O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis police say four officers were hit by gunfire after protests that started peacefully Monday became violent overnight, with protesters smashing windows and stealing items from businesses and fires burning in the downtown area. Police…
Stocks are rising around the world as governments prepare to gradually lift restrictions they imposed on businesses to slow the sweep of the coronavirus pandemic.
President Trump has signed a $484 billion bill that aids employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic. Anchoring this bill is the Trump administration’s $250 billion request to replenish a fund to help small- and medium-size businesses with payroll, rent and other expenses.
Dozens of U.S. meat-processing plants have been forced to close temporarily as the industry struggles to contain the spread of the coronavirus among employees who often stand side-by-side while cutting and packaging beef, pork and poultry.
But in researching “Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride to Hell,” western historian and former newspaperman Tom Clavin had a lot of additional material to draw on including previous histories of the town and well-researched biographies of many of the participants.
Boeing and other manufacturers around the U.S. pressed ahead Monday with plans to resume production this week amid pressure from President Donald Trump to reopen the economy and resistance from governors who say there is not enough testing to keep the coronavirus pandemic in check.
The Supreme Court is passing for now on deciding whether juries must find all facts necessary to impose a death sentence or whether judges can play a role.
Kansas has received more personal protective equipment and supplies to expand COVID-19 testing in communities with meat processing plants.
Kansas as of Friday had reported testing about 17,000 of its 2.9 million residents for coronavirus, or 5.8 for every 1,000 residents.
Park officials had been preparing to celebrate the attraction’s 60th anniversary
Brian Dennehy, who played roles in 40-odd films, has died at 81. Some of his roles include a sheriff who jailed Rambo in “First Blood,” a serial killer in “To Catch a Killer,” and a corrupt sheriff gunned down by Kevin Kline in “Silverado.”
An extraordinary number of deaths over the weekend appear to have overwhelmed a nursing home in northern New Jersey where police responding to an anonymous tip found more than a dozen bodies.
Newly released footnotes from a Justice Department watchdog report raise the prospect that Russian disinformation made its way into a dossier of opposition research that the FBI relied on when obtaining warrants to eavesdrop on a former Trump campaign adviser.
The government’s paycheck protection loan program for small businesses is on hold. The Small Business Administration has announced that it reached the $349 billion lending limit for the program.
Thousands of protesters head to the Michigan Capitol to show their displeasure with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. They don’t like her orders to keep people at home and businesses locked during the coronavirus outbreak.
Leading Republicans say the coronavirus shutdown cannot go on. Car-honking activists swarmed a statehouse Wednesday to protest stay-home restrictions. Capitol Hill staff are quietly drafting bills to undo the just-passed rescue aid and push Americans back to work.
A year after a devastating fire, the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral has been halted by a lockdown in Paris to battle the coronavirus. The April 15, 2019, blaze gutted its interior, toppled its famous spire and horrified the world.
The White House says hospitals taking money from the $2 trillion stimulus bill will have to agree not to send “surprise” medical bills to patients treated for COVID-19. Providers who accept the grants will have to agree not to bill more than patients would have paid in their insurance network.
There were no ‘Taps’ or honor guard as a veteran was laid to rest at a Kansas cemetery. Recommendations due to the COVID-19 pandemic limits the number of people allowed to attend funerals. Families will be given the opportunity to have the full military ceremony at a later date.
“During this unprecedented crisis, we must take every measure possible to protect Kansas lives."
Planned Parenthood and other clinics asked a judge to allow abortions in some cases.
Claims for the week that ended Tuesday dropped from the previous week, when more than 104,000 workers filed for unemployment.
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal Health and Human Services department says it’s releasing the first $30 billion in grants provided by the stimulus bill to help keep the U.S. health care system operating during the coronavirus outbreak.…
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas has asked the Kansas Supreme Court to immediately release prisoners who have preexisting medical conditions that make them vulnerable to the new coronavirus.
