In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, everyone else is to blame for coronavirusVideo
RIO DE JANEIRO — With Brazil emerging as one of the world’s most infected countries, President Jair Bolsonaro is deflecting all responsibility for the coronavirus crisis, casting blame on mayors, governors, an outgoing health minister and the media. By contrast, he portrays himself as a clear-eyed crusader willing to defend...
Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 monthsVideo
NEW CASTLE, Del. — Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home. Since abruptly canceling a March 10 rally in Cleveland at the onset of the coronavirus...
Efforts underway to get food from U.S. farms to needy
OMAHA, Neb. — As food banks have struggled to meet soaring demand from people suddenly out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been especially troubling to see farmers have to bury produce, dump milk and euthanize hogs. Now some states are providing more money to help pay...
Pennsylvania records 15 more coronavirus deaths, 473 new cases
Pennsylvania on Monday reported 15 more covid-19 deaths and 473 additional cases, according to the state Department of Health. The state has now had 68,186 total cases and 5,139 deaths. Deaths have been recorded in 54 of the state’s 67 counties, while every county has had a positive case. Nearly...
Car struck by truck at intersection, killing 2 near Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG — Two people were killed when their car was struck by a truck at an intersection in central Pennsylvania over the Memorial Day weekend, authorities said. State police in Adams County say the car was heading north when it was hit by the westbound truck in Union Township just...
Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor
President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina if the state’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Trump’s tweets about the RNC, planned for Charlotte, come just two days after North...
Police investigating vandalism to Lawrenceville war memorial
Pittsburgh police are investigating vandalism to a Lawrenceville war memorial that happened late Sunday or early Monday. Police responded before 8 a.m. to find the statue at Doughboy Square covered in red paint and a message: “June 19, 1986! Glory to the Day of Heroism!” Police are reviewing available video...
Woman taken hostage by Connecticut murder suspect found safe
A woman who said she was abducted by a college student suspected of killing two people in Connecticut has been found safe in New Jersey, police said Monday. The 23-year-old woman, whose boyfriend was found shot to death Sunday at a home in Derby, Conn., was located at a rest...
White House goal on testing nursing homes unmet
RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly two weeks ago the White House urged governors to ensure that every nursing home resident and staff member be tested for the coronavirus within 14 days. It’s not going to happen. A review by The Associated Press found that at least half of the states are...
Ravenous rats await restaurant-goers after 2 months of food deprivation, CDC warns
NEW YORK — Beware rogue ravenous rats. That’s the latest coronavirus-tinged health warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the rodents that have been starved of restaurant leftovers these past two months make themselves known. In a species evolutionarily adapted to resort to cannibalism during hard times,...
Rally: Effigy of Kentucky governor displayed near CapitolVideo
FRANKFORT — An effigy of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was hung in a tree near the State Capitol on Sunday during what was billed as a protest rally in defense of constitutional rights, drawing sharp political rebukes, according to local news reports. Video recordings and photographs show the effigy suspended...
California woman arrested for posting racist notes at homesVideo
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — A woman in the San Francisco Bay Area has been arrested on suspicion of posting handwritten messages at several homes, targeting Asian Americans and suggesting that those not native to the United States should leave the country immediately. Police in San Leandro, a suburb of 89,000...
Judge rules against Florida on felons paying fines to vote
TALLAHASSEE — A Florida law requiring felons to pay legal fees as part of their sentences before regaining the vote is unconstitutional for those unable to pay, or unable to find out how much they owe, a federal judge ruled Sunday. The 125-page ruling was issued by U.S. District Court...
U.K. leader Boris Johnson stands by aide over 250-mile lockdown tripVideo
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday he wouldn’t fire his chief aide for allegedly violating the national lockdown rules that he helped to create by driving the length of England to his parents’ house while he was infected with the coronavirus. Defying a growing clamor from public and...
White House bans travel to the U.S. from BrazilVideo
WASHINGTON — The White House has announced a ban on travel to the U.S. from Brazil because of the spread of coronavirus in Latin America’s hardest-hit country. Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says in a statement Sunday evening that the ban applies to foreign nationals who have been in Brazil in...
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says residents must manage coronavirus riskVideo
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says residents must manage the risk of the coronavirus as the state reopens during the pandemic, even as the number of cases increase. “It doesn’t diminish the seriousness in which we take it, but we have to manage the risk, grow our economy,”...
Missouri hair stylist exposed more than 90 people to coronavirus
A hair stylist in Missouri exposed 91 people to coronavirus by going into work for eight days despite showing symptoms for the illness. The stylist, who was not identified, had contact with 84 customers and seven of her Great Clips coworkers, according to Clay Goddard, director of the Springfield-Greene County...
Flynn judge Emmet Sullivan hires D.C. litigator to respond in dismissal fight
The judge overseeing Michael Flynn’s prosecution hired a law firm to represent him after he was ordered by an appeals court to respond to the former national security adviser’s emergency petition to have the case thrown out, said a person familiar with the matter. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan hired...
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West recovering after Texas crash
WACO, Texas — Former U.S. Rep. Allen West of Florida was recovering Sunday as a result of suffering a concussion, several fractured bones and cuts in a motorcycle crash in Texas, according to a post on his Facebook page. The post said West was driving back from a rally in...
Ohio governor: Wearing masks shouldn’t be political issue
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says wearing masks while in public during the coronavirus pandemic should not be a political issue but is about people acting to protect others. DeWine was reacting on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday to North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum’s call for residents to...
Huge crowds gather for Memorial Day weekend as coronavirus deaths near 100,000Video
Social distancing, crowd limitations and wearing face masks are all techniques of lessening the risk of coronavirus exposure. But during the Memorial Day weekend, many in the United States are doing away with such practices. As the national death toll of covid-19 neared 100,000, states across the country relaxed restrictions...
Pandemic a boon for the bicycle as thousands snap them up
SAN FRANCISCO — Joel Johnson hadn’t owned a bicycle since he was 15, but the pandemic changed all that. Johnson first bought a multipurpose bike to avoid the germs on crowded buses and trains but then discovered a passion for pedaling around San Francisco, where some streets are now closed...
Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon at protesters
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police fired tear gas and a water cannon at protesters in a popular shopping district Sunday, as thousands took to the streets to march against China’s move to impose national security legislation on the city. Pro-democracy supporters have sharply criticized a proposal, set to be...
Joe Biden wins Hawaii presidential primary delayed by virus
HONOLULU — Joe Biden won the Democratic Party of Hawaii’s party-run presidential primary on Saturday, which was delayed by more than a month because of the coronavirus. Biden defeated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders 63% to 37%. Biden won 16 of Hawaii’s delegates, and Sanders will take eight. Biden has a...
Peter Salk, whose father conquered polio, says coronavirus fight is far from over
SAN DIEGO — He lives in La Jolla Village, near a cove that will be crowded this weekend by sunbathers who are no longer willing to shelter in place from the coronavirus. Peter Salk’s favorite stores and restaurants are nearby. Many are beginning to reopen now that the pandemic is...
