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Arizona reports 1,406 additional COVID cases, 79 more deaths
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials on Friday reported 1,406 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases with 79 more deaths as hospitalization figures related to the coronavirus continued to decline. The latest figures released by the Department of Health Services increased the state's total confirmed cases...
Whitmer extends coronavirus emergency through Sept. 4
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday extended Michigan's coronavirus emergency through Sept. 4, enabling her to keep in place restrictions designed to curb the spread of COVID-19. The governor pointed to an uptick in cases and noted that many students will return to in-person instruction...
Most NC parents won't have option to send kid back to school
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When K-12 public school students in North Carolina resume classes this fall, the vast majority of them will be sitting at home in front of a computer screen. Despite a desire by most Americans to reopen schools at least partially for in-person learning, nearly two in three North...
Fauci to join Raimondo to discuss school reopening plan
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Parents of Rhode Island school children with concerns about this fall's return to the classroom during the coronavirus pandemic will get the chance to have their questions answered by Dr. Anthony Fauci. Fauci, who's earned a national profile as director of the National Institute of...
Grand Teton seeks goat cull help after canceled air shoot
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Grand Teton National Park is seeking volunteers to shoot nonnative mountain goats this fall after calling off a helicopter goat shoot amid criticism from Wyoming’s governor last winter. The new effort to eradicate the goats, deemed a threat to native bighorn sheep by...
Plane skids off runway in India; 16 killed, dozens hurt
NEW DELHI (AP) — A special evacuation flight bringing people home to India who had been trapped abroad because of the coronavirus skidded off a runway and split in two while landing Friday in heavy rain in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 16 passengers and injuring 123 more, police said. ...
Michigan county official defends slur, says he's not racist
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — An official in a mostly white county in northern Michigan who used a racial slur prior to a public meeting to describe African Americans in Detroit repeated the word Friday in an interview with The Associated Press in which he maintained that he is not a racist. Tom Eckerle, a...
Cardinals’ game against Cubs postponed after positive test
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals’ game Friday against the Chicago Cubs was postponed after another St. Louis player tested positive for COVID-19. Major League Baseball said the game was postponed to allow more time for additional testing and to complete the contact tracing process. The Cardinals have...
US adds 1.8 million jobs in a sign that hiring has weakened
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus has weakened hiring and the economic rebound. At any other time, hiring at that level would be seen as a blowout gain. But after employers shed a...
The Latest: California tops 10,000 virus deaths, 3rd highest
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has surpassed 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus, making it the U.S. state with the third-highest deaths since the start of the pandemic. The figure was reported Friday by Johns Hopkins University, with 10,024 dead since the outbreak began in California in February. New...
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