By CANDICE CHOI AP Food & Health Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After making a brief comeback on school lunch menus, white bread and other refined grains may be vanishing again when schools reopen after a…
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UN chief: world faces misinformation epidemic about virus
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that the world is facing “a dangerous epidemic of misinformation” about COVID-19 and a…
Fauci: ‘We’re not there yet’ on key steps to reopen economy
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and JULIE PACE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said Tuesday the U.S. does not yet have the critical test…
Trump’s ‘I alone can fix it’ view and state powers collide
By MICHAEL TACKETT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump insists there are “numerous provisions” in the Constitution to support his view that he has “total authority” to order stat…
Trump reverses course on power to ‘reopen’ states amid virus
By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s open to some states “reopening” before federal social distancing guidelines expire at the end…
Starting a vegetable garden: the basics
By LEE REICH Associated Press Lots of people sheltering at home now because of the coronavirus pandemic are thinking about planting a vegetable garden. It offers more than food: Growing vegetables is …
Virus cases about 2M worldwide; few new hot spots
By ERIC TUCKER, ARITZ PARRA and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New York’s coronavirus death toll topped 10,000 and the worldwide number of confirmed cases hovered around 2 mill…
Virus closes some meat plants, raising fears of shortages
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Some massive meat processing plants have closed at least temporarily because their workers were sickened by the new coronavirus, raising concerns that …
Storms tear through South amid pandemic; more than 30 dead
By BRYNN ANDERSON and JAY REEVES Associated Press CHATSWORTH, Ga. (AP) — Storms that killed more than 30 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United …
Sanders backs Biden as ex-rivals join forces to beat Trump
By BILL BARROW and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on Monday, encouraging his progressive supporters to rally behind …