Politics

May 4, 2020
Grains mostly lower, livestock higher.

Grain futures were mostly lower Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery lost 10.40 cents at $5.16 a bushel; May corn fell 1.40...

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May 4, 2020
AP Courtside: Justice Thomas breaks his court silence

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the tradition-bound Supreme Court into some big changes. Starting Monday, the justices are hearing arguments by telephone for the first time. The court will hear...

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May 4, 2020
The Latest: Horseracing to resume in France from Monday

The Latest on the effects of the new coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ French horseracing organizer France Galop says Paris police have given the green light for...

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May 4, 2020
J.Crew files for Chapter 11 as pandemic chokes retail

The owner of J.Crew is filing for bankruptcy protection, the first major retailer to do so since the pandemic forced most stores in the United States to close. More retail...

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May 4, 2020
AP Courtside: Inside the Supreme Court’s historic arguments

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the tradition-bound Supreme Court into some big changes. Starting Monday, the justices are hearing arguments by telephone for the first time. The court will hear...

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May 4, 2020
AP Courtside: Inside the Supreme Court’s historic arguments

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the tradition-bound Supreme Court into some big changes. Starting Monday, the justices are hearing arguments by telephone for the first time. The court will hear...

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May 4, 2020
Editorial Roundup:

The Dallas Morning News. May 1, 2020. It's time for Texas to begin to reopen, but caution must come before hope This morning dawned with a sense of both hope...

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May 4, 2020
Editorial Roundup:

The Dallas Morning News. May 1, 2020. It's time for Texas to begin to reopen, but caution must come before hope This morning dawned with a sense of both hope...

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May 4, 2020
Woman charged after licking hands, touching items in store

A woman who allegedly licked her hands and touched food items and several surfaces at a South Carolina grocery store and sandwich shop was arrested. Shenir Gibson Holliday was taken...

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May 4, 2020
J.Crew files for Chap. 11 as pandemic smothers retail

The owner of J.Crew is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy just over three months after the first person in the U.S. tested positive for COVID-19. More bankruptcies across the retail...

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May 4, 2020
Wall Street sees the economic pain, opts to look past it

Is Wall Street blind? The global economy is in shambles, the coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 237,000 worldwide and 30 million Americans have lost their jobs as collateral damage...

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May 4, 2020
Global markets drop, spooked by China-US tensions over virus

Global stock markets dropped on Monday as tensions between the Trump administration and China over the origins and handling of the coronavirus pandemic rattled investors. Benchmarks fell in most countries...

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May 4, 2020
Kansas takes first step toward reopening its economy

Shuttered retailers, dine-in restaurants and offices in some parts of Kansas are reopening Monday as Gov. Laura Kelly gradually begins lifting the state's stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus outbreak. Social...

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May 4, 2020
Real estate calendar for the week of May 4

▪ Real estate webinars this week focus on how different asset types in the industry have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The discussions revolve on an analysis of recent...

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May 4, 2020
A third crew member from Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas dies from COVID-19

A third crew member of Royal Caribbean International's Oasis of the Seas cruise ship died Sunday from COVID-19 in a Broward County hospital. Carlo Baluran, from the Philippines, had been...

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May 4, 2020
As Latin America and Caribbean seek to reopen economies, Jamaica offers cautionary tale

As Jamaica recorded a double-digit spike in new coronavirus cases in less than 24 hours last month, the government told the nation that there were indications that all who had...

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May 4, 2020
Dubai Expo 2020 world’s fair postponed to October 1, 2021

Dubai's Expo 2020 world's fair will be postponed to Oct. 1, 2021, over the new coronavirus pandemic, a Paris-based body behind the events said Monday. The announcement by the Bureau...

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May 4, 2020
It’s only May, but Christmas is already in doubt

Even with the U.S. economy expected to reopen in coming months, investors should be prepared for this holiday shopping season to be filled with lumps of coal. In a best-case...

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May 4, 2020
Whole Foods to provide face masks for shoppers to prevent spread of coronavirus in stores

Amazon-owned Whole Foods will provide grocery shoppers with free single-use masks at all its stores beginning this week. In keeping with the chain's "request" that all shoppers wear masks inside...

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May 4, 2020
US auto industry preps for restart – and it all depends on Mexico

The Detroit auto industry cannot restart if parts suppliers in Mexico remain down. With about 40% of imported auto parts coming from south of the border, and parts made in...

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May 4, 2020
Lebanon restaurants partially reopen, face faltering economy

It's not just a lifestyle, it's a livelihood. That was the motto used by some of Lebanon's best-known nightclubs to raise money for thousands of bartenders, waiters and support staff...

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May 4, 2020
Donor gives employees at hospital $1 million for bonuses

Around the country, there's a lot of gratitude for medical providers these days, and in Santa Cruz, California, a recent anonymous note to the local hospital was no exception. “Thank...

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May 4, 2020
AP Exclusive: Trout, Cole top 65 to earn $100,000 per game

Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole aren't the only major leaguers with a big financial incentive to get back on the field. While they head a starry quartet that would take...

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May 4, 2020
Solo truckers struggle to get rolling with stimulus fund

Rodney Morine believes his second chance is no better than his first to secure a loan through a government program intended to help small businesses like his survive the pandemic....

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May 4, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on Biden ‘apology,’ virus test myths

President Donald Trump is mischaracterizing Joe Biden's position on the U.S. pandemic response, stretching the facts on his own policies in the crisis and playing down the risk to meatpacking...

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May 4, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine hunt heats up globally, still no guarantee

Hundreds of people are rolling up their sleeves in countries across the world to be injected with experimental vaccines that might stop COVID-19, spurring hope — maybe unrealistic — that...

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May 4, 2020
Georgia deploys 3D printers, Guard units in testing scramble

Seeing a chance to help amid a shortage of kits to test people for the coronavirus, Dr. Jeffrey James dedicated a 3D printer at the dental college where he teaches...

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May 4, 2020
Senate set to re-open as virus risk divides Congress

The Senate will gavel in Monday as the coronavirus rages, returning to an uncertain agenda and deepening national debate over how best to confront the deadly pandemic and its economic...

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May 4, 2020
AP Explains: India lockdown slows virus, but gaps remain

India's six-week coronoavirus lockdown, which was supposed to end on Monday, has been extended for another two weeks, with a few relaxations such as construction resuming and self-employed people returning...

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May 4, 2020
Unimpressed by online classes, college students seek refunds

They wanted the campus experience, but their colleges sent them home to learn online during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, students at more than 25 U.S. universities are filing lawsuits against...

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May 4, 2020
Isolated by oceans: Hawaii, other islands tamp down virus

Flying to a faraway beach might seem like the perfect way to escape a pandemic, but for isolated Pacific islands, controlling the coronavirus means cutting off tourism. Hawaii has among...

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May 4, 2020
Trump wants to switch focus, push for economic reopening

Anxious to spur an economic recovery without risking lives, President Donald Trump insists that “you can satisfy both" — see states gradually lift lockdowns while also protecting people from the...

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May 4, 2020
‘We don’t know how it will end’: Hunger stalks amid virus

When all this started — when the coronavirus began stalking humanity like an animal hunting prey, when she and her husband lost their restaurant jobs overnight as the world shut...

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May 4, 2020
Meet the North Carolina firm out to close the internet gap

Make no mistake — homegrown internet service and IT provider CloudWyze is high tech. Its chief wireless engineer has a Ph.D in physics from Yale. The terms used to describe...

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May 4, 2020
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

Faced with 19,000 coronavirus deaths and counting, the nation's nursing homes are pushing back against a potential flood of lawsuits with a sweeping lobbying effort. India reports more than 2,600...

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May 4, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump cites a Biden apology but none offered

President Donald Trump stated falsely on Sunday that Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden apologized for calling him xenophobic in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Trump also played down the threat...

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May 4, 2020
In televised town hall, Trump pushes for economic reopening

Anxious for an economic recovery, President Donald Trump fielded Americans' questions about decisions by some states to allow nonessential businesses to reopen while other states are on virtual lockdown due...

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May 3, 2020
California city settles police sex assault lawsuit for $1M

A California city agreed to a $1 million settlement with a former police officer who alleged she was sexually assaulted by a lieutenant while the police administration covered up the...

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May 3, 2020
Analysis: Pandemic cash causes power clash in Mississippi

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves found few defenders when state lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Friday to take control of more than a billion dollars the federal government is...

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May 3, 2020
No crowds on California beaches; counties look to reopen

Beaches were mostly empty over the warm weekend as Californians heeded stay-at-home orders in anticipation that Gov. Gavin Newsom might ease some restrictions this week, while some rural communities announced...

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