5 things to know today - that aren’t about the virus
May 04, 2020
By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. MLK’S TRAFFIC STOP A CATALYST FOR CHANGE Martin Luther King Jr. was pulled over, with…
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Healthy pigs being killed as meatpacking backlog hits farms
May 01, 2020
By DAVID PITT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After spending two decades raising pigs to send to slaughterhouses, Dean Meyer now faces the mentally draining, physically difficult task of killing them even before they leave…
5 things to know today - that aren’t about the virus
Apr 30, 2020
By The Associated Press Your daily look at nonvirus stories in the news: 1. NEW LIGHT SHED ON SEALS’ MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN In efforts to free Mark R. Frerichs, a 57-year-old military contractor from Illinois, Navy commandos…
US economy shrank 4.8% last quarter, with worst yet to come
Apr 29, 2020
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank at a 4.8% annual rate last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the country and began triggering a recession that will end…
In rural U.S., fears of virus seem far away as stores reopen
Apr 28, 2020
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the tiny Montana…
5 things to know today - that aren’t about the virus
Apr 27, 2020
By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. SEOUL: NO ‘UNUSUAL DEVELOPMENTS’ IN NORTH KOREA A top South Korean official suggests that rumors…
5 things to know today - that aren’t about the virus
Apr 24, 2020
By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that are being talked about today: 1. MOTIVE ESTABLISHED IN CANADA MASS SHOOTING Police say an argument between the gunman and his…
At least 7 dead as storms hit Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana
Apr 23, 2020
MADILL, Okla. (AP) — Severe weather moved through the South on Thursday after killing at least seven people in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, including a worker at a factory hit by an apparent tornado, a…
As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner
Apr 22, 2020
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP - An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth. As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. Smog…
US OKs 1st coronavirus test that allows self-swab at home
Apr 21, 2020
By MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Tuesday OK’d the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options…