May 21 Puerto Rico to reopen businesses, beaches with new rules By Dánica Coto, Associated Press The U.S. territory is about to emerge from a two-month lockdown that stifled business activity on an island already beset with economic woes. Continue reading
May 21 WATCH: Trump meets with African American leaders ahead of Michigan Ford tour By Associated Press The president said churches were "important in terms of the psyche of our country" and that warned that the country would be "broken" if the churches aren't reopened. Continue reading
May 21 Texas naval base shooting is ‘terrorism-related,’ says FBI By Lolita C. Baldor, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead is being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said Thursday. Continue reading
May 21 Watch 4:19 As 2.4 million file for unemployment, Trump insists economic recovery is near By Yamiche Alcindor As U.S. businesses prepare for gradual reopenings, the number of Americans filing for unemployment seems to be leveling off. Still, the Labor Department says more than 38 million people sought jobless benefits in the past nine weeks. But as he… Continue watching
May 21 In reversal, White House tells CDC to post church guidance By Zeke Miller, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press After refusing for weeks to release reopening guidance for churches, the Trump administration on Thursday abruptly changed course — with the president saying he had instructed health officials to put the advice out. Continue reading
May 21 Watch 7:00 Why Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam delayed reopening parts of his state The Washington, D.C., metropolitan area is one of three regions where cases of the coronavirus are plateauing, instead of declining. It includes parts of Virginia, whose governor, Ralph Northam, approved the phased reopening of most of his state last week. Continue watching
May 21 Watch 9:19 Can U.S. transit workers be kept safe on crowded buses and trains? By PBS NewsHour, Jaywon Choe U.S. transit workers have been hit hard by the coronavirus. More than 120 have died from the disease just within New York City Transit, and drivers and transport workers represent the second-largest share of work-related cases, according to a Harvard… Continue watching
May 21 Man who filmed fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery arrested on murder charge By Russ Bynum, Associated Press The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 50-year-old William “Roddie” Bryan was arrested on charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. Continue reading
May 21 WATCH: NASA holds presser on upcoming SpaceX flight test By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press For the first time in nearly a decade, U.S. astronauts are about to blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil. And for the first time in the history of human spaceflight, a private company is running the… Continue reading
May 21 Gunman opens fire in Arizona retail complex By Jacques Billeaud, Terry Tang, Associated Press Authorities said Thursday 20-year-old Armando Hernandez Jr. admitted to planning the shooting at Glendale's Westgate Entertainment District as a way to "gain some respect" after having been bullied. Continue reading