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Italy has its fewest daily deaths in 2 months

By Associated Press

Italy has registered its lowest daily increases in both deaths and new cases of COVID-19 since before the national lockdown began in early March.

WATCH: Western New York to begin reopening process

By Associated Press

Western New York, including the city of Buffalo, has met coronavirus containment goals and can begin to reopen its economy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.

Pandemic delivers financial blow to health care sector

By Tom Murphy, Associated Press

COVID-19 worries have kept patients away from doctors' offices and forced the postponement and cancellation of non-urgent surgeries.

World stock markets rebound on economic recovery hopes

By Associated Press

Investors appear to be looking past the outbreak to a recovery despite rising infection numbers in the United States, Brazil and some other countries.

Federal judge orders thousands of LA homeless relocated

By Robert Jablon, Associated Press

A federal judge has ordered Los Angeles city and county to move thousands of homeless people who are living near freeways, saying their health is at risk from pollution and the coronavirus.

Pandemic claims yet another retailer: J.C. Penney

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth major retailer to meet that fate.

WATCH: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives coronavirus update

By Justin Stabley and Associated Press

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a news conference to give an update on the state's efforts to fight the novel coronavirus.

Truckers honk to oppose low shipping rates, not as a ‘sign of love’ for Trump

By Associated Press

Though President Trump claimed that truckers driving just south of the White House were honking 'in favor' of him, their honks were intended to oppose to low shipping rates.

WATCH: Ivanka Trump, agriculture secretary tour launch of family food box program

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and White House adviser Ivanka Trump on Friday toured a Maryland food service distributor that's participating in the Farmers to Families Food Box Program.

U.S. imposes new restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei

By Associated Press

In an effort to cut off Huawei’s undermining of existing U.S. sanctions, the U.S. government is imposing new resctrictions on the Chinese tech giant by limiting its ability to use American technology to build its semiconductors.