canada’s worst mass shooting erupted from an argument between the gunman and his girlfriend, who survived the attack, police confirmed Friday. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt. Darren Campbell said the weekend shooting rampage started with an assault by the suspect on his girlfriend and ended with 22 people...
‘Disappointing’ week of divorce talks between EU, Britain
BRUSSELS — Key players and the economies on both sides of the Brexit divide have been hammered by the corona crisis. Yet, even this common enemy is not enough to bring the European Union and Britain closer together in talks about their post-Brexit relationship. After another week of deeply frustrating...
From guns to GoPros, Asian Americans seek to deter attacks
When Eddie Song leaves his Manhattan home, it can feel like heading into battle. The Korean American startup founder and avid rider dons his armored motorcycle jacket, motorcycle gloves, a skull face mask and a GoPro camera. “The GoPro is on all the time whenever I leave the house now....
Georgia businesses reopen cautiously amid coronavirus worry
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Some businesses in Georgia reopened cautiously Friday as the Republican governor eased a monthlong shutdown amid experts’ warnings of a potential new surge in coronavirus infections and a potent objection from President Donald Trump. Georgia has ranked in the bottom per capita for testing — a key...
Kentucky mayor finds woman hiding in his home’s cellar
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A Kentucky mayor said he found a woman hiding in his cellar. Bowling Green Mayor Bruce Wilkerson said he found the woman Wednesday morning after he heard noises and smelled cigarette smoke outside a home he was renovating, WNKY-TV reported. When he checked the cellar, he...
Meghan suit set for hearing in UK High Court
A preliminary hearing in the Duchess of Sussex’s legal case against a British newspaper is set to take place in Britain’s High Court on Friday as Meghan challenges the publication of a letter she wrote to her father. Meghan is suing the Mail on Sunday and its parent company, Associated...
Judge blocks background checks that denied ammo to law-abiding gun owners in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge has blocked California’s ammunition background check program, which had prevented nearly one in five law-abiding gun owners from purchasing ammunition because of database glitches and other record-keeping problems. In a 120-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez said the state’s program has been...
Pentagon to send Blue Angels, Thunderbirds to honor essential workers during pandemic
The famed Blue Angels and Thunderbirds will perform a multicity tour over the United States to honor health care workers and other essential employees during the coronavirus pandemic. The air shows will occur over “America’s major cities and some of the cities that aren’t so major,” President Trump said this...
Mother, son duo accused of shooting at FedEx driver who ran over family dogVideo
Authorities in North Carolina arrested a mother and son Monday after police said they retaliated with gunshots when their pet dog was run over. According to Charlotte-based ABC affiliate WSOC-TV, Catawba County deputies said a FedEx driver accidentally ran over the dog and was accosted by the owners. Following FedEx...
Restaurant’s pandemic debut clogs traffic in West Virginia
CROSS LANES, W.Va. — The cars snaked out of the parking lot, up the road and onto the interstate. A newly opened restaurant during the coronavirus pandemic caused quite a stir among cooped-up residents in a small town in West Virginia. Cook Out’s soft opening on Wednesday was a smashing...
At least 7 dead as storms hit Oklahoma, Texas and LouisianaVideo
MADILL, Okla. — Severe weather blew through the South on Thursday after killing at least seven people in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, including a worker at a factory hit by an apparent tornado, a man whose car was blown off the road and a man who went outside to grab...
Police: Georgia stepfather fatally shot teen during quarantine fight
ATLANTA — A teenager was fatally shot by his stepfather during a fight that may have been related to the coronavirus pandemic, Atlanta police said. Bernie Hargrove, 42, was charged Thursday morning with felony murder in the death of De’onte Roberts, 16, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Roberts’ mother told police...
Court declines to unseal video in shooting of Indiana judges
INDIANAPOLIS — A man charged with shooting and wounding two judges during a fight outside an Indianapolis fast food restaurant lost a bid to have surveillance video and other evidence unsealed. Marion Superior Criminal Court Judge Shatrese Flowers on Wednesday denied Brandon Kaiser’s motion to dismiss a protective order that...
Bugged: Earth’s insect population shrinks 27% in 30 years
KENSINGTON, Maryland — The world has lost more than one quarter of its land-dwelling insects in the past 30 years, according to researchers whose big picture study of global bug decline paints a disturbing but more nuanced problem than earlier research. From bees and other pollinators crucial to the world’s...
Despite risks, auto workers step up to make medical gear
DETROIT — Cindy Parkhurst could have stayed home collecting most of her pay while the Ford plant where she normally works remains closed due to coronavirus fears. Instead, she along with hundreds of workers at Ford, General Motors, Toyota and other companies has gone back to work to make face...
Gov. Cuomo says antibody survey shows wide exposure to coronavirus in N.Y.Video
NEW YORK — More evidence is emerging that far more New Yorkers have had the coronavirus than the number confirmed by lab tests, officials said Thursday, offering insight that could help authorities decide how and how quickly to let people stop isolating from friends and return to work. Blood samples...
Elizabeth Warren’s oldest brother dies of coronavirus
BOSTON — The oldest brother of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Donald Reed Herring, has died from the coronavirus, the Massachusetts senator said Thursday. The former Democratic presidential candidate said her brother died Tuesday evening. He spent his career in the military after joining the U.S. Air Force at the age of...
Health official: 1 million in New York City possibly exposed to coronavirus
NEW YORK — As many as 1 million people in New York City may have been exposed to the coronavirus, the city’s health commissioner said Thursday. More than 142,000 people in the city have tested positive for the virus, “but that really is, I think, the tip of the iceberg,”...
8 big cats at Bronx Zoo test positive for coronavirus
NEW YORK — Another seven big cats at the Bronx Zoo have tested positive for coronavirus, just weeks after a Malayan tiger named Nadia was found to have the disease that is ravaging New York. Zoo officials announced the test results Wednesday, saying five tigers and three lions have coronavirus....
