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Michigan governor closes indoor bars, allows to-go cocktails

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she was closing indoor seating in bars in parts of the state, including a college town where one brewpub has been linked to about 140 infections. Whi...

Jul 01, 2020

Virus spike prompts big California about face on reopenings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ordered bars and indoor dining at restaurants to close in most areas of the state for the next three weeks amid a troubling surge of new ...

Jul 01, 2020

NYC delays resumption of indoor dining at restaurants

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that he was delaying the planned resumption of indoor dining at restaurants in the city out of fear it would cause a spike in coronavirus infections. ...

Jul 01, 2020

US construction spending fell 2.1% in May

WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending fell 2.1% in May with both home building and nonresidential activity declining. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday the May decline followed an even large...

Jul 01, 2020

Citing racial bias, San Francisco will end mug shots release

San Francisco police will stop making public the mug shots of people who have been arrested unless they pose a threat to the public, as part of an effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes, the c...

Jul 01, 2020

France freezes role in NATO naval force amid Turkey tensions

PARIS - France announced Wednesday that it is suspending its involvement in a NATO naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea after a standoff with a Turkish warship, amid growing tensions within the mi...

Jul 01, 2020

Turkey: Up to 60 migrants feared dead in lake after sinking

ANKARA, Turkey - Up to 60 migrants may have been trapped in a boat that sank in an eastern lake last week, Turkey's interior minister said Wednesday. Turkey launched a search-and-rescue mission involv...

Jul 01, 2020

Retired pope's elder brother, Georg Ratzinger, dies at 96

BERLIN - The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who earned renown in his own right as a director of an acclaimed German boys' choir, has died at 96. The Regensburg ...

Jul 01, 2020

UK: China's new security law violates Hong Kong agreement

LONDON - Britain's foreign secretary said Wednesday China's new national security law for Hong Kong "is a clear and serious violation" of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the agreement that paved t...

Jul 01, 2020

Asia Today: Thailand lets in some foreigners, opens schools

BANGKOK - Thailand has begun a fifth phase of relaxations of COVID-19 restrictions, allowing the reopening of schools and high-risk entertainment venues such as pubs and massage parlours that had been...

Jul 01, 2020