By CARLA K. JOHNSON, ADAM GELLER and ERIC OLSON Associated Press Things were so much clearer when just about everything was locked down. Now, with states lifting their coronavirus restrictions pieceme…
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Trump orders meat processing plants to remain open
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took executive action Tuesday to order meat processing plants to stay open amid concerns over growing coronavirus cases and the…
Nearly 70 dead in ‘horrific’ outbreak at veterans home
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what w…
Video shows Chicago officer shooting subway rider in back
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Extended security and body-cam video released Tuesday shows Chicago police shooting an unarmed short-order cook at the foot of a subway escalator…
Hillary Clinton becomes latest Democrat to endorse Biden
By BILL BARROW Associated Press Hillary Clinton, the first woman to become a major party’s presidential nominee, endorsed Joe Biden’s White House bid on Tuesday, continuing Democrats’…
Riots in crisis-hit Lebanon reflect growing poverty, despair
By BASSAM HATOUM and BILAL HUSSEIN Associated Press TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Hundreds of protesters in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli clashed with troops until late Tuesday night leaving seve…
Canada mass shooter obtained police car replica at auction
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia this month obtained a replica police car at an auction and outfitted it with a light bar and decals that mad…
Riots, escapes and fear as coronavirus hits juvenile centers
By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press Nicole Hingle wasn’t surprised when the call came. Frustrations had been building inside juvenile detention centers nationwide as the number of coro…
AP-NORC poll: Rising support for mail voting amid pandemic
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ support for mail-in voting has jumped amid concerns about the safety of polling places during the coronavirus pa…
After COVID-19 recovery, first responders get back to work
By STEFANIE DAZIO, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press The new coronavirus doesn’t care about a blue uniform or a shiny badge. Police, firefighters, paramedics and corrections of…