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Virus tracing app could go live in Pennsylvania in August
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A contact-tracing app for mobile phones is being piloted and could go live in Pennsylvania in the coming weeks as part of an effort to more quickly contain coronavirus outbreaks by notifying people who may have been exposed, a state Health Department official said Wednesday.
After Ecuador eased its lockdown, the virus surged in Quito
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Struggling to breathe, Luis Gualotuña arrived before dawn Wednesday at a coronavirus testing site in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito, which has experienced an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases since the government started to reopen the economy last month.
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
As the world races to find a vaccine and a cure for COVID-19, there is seemingly no antidote in sight for the burgeoning outbreak of coronavirus conspiracy theories, hoaxes, anti-mask myths and sham treatments. The phenomenon, unfolding largely on social media, escalated this week when President Donald Trump retweeted a false video about an anti-malarial drug being a cure for the virus and it was revealed that Russian intelligence is spreading disinformation about the crisis through English-language websites. Experts say the flood of bad information is dangerously undermining efforts to slow the virus, which is now blamed for 150,000 deaths in the U.S.
Ex-Indiana Gov. Kernan, who was a Vietnam POW, dies at 74
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan, a Vietnam prisoner of war who entered politics and was thrust into the state’s top office when his predecessor suffered a deadly stroke, died Wednesday at age 74.
Trump administration won't accept new DACA applications
CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will reject new applications and shorten renewal periods for an Obama-era program that shields young people from deportation, taking a defiant stance after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to let it be scrapped completely.
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Baseball season teeters, while states resist mask rules
Hundreds wait hours for coronavirus care in Ecuador capital
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Hundreds of people with breathing problems waited for hours in long lines in Ecuador's capital Tuesday seeking medical attention and tests to determine if they were infected with the new coronavirus.
Trump administration won't accept new DACA applications
CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will reject new applications and shorten renewal periods for an Obama-era program that shields young people from deportation, taking a defiant stance after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to let it be scrapped completely.
Former Vernon Parish state lawmaker and sheriff has died
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Frank “Frankie” Howard, a former Louisiana state lawmaker and Vernon Parish sheriff, has died at age 81.
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, July 29, the 211th day of 2020. There are 155 days left in the year.
Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 104
PARIS (AP) — Olivia de Havilland, the doe-eyed actress beloved to millions as the sainted Melanie Wilkes of “Gone With the Wind,” but also a two-time Oscar winner and an off-screen fighter who challenged and unchained Hollywood’s contract system, died Sunday at her home in Paris. She was 104.
Olivia de Havilland embodied old Hollywood, and shook it up
NEW YORK (AP) — She was one of Hollywood’s most glamorous stars and determined off-screen fighters. No one was better suited than Olivia de Havilland to play the sainted Melanie Wilkes in “Gone With the Wind” or more tenacious about the right to appear in the films of her choosing.
Volunteers came to the rescue as virus raged in Kyrgyzstan
MOSCOW (AP) — When his mother began deteriorating from the coronavirus two weeks ago, Bektour Iskender knew that hospitals in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, were full. So he turned to Twitter for advice.
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis lies in state at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a solemn display of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders praised Democratic Rep. John Lewis as a moral force for the nation in a Capitol Rotunda memorial service rich with symbolism and punctuated by the booming, recorded voice of the late civil rights icon.
Inslee announces delay to tighter wedding, funeral restrictions
OLYMPIA — Newly announced restrictions on the size of weddings and funerals will be delayed until Aug. 10, four days later than was previously stated, Gov. Jay Inslee posted on social media Sunday.
Juanita ‘Ann’ Smithwick
October 23, 1932 – June 20, 2020
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis lies in state at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a solemn display of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders praised Democratic Rep. John Lewis as a moral force for the nation on Monday in a Capitol Rotunda memorial service rich with symbolism and punctuated by the booming, recorded voice of the late civil rights icon.
Lewis hailed as ‘conscience’ of Congress at Capitol memorial
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a solemn display of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders praised Democratic Rep. John Lewis as a moral force for the nation on Monday in a Capitol Rotunda memorial service rich with symbolism and punctuated by the booming, recorded voice of the late civil rights icon.
Pelosi, others hail John Lewis as ‘conscience’ of Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a solemn display of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders praised Democratic Rep. John Lewis as a moral force for the nation on Monday in a Capitol Rotunda memorial service rich with symbolism and punctuated by the booming, recorded voice of the late civil rights icon.
Former Vernon Parish state lawmaker and sheriff has died
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Frank “Frankie” Howard, a former Louisiana state lawmaker and Vernon Parish sheriff, has died at age 81.