2nd case challenging 2020 census preparation dismissed

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For the second time this spring, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing the U.S. Census Bureau of not devoting enough manpower and offices on the ground to have a successful count of …

Kansas City, St. Louis leaders urge lakegoers to quarantine

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Leaders in Kansas City, St. Louis and the state of Kansas urged people who partied close together at Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend to self-quarantine for two weeks, ami…

NY Stock Exchange reopens as US closes in on 100,000 dead

NEW YORK (AP) — The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange reopened Tuesday in a largely symbolic step toward economic recovery, and stocks surged, even as the official U.S. death toll from the coronavirus cl…

Afghan government releases hundreds of Taliban prisoners

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan government released hundreds of Taliban prisoners Tuesday, its single largest prisoner release since the U.S. and the Taliban signed a peace deal earlier this year that spells o…

Georgia gov offers state as alternative GOP convention host

WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia’s governor is offering his state and its “world-class facilities” as host of the Republican National Convention — a day after President Donald Trump threatened to pull the convention out o…

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Dispute over dog in Central Park sparks racism accusations

NEW YORK (AP) — The verbal dispute between a white woman walking her dog and a black man bird watching in Central Park might normally have gone unnoticed in a city preoccupied by the coronavirus pandemic.

Police: Student fugitive who killed 2 took Uber to Walmart

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The search for a University of Connecticut student police say is armed and on the run after killing two people focused in its fifth day Tuesday on Pennsylvania, where he was reported seen tak…

France unveils $8.8 billion rescue for ailing car industry

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled Tuesday an 8 billion-euro ($8.8 billion) plan to save the country’s car industry from huge losses wrought by virus lockdowns, including a big boost for electri…

Dangerous blood clots pose a perplexing coronavirus threat

First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body.

Transgender bathroom ban heard by federal appeals court

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board defended its transgender bathroom ban before a federal appeals court Tuesday, as a transgender man who was barred as a student from using the boys' bathrooms at his high…

Italy: 10 arrests made in probe of mob-controlled cemetery

ROME (AP) — Italian police have arrested 10 people while investigating the alleged control by mobsters of a cemetery in northern Italy.

Northern NYC suburbs enter Phase 1 of reopening after virus

NEW YORK (AP) — New York's Hudson Valley and the suburbs north of New York City eased restrictions intended to stop the spread of the coronavirus Tuesday as the trading floor of the New York Stock exchange reopened…

Bells ring again on the NYSE and traders buy shares of Crocs

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Tuesday related to national and global response, the work place and the spread of the vir…