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Navy removes 116 from hospital ship after virus infects 7

LOS ANGELES — The Navy has removed 116 medical staff members from its hospital ship docked off Los Angeles after seven of them tested positive for covid-19, an official said Tuesday. The personnel from the USNS Mercy were taken to a nearby base and remain under quarantine. None so far...
South Dakota nears 1,000 covid-19 cases; no stay-at-home orderVideo

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Gov. Kristi Noem reiterated Tuesday that she won’t be ordering South Dakota residents to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic, as another 121 confirmed cases were reported in the state. The vast majority of South Dakota’s 988 total cases — 768 — are in Minnehaha County,...
Idaho AG to probe spouse death in tangled missing kids case

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho attorney general has agreed to investigate the mother of two missing children and her new husband in connection with the death of his first wife. The mystery of the children’s disappearance and the deaths of three people close to the couple, including their spouses, has...
Stocks end higher as traders hope restrictions will ease

Stocks are ending with solid gains on Wall Street on Tuesday as the market turns its attention to how and when authorities might begin to lift business shutdowns and limits on people’s movements imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Big companies also started reporting their first-quarter earnings, giving...
With NHL on hiatus, Stanley Cup gets locked awayVideo

Phil Pritchard spent a recent afternoon carrying groceries back to his home outside Toronto — a far cry from taking the Stanley Cup around North America in the heat of the NHL playoffs. Hockey is on hold, the Stanley Cup is locked away in its case at the Hockey Hall...
Detained immigrants plead for masks, protection from virus

HOUSTON — Elsy was on the phone in an immigration detention center when guards showed up with face masks and forms to sign. The asylum-seeker from El Salvador and others had resorted to tearing their T-shirts into face coverings after a woman in their unit tested positive for covid-19. But...
Search for a covid-19 vaccine heats up in China, United StatesVideo

WASHINGTON — Three potential covid-19 vaccines are making fast progress in early-stage testing in volunteers in China and the U.S., but it’s still a long road to prove if they’ll really work. China’s CanSino Biologics is beginning the second phase of testing its vaccine candidate, China’s Ministry of Science and...
Report: European Tour warns its golfers prize money, player services will be differentVideo

LONDON — The European Tour is warnings its players everything from prize money to player services will be different when golf resumes because of the covid-19 pandemic, which will have a “profound” financial impact, according to a British newspaper. The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday it obtained a memo from chief...
No hugs or handshakes: Pandemic complicates storm relief in the SouthVideo

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — For people who lost homes to the deadly tornadoes that rampaged across the South, there are no comforting hugs from volunteers or handshakes from politicians. There are no Red Cross shelters for homeless families, who are staying instead in hotel rooms to avoid large gatherings. The disaster...
University of Cincinnati drops men’s soccer amid revenue losses during pandemicVideo

CINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati eliminated its men’s soccer program Tuesday as other colleges weighed cutbacks because of budget problems resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. College are grappling with revenue losses from spring sports cancellations, including the NCAA basketball tournament. Eliminating sports is considered a last resort by athletic...
Yankees co-owner Hank Steinbrenner dies at 63Video

NEW YORK — Hank Steinbrenner, the oldest son of George Steinbrenner and one of the four siblings who own the controlling shares of the New York Yankees, died Tuesday at age 63. The team said he died at home in Clearwater, Fla., because of a longstanding health issue. A chain...
Pennsylvania’s mail-in, absentee ballot applications surge for June primary

Pennsylvania counties have processed about 283,000 absentee and mail-in ballots for the June primary, and requests from Democrats are three times more common than from Republicans, state elections officials said Tuesday. The Department of State said 89,000 absentee ballot requests have already been processed, with the June 2 primary still...
Health care workers make up 10%-20% of U.S. coronavirus cases

NEW YORK — Between 10% and 20% of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care workers, though they tended to be hospitalized at lower rates than other patients, officials reported Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first national data on how the pandemic is hitting doctors, nurses...
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo says he’s frustrated at his TV role

NEW YORK — CNN anchor Chris Cuomo revealed on his SiriusXM show that he’s feeling frustration in his job, saying he doesn’t “value indulging irrationality, hyper-partisanship.” Cuomo said Monday on “Let’s Get After It” that he’s tired of some things that go along with being a TV host. That includes...
Deaths hit 45 at Virginia care home called ‘virus’s dream’

RICHMOND, Va. — Ronald Mitchell worried about his mother’s care at a suburban Richmond nursing home long before she was swept up in one of the nation’s deadliest coronavirus outbreaks. She’s bedbound and susceptible to seizures. A sore on her foot went unnoticed for so long, he said, that it...
Cuomo: Trump not a king, can’t force states to reopen

NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed back Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s claim of “total” authority to reopen the nation’s virus-stalled economy, but also insisted “the president will have no fight with me.” “We don’t have a king in this country. We didn’t want a king, so...

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