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WATCH: Trump, coronavirus task force hold news briefing from the White House

By Michael D. Regan

President Trump and the White House coronavirus task force held a news briefing at 5 p.m. EST. Watch the briefing in the player above.

AP FACT CHECK: Trump isn't a king but claims expansive power

By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

Over the past week, President Donald Trump was pretender to a throne that doesn’t exist as he claimed king-like powers over the coronavirus pandemic response and Congress.

Governors feel heat to reopen from protesters, president

By Paul Weber, Frank Jordans, Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Stores in Texas can begin selling merchandise with curbside service, and hospitals can resume nonessential surgeries. In Florida, people are returning to beaches and parks. And protesters are clamoring for more. Governors eager to rescue their economies…

Singapore sees huge surge in new virus cases

By Mari Yamaguchi, Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press

Singapore has reported 942 new coronavirus infections, a single-day high for the tiny city-state that pushed its total number of cases to 5,992.

Racial toll of virus grows even starker as more data emerges

By Kat Stafford, Meghan Hoyer, Aaron Morrison, Associated Press

As a clearer picture emerges of COVID-19’s decidedly deadly toll on black Americans, leaders are demanding a reckoning of the systemic policies they say have made many African Americans far more vulnerable to the virus, including inequity in access to…

Canada, US extend border restrictions for another 30 days

By Rob Gillies, Associated Press

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday the U.S. and Canada have agreed to keep their border closed to nonessential travel for another 30 days.

10 years after BP spill: Oil drilled deeper; rules relaxed

By Kevin McGill, Matthew Brown, Associated Press

Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling in deeper and deeper waters, where payoffs can be huge but risks are greater than ever.

Africa deaths above 1,000, including Nigerian chief of staff

By Bashir Adigun, Haruna Umar, Associated Press

A total of 52 of the continent’s 54 countries have reported the coronavirus, with the overall number of cases more than 19,800.

Nations debate easing lockdown as economic hardship grows

By Frank Jordans, Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Governments around the world are wrestling with when and how to lift economically painful virus-control measures as unemployment rises and rent payments come due.

Scant testing in U.S. migration system risks spreading virus

By Sonia Pérez D., Nomaan Merchant, Ben Fox, Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed 105 cases of the virus in at least 25 separate detention facilities, along with at least 25 employees.