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  • Wall Street keeps rallying; S&P 500 back within 2% of record

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 5, 2020

    NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street's big rally keeps rolling, and the S&P 500 rose for a fourth straight day Wednesday to sit just 1.7% below its record. The S&P 500 climbed 21.26 points, or 0.6%, to 3,327.77, echoing gains for stocks across Europe and Asia. If the U.S. market has just a few more days like that, it will erase the last of the historic losses it's taken since February because of the coronavirus pandemic and the recession it caused. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose...

  • Portland police declare unlawful assembly during protest

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 3, 2020

    The Portland Police Bureau declared an unlawful assembly Saturday night when people gathered outside a police precinct in Oregon's largest city and threw bottles towards officers, police said. Until that point, federal, state and local law enforcement had been seemingly absent from the protests Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The demonstrations - that for weeks ended with tear gas, fireworks shot towards buildings, federal agents on the street and injuries to protesters and off...

  • SpaceX guiding NASA astronauts to first splashdown in 45 years

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 2, 2020

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The first astronauts to ride a SpaceX capsule into orbit headed toward a retro-style splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday afternoon to close out a two-month test flight. It will mark the first splashdown in 45 years for NASA astronauts and the first return in the gulf. Unlike Florida's Atlantic coast, already feeling the effects of Tropical Storm Isaias, the waves and wind were calm near Pensacola in the Florida Panhandle. Test pilots Doug...

  • Mayor concedes Los Angeles reopened too soon as virus surges

    The Associated Press, Special to Valley News|Updated Jul 24, 2020

    Mayor Eric Garcetti conceded Sunday, July 19, that Los Angeles reopened too quickly and again warned that the city was "on the brink" of new shutdown orders as the coronavirus continues to surge in California. Appearing on CNN, Garcetti was asked about a Los Angeles Times editorial that criticized the rapid reopening of California, which was followed by a spike in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. "I do agree those things happened too quickly," Garcetti said, adding...

  • 21 injured in fire aboard ship at Naval Base San Diego

    Associated Press|Updated Jul 12, 2020

    Twenty-one people suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire Sunday on board a ship at Naval Base San Diego, military officials said. The blaze was reported shortly before 9 a.m. on USS Bonhomme Richard, said Mike Raney, a spokesman for Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Seventeen sailors and four civilians were hospitalized with “non-life threatening injuries,” Raney said in a brief statement. He didn't provide additional details. Previously, officials said at...

  • High court declines to take up Sanders supporters' lawsuit

    Associated Press, Special to Valley News|Updated Jun 4, 2020

    The Supreme Court is declining to revive a lawsuit by supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders who sued the Democratic National Committee in 2016 over claims officials improperly tipped the scales for Hillary Clinton during the nominating process. The justices said Monday, June 1, they would not take up the lawsuit. As is usual, the court did not comment in turning away the case. The lawsuit was filed after leaked DNC emails suggested Democratic party officials had favored Clinton...

  • China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO

    Associated Press|Updated Jun 1, 2020

    Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus "immediately," and said its work and commitment to transparency were "very impressive, and beyond words." But behind the scenes, it was a much different story, one of significant delays by China and considerable frustration among WHO officials over not getting...

  • With no leader, commission overseeing virus relief struggles

    Associated Press|Updated May 17, 2020

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Seven weeks after Congress unleashed more than $2 trillion to deal with the coronavirus crisis, an oversight commission intended to keep track of how the money is spent remains without a leader. Four of the five members of the Congressional Oversight Commission have been appointed, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have not agreed on a chair, leaving the commission rudderless as the federal...

  • Post offices, beloved community hubs, fight virus-era threat

    Associated Press|Updated May 17, 2020

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) - For some of the 2,000 or so year-round residents of Deer Isle, Maine, the fraying American flag outside the post office this spring was a reminder of the nation's mood. The flag was in tatters. It twisted in the wind from a single hook. But it was stuck in the up position, so the postmistress hadn't been able to replace it. "I was thinking what a metaphor it is for our country right now," community health director René Colson Hudson said. "It was really...

  • US military's mystery space plane rockets back into orbit

    Associated Press|Updated May 17, 2020

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The U.S. military's mystery space plane rocketed into orbit again Sunday, this time with an extra load of science experiments. It's the sixth flight of an X-37B, a solar-powered plane that's flown by remote control without a crew. Officials aren't saying how long the spacecraft will remain in orbit this time or the purpose of the mission. But a senior vice president for X-37B developer Boeing, Jim Chilton, noted each mission has been progressively...

  • California homeless quarantine in hotels, more rooms needed

    Associated Press|Updated May 17, 2020

    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Anxiety mounted every time someone at the homeless shelter sneezed or residents got too close. For Matthew Padilla, a 34-year-old with a pacemaker and asthma, catching the novel coronavirus would likely mean death. So he jumped at the chance to move into a hotel room for free as part of a new California program. Within days, he and his husband, Nito, were in a room near Los Angeles' Koreatown, where meals are delivered along with health screenings. "At the...

  • Canadian jet crashes during pandemic flyby show

    Associated Press|Updated May 17, 2020

    KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) - A Canadian Armed Forces Snowbird plane participating in a cross-country tour aimed at boosting the morale of Canadians dealing with the pandemic crashed Sunday in a residential neighborhood, sending people pouring onto the street where they said debris was scattered and a house was on fire. Canada's defense department said emergency crews were responding to the crash at the airport in the city of Kamloops in British Columbia. The Snowbirds are...

  • Los Angeles requires masks for outdoor encounters

    Associated Press|Updated May 14, 2020

    Everyone must wear face coverings when they encounter others outside their homes in the city of Los Angeles under new orders intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus as the easing of other restrictions allows more people to return to work and recreation. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the requirement Wednesday evening, saying reasonable precautions must be taken as steps are slowly being made to reopen the economy. While a statement from the mayor's office said people "mu...

  • California city official ousted over his pandemic remarks

    Associated Press|Updated May 2, 2020

    ANTIOCH (AP) — A Northern California city official has been ousted after he suggested on social media that sick, old and homeless people should be left to meet their "natural course in nature" during the coronavirus pandemic. City council members in Antioch, a city of about 110,000 people 35 miles east of Oakland, voted unanimously Friday night to remove Ken Turnage II from his post as chairman of the city's planning commission. NBC Bay Area reports there was a swift uproar after Turnage characterized people with weak i...

  • Companies seek to limit legal liability for virus infections

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 30, 2020

    As companies start planning their reopenings, business groups are pushing Congress to limit liability from potential lawsuits filed by workers and customers infected by the coronavirus. They appear to have the White House’s ear. President Donald Trump has floated shielding businesses from lawsuits. His top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on CNBC recently that businesses shouldn’t be held liable to trial lawyers “putting on false lawsuits that will probably be thrown out of court.” He said the issue could require legisla...

  • California's 'island of romance' crippled by virus

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 25, 2020

    AVALON, Calif. (AP) - When the gates to California's "island of romance" were all but locked to lovers and pretty much everybody else last month it may have saved the 4,000 residents from a coronavirus outbreak but it destroyed an economy based almost solely on tourism. The stay-at home order instituted across California isolated tiny Santa Catalina Island from the virus that was spreading rapidly on the mainland. The ocean-front city of Avalon, whose picturesque beauty has so...

  • Social distancing urged as sunny weekend tempts Californians

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 25, 2020

    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Californians will be tempted to hit beaches, golf courses and trails in the midst of a spring heat wave this weekend but authorities warned people not to swarm them for fear of igniting another deadly coronavirus surge. The forecast calls for temperatures in the 80s and 90s in many areas from Sacramento to San Diego and while most recreation remains shuttered under various stay-at-home orders, officials are wary that those still open could draw crowds that...

  • For all the changes, NFL draft kind of looked, well, normal; SEC smashes record

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 24, 2020

    For all the uniqueness of this NFL draft, including the angst over a potential communications fiasco, things looked and sounded pretty normal Thursday night. Quarterbacks were in demand. Ohio State(the top three picks played there) and the Southeastern Conference (a record 15 picks) dominated. The Patriots traded out of the first round. And Commissioner Roger Goodell even got booed, if only digitally. "I do believe this draft is going to be the most memorable we have ever had,...

  • Storms rake Deep South, 1 week after deadly tornado outbreak

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 19, 2020

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — High winds, hail and thunderstorms pounded parts of the Deep South on Sunday as forecasters warned residents to brace for possible tornadoes and flooding across a region still reeling from a deadly storm outbreak a week earlier. Tornado watches ranged across parts of Louisiana and Mississippi into Alabama and Georgia on Sunday night. More than 24,000 customers were without electricity during the day, according to www.poweroutage.us. It was the second Sunday in a row that the South was hit with s...

  • California weighs some freshwater fishing bans over virus

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 15, 2020

    SACRAMENTO (AP) - California regulators will try again to convene an online public meeting to discuss a potential limited ban on freshwater fishing during the coronavirus pandemic after last week's teleconference was canceled when it became overwhelmed by hundreds of callers. The state Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday will consider emergency closures of some California rivers, streams and lakes at the request of local officials concerned that visiting anglers might...

  • Friday: What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 10, 2020

    Christians observed Good Friday without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years, instead watching livestreams at home as the world remained locked down by the coronavirus pandemic. The global death toll headed toward 100,000, with the confirmed number of infected people topping 1.6 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. Another 355,000 have recovered. With economies hit hard by the pandemic, governments faced mounting pressure to restart...

  • Trump fires watchdog who handled Ukraine complaint

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 3, 2020

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community who handled the whistleblower complaint that triggered Trump's impeachment. Trump informed the Senate intelligence committee Friday of his decision to fire Atkinson, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. Trump said in the letter that it is "vital" that he has confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general, and "that is no longer the case with regard to this inspector g...

  • Walmart limits store access; US airlines sign up for grants

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 3, 2020

    The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. The following are developments on Friday related to the global economy, the workplace and the spread of the virus. COSTS MOUNT: The pandemic will cost the global economy as much as $4.1 trillion, or nearly 5% of all economic activity, according to new estimates from the Asian Development Bank. The head of the International Monetary Fund said the recession sparked by the coronavirus pandemic is "way worse" than the 2008 global...

  • Trump admin tries to narrow stockpile's role for states

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 3, 2020

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday abruptly changed its description of the Strategic National Stockpile and put forward a narrower vision of the role the federal government's repository of life-saving medicines and equipment should play in supplying states' needs. The change comes as the White House already is facing growing anger and worry from governors over federal assistance to fight the coronavirus outbreak. But it conforms with President Donald Trump's insistence that the stockpile is only a s...

  • Face coverings recommended, but Trump says he won't wear one

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 3, 2020

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines Friday recommending that Americans wear face coverings when in public to help fight the spread of the new coronavirus. The president immediately said he had no intention of following that advice himself, saying, "I'm choosing not to do it." The new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encourages people, especially in areas hit hard by the spread of the coronavirus, to use rudimentary coverings like T-shirts, bandannas and n...

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