US couple waits 2 1/2 months in lockdown to visit Pompeii
Tue., May 26, 2020
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COVID-19-positive pasta worker arrested on 2 DUIs in 1 week, leading 6 police officers and 1 inmate to quarantine
UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020
Six Spokane police officers are in coronavirus quarantine after twice arresting an infected man last week suspected of driving under the influence.
Under-fire UK government aide Cummings has Johnson’s loyalty
Tue., May 26, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling to hang onto his top adviser, who is under fire for allegedly breaching lockdown rules.
Pentagon’s No. 2 IG official resigns after being passed over
Tue., May 26, 2020
The No. 2 official in the Pentagon’s office of inspector general, Glenn Fine, resigned Tuesday, several weeks after he was effectively removed as head of a special board to oversee auditing of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic relief package.
Most Medicare enrollees could get insulin for $35 a month
Tue., May 26, 2020
Medicare recipients will be able to get prescription plans that limit copays for insulin, a potential savings of hundreds of dollars, the White House announced Tuesday in a pivot to pocketbook issues that could influence November’s election.
Pence aide who had COVID-19 returns to work
Tue., May 26, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence’s chief spokeswoman said Tuesday that she has recovered from coronavirus and is back at work.
Weather better for historic SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts
UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020
With the weather looking up, SpaceX and NASA officials vowed Tuesday to keep crew safety the top priority for the nation’s first astronaut launch to orbit in nearly a decade.
Hong Kong leader says security law not a threat to freedoms
Tue., May 26, 2020
Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that national security legislation proposed by China’s legislature will not threaten the semi-autonomous territory’s civil rights, despite widespread criticism of the move as an encroachment on freedom of speech and assembly.
Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man
UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020
Four Minneapolis police officers who were involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday after a bystander’s video showed the man pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck.
Russia says US leaving overflight treaty will hurt security
Tue., May 26, 2020
Russia said Tuesday that the U.S. decision to withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over military facilities would erode global security by making it more difficult for governments to interpret the intentions of other nations.
EU agency seeks airline, airport input on new virus guidance
Tue., May 26, 2020
Europe’s aviation safety agency called on airlines and airports Tuesday to participate in a program to help evaluate new coronavirus guidelines in real-life situations.
Judge strikes down US energy leasing rules in bird habitat
Tue., May 26, 2020
A U.S. judge has dealt another blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to increase domestic oil and gas output from public lands, saying officials failed to protect habitat for a declining bird species when it issued energy leases on hundreds of square miles.
A black birdwatcher asked a white woman to leash her dog in Central Park. She called the police instead.
UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020
Christian Cooper was birdwatching deep in the woods of Manhattan's Central Park when he noticed a rogue cocker spaniel digging up the shrubbery around him. Many of the birds he spots come for the dense plants, so he approached the dog's owner early on Monday with a request: Could she leash up the canine, as the park rules required? Amy Cooper said she would be calling the police instead.
U.S. new-home sales unexpectedly rose in April
Tue., May 26, 2020
New-home sales in the U.S. unexpectedly increased in April after swooning a month earlier, suggesting the housing market is starting to stabilize.
Fitness clubs facing $10 billion revenue hit as members flee
Tue., May 26, 2020
Fitness clubs rocked by covid-19 closures face a swell of bankruptcies with more than $10 billion of revenue wiped out as clients ditch memberships, according to investment bank Harrison Co.
U.S. consumer confidence stabilized in May on reopening optimism
UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020
U.S. consumer confidence stabilized in May, indicating Americans are optimistic that the economic drubbing from the coronavirus pandemic will be short-lived.
Georgia gov offers state as alternative GOP convention host
UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020
Georgia’s governor is offering his state and its “world-class facilities” as host of the Republican National Convention – a day after President Donald Trump threatened to pull the convention out of North Carolina if that state’s Democratic governor didn’t assure Trump that the August gathering can go forward despite coronavirus fears.
New parent charged in admissions case, agrees to guilty plea
UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020
A Pennsylvania man has agreed to plead guilty to bribing Georgetown University’s former tennis coach to get his daughter admitted as a fake athletic recruit
Dangerous blood clots pose a perplexing coronavirus threat
UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020
First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body.
Transgender bathroom ban heard by federal appeals court
UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020
A Virginia school board defended its transgender bathroom ban before a federal appeals court Tuesday, as a transgender man who was barred as a student from using the boys’ bathrooms at his high school argued that the policy discriminated against him and violated his constitutional rights.