By ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he’s in “no rush” to negotiate another financial rescue bill, even as the government reported that…
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Lawyers: Investigators recommend whistleblower is reinstated
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators have found “reasonable grounds” that a government whistleblower was punished for speaking out against widespread use…
VP Pence’s press secretary tests positive for coronavirus
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said Friday, making her the second per…
Stuck on cruise ships during pandemic, crews beg to go home
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and GUILLERMO GARAT Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Carolina Vásquez lost track of days and nights, unable to see the sunlight while stuck for two weeks in a windowless cruise shi…
America’s business of prisons thrives even amid a pandemic
By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, prisoners in at least 40 states continue going to work. Someti…
Experts worry CDC is sidelined in coronavirus response
By MIKE STOBBE, JASON DEAREN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has repeatedly found its suggestions for fighting the coronavirus outbreak …
Father, son charged with killing black man Ahmaud Arbery
By RUSS BYNUM and BEN NADLER Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities arrested a white father and son Thursday and charged them with murder in the February shooting death of a black m…
Governors disregarding White House guidelines on reopening
By MICHELLE R. SMITH, NICKY FORSTER and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press Many governors across the U.S. are disregarding or creatively interpreting White House guidelines for safely easing restri…
Trump administration buries detailed CDC advice on reopening
By JASON DEAREN and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice t…
US faces ‘truly daunting’ challenges on needed COVID tests
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a massive effort, the nation faces “truly daunting” challenges to deploy millions of coronavirus tests to safely re-open the econo…