Warnick: Hospitals need to reopen, special session likely before end of year

Hospitals need to reopen, special session likely before end of year, Warnick says

MOSES LAKE — With private residential construction set to restart and outdoor recreation to open up on May 5, Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, says “non-essential” medical procedures should be the next thing to resume for the state to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown.

As lockdowns ease, health officials urge virus vigilance

BANGKOK (AP) — As governments move forward with plans to ease coronavirus restrictions, health officials around the globe are calling on the public to remain vigilant so that hard-won victories in the battle against the pandemic are not lost.

In NYC it's 'survival of fittest for fashion brands'

NEW YORK (AP) — Felicia Lynch started a dream job last November as an assistant knitwear designer for a luxury brand working in lower Manhattan before the coronavirus pandemic took full swing in New York’s fashion capital and tossed her off the payroll.

Asia Today: Concerns raised over Malaysia lockdown penalties

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian lawyers and an international rights group have voiced concern over what they say is excessive sentencing of violators of the country’s coronavirus lockdown.

Medicare applications raise anxiety for seniors in pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — At greater risk from COVID-19, some seniors now face added anxiety due to delays obtaining Medicare coverage.

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Southern California city votes to keep beaches open

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Newport Beach won’t close its beaches, officials voted Tuesday, despite criticism by California’s governor that weekend crowds threatened efforts to slow the coronavirus and reopen the state’s economy.

In Aceh, Indonesians pray at mosque but bring their own rugs

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of people join the Ramadan evening prayers at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in the capital of Indonesia's far western Aceh province.

The Latest: Malaysian lawyers worried about high arrest rate

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The Latest: China reports increase of imported virus cases

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The Latest: Officials open portion of road to Alaska park

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Albuquerque mayor wants businesses reopened with precautions

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The mayor of New Mexico's largest city said Tuesday that he favors reopening nearly all businesses with precautions such as reduced indoor crowds, face coverings and COVID-19 screenings for workers.

The Latest: EU countries express concern over Venezuela

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Rights group: COVID-19 supplies not reaching northeast Syria

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that medical supplies to prevent and treat the new coronavirus are not reaching northeast Syria because of restrictions imposed by the Syrian government and the Kurdish regional government.

The Latest: LA County reaches 1,000 COVID-19-related deaths

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Easing lockdowns makes day-to-day choices more complicated

Things were so much clearer when just about everything was locked down.

Officials: US seeks indefinite UN arms embargo on Iran

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has circulated a draft U.N. resolution that would indefinitely extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran set to expire in October, a move almost certain to spark opposition from Russia, which has made no secret of its desire to resume conventional weapons sales to Tehran, U.S. officials and U.N. diplomats said Tuesday.