Articles from the June 26, 2020 edition
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NYC judge rejects Trump family effort to halt tell-all book
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York City judge on Thursday dismissed a claim by Donald Trump's brother that sought to halt the publication of a tell-all book by the president's niece, saying the court lacked jurisdiction in the case. Surrogates Court J...
Elizabeth Banks to drive 'Magic School Bus' onto big screens
NEW YORK (AP) — "The Magic School Bus" has traveled everywhere from Pluto to inside the human body. Now it's going somewhere new: the big screen. Scholastic Entertainment said Thursday that it will make "a feature-length, live-action hybrid film" b...
Coronavirus task force briefs - but not at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no presidential appearance and no White House backdrop Friday when the government's coronavirus task force briefed the public for the first since April — in keeping with an administration effort to show it's paying att...
PETA alleges neglect by zoo from Netflix's 'Tiger King'
WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) — Federal officials are investigating an Oklahoma zoo made famous in Netflix's "Tiger King" series after an animal rights group accused it of neglect. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent requests to the U.S. D...
Oklahoma health officials confirm 395 new coronavirus cases
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Fair on Friday canceled the heavily attended annual event, citing a surge in confirmed coronavirus cases in the state. The fair announced in a news release that the decision to cancel came after discussions wit...
Mother of man who died after being tased 27 times files suit
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The mother of a man who died after being shot 27 times by Tulsa police with stun guns has filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations in the use of force before his death. "I'm not out for money or payment,...
Number of coronavirus cases in Kansas jumps by 568
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Kansas jumped by 568, fueled in part by outbreaks in sports practices and tournaments. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Friday that there were now 13,538 cases, u...
Kansas governor, GOP scrap again over COVID-19 budget plan
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' Democratic governor is locked in a new partisan dispute with the Republican-controlled Legislature over her plan to largely paper over a massive budget shortfall tied to the coronavirus pandemic with short-term a...
County leader wants Jackson statues removed from courthouses
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jackson County Executive Frank White plans to ask county officials to remove statues of Andrew Jackson that stand in front of two county courthouses. White issued a statement about the statues late Thursday, shortly after two...
Sheriff's office: Body of man, 65, pulled from Kansas lake
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sheriff's officials in eastern Kansas have pulled the body of a man from a lake in Miami County. Recovery crews found the man's body Wednesday as they were searching for someone who went under the water in Hillsdale Lake o...
Stocks sink as virus cases jump, forcing states to backtrack
Stocks on Wall Street fell sharply Friday as confirmed new coronavirus infections in the U.S. hit an all-time high, prompting Texas and Florida to reverse course on the reopening of businesses. The combination injected new jitters into a market...
100 degrees in Siberia? 5 ways the extreme Arctic heat wave follows a disturbing pattern
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The Arctic heat wave that sent Siberian temperatures soaring to around 100 degrees Fahrenheit on the first day of sum...
Libya oil company: Russian mercenaries enter major oilfield
CAIRO (AP) — Russian and other foreign mercenaries have entered Libya's largest oil field, the country's National Oil Corporation said on Friday, describing the development as an attempt to thwart the resumption of halted oil production in the w...
The Latest: Texas surpasses 5,000 virus hospitalizations
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has surpassed 5,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time as Gov. Greg Abbott continues a dramatic retreat in his aggressive reopening of America's second-biggest state. In Houston, county officials Friday e...
Farmers' struggles with mental health increase amid pandemic
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Meg Moynihan knows what it's like to struggle. In 2016 she and her husband, who own an organic dairy farm in Minnesota, found themselves without a processor, which turns farm milk into a consumer product. Their farm was too f...
US to provide Cambodia with $56 million in development aid
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The United States has agreed to provide Cambodia with more than $56 million in development assistance, the two countries announced. The aid provides an opportunity to improve relations between the nations, which are s...
To achieve a new New Deal, Democrats must learn from the old one
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) As the United States reels from the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide anti-racism protests, pundits from both sides...
Rethinking what research means during a global pandemic
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the front lines of th...
Judge: US must free migrant children from family detention
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration's prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District J...
Baird thrives as NWSL commissioner despite challenging times
Lisa Baird assumed her role as commissioner of the National Women's Soccer League on March 10. Two days later, she had to shut down the league because of the coronavirus. It's certainly not the way she imagined her first 48 hours on the job would...
Mickelson leads Travelers in first event since turning 50
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Phil Mickelson figures age might be an asset. Playing his first tournament since turning 50 this month, the five-time major champion shot a 7-under 63 on Friday in the Travelers Championship to take a one-stroke lead into the w...
Trump administration to give Congress full virus loan data
WASHINGTON (AP) — After prodding from Democratic lawmakers, the Trump administration has agreed to give Congress — but not the public — complete data on the millions of small businesses that received loans from a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid p...
Virus concerns force cancellation of New Mexico State Fair
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have forced officials Friday to cancel this year's New Mexico State Fair, making it the latest casualty in a string of other big-ticket events that have been indefinitely p...
Arkansas reports 678 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Friday reported its largest single-day increase yet in cases of the coronavirus among those who are not in prison, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said. The state is reporting 669 new cases among people in the community and n...
Welcome back: The NBA sets the schedule for season restart
Zion Williamson is about to get another chance at opening night. Injury kept him out of New Orleans' appearance in the first game of this NBA season when the Pelicans started the year at Toronto, but now the big-name rookie will be in position to be...