Texas, Ohio among many states to take steps toward reopening

Restaurants opened up to dine-in patrons in at least three states Monday and the governor of Texas allowed movie theaters, malls and eateries to start letting customers trickle into their establishments later this …

Remains from landfill identified as missing Minnesota woman

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in western Minnesota said Monday remains recovered from a landfill have been identified as those of a missing 19-year-old woman who prosecutors say was killed and dismembered.

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Barr to prosecutors: Look for unconstitutional virus rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr on Monday ordered federal prosecutors across the U.S. to identify coronavirus-related restrictions from state and local governments “that could be violating the const…

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Judge to Chicago jail: Do more to protect inmates from virus

CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County Jail in Chicago must do more to ensure social distancing among its 4,000 inmates to stem the spread of the coronavirus that’s already killed six detainees and one guard at the facility, a…

3 takeaways of AP review of COVID-19 in youth detention

Fear and frustration is rising in some juvenile detention centers as the number of youth and staff infected by the coronavirus continues to mount, with riots and escapes reported in facilities in hard hit New York …

Austin mayor 'disturbed' by fatal police shooting of man

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The mayor of Austin, Texas, said Monday that he’s “disturbed” by a video he has seen of the fatal shooting of a man by an Austin police officer as the man drove away from police.

Texas woman kills her 2 children, mother in murder-suicide

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio woman fatally shot her two children and her mother before shooting herself inside their North Side apartment complex, according to the San Antonio Police Department.

Erdogan backs cleric who claims homosexuality brings disease

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday threw his weight behind Turkey’s top Muslim cleric, who caused a storm by claiming homosexuality “brings disease and causes this generation to decay.”

Russia dismisses media report of plot to poison Prague mayor

PRAGUE (AP) — The Russian embassy in Prague has formally protested to the Czech Foreign Ministry over a media report claiming that Russian spies may have plotted to poison the mayor of Prague and another local offi…

Stocks climb globally as hopes build for easing lockdowns

Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street and around the world as governments prepare to gradually lift restrictions they imposed on businesses to slow the sweep of the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% Mo…