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WATCH: Pence visits tourism-reliant Florida as Disney shops reopen

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence is visiting central Florida as the region's biggest tourist destination begins reopening. Pence visited Orlando on Wednesday to meet with tourism officials, talk to the governor and drop off protective equipment at a nursing home.

WATCH: White House press secretary holds briefing on coronavirus

By Justin Stabley and Associated Press

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a news briefing on the novel coronavirus on May 20.

Texas pushes for kids to return to normal during pandemic

By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

After months of home schooling and lost sports seasons, millions of Texas children may get a taste of a somewhat normal summer after all — if their parents go for it.

WATCH: Child vaccine doses down 63 percent during pandemic, NYC mayor says

The city health department compared numbers between March 23 and May 9, 2020 to the same period in 2019.

Watchdog cites persistent infection lapses in nursing homes

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

A federal watchdog agency says about 40% of nursing homes inspected in the past two years were cited for infection control problems.

Senate panel approves subpoena in Hunter Biden probe

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted 8-6 to subpoena Blue Star Strategies. The lobbying firm was a consultant to Burisma, a gas company in Ukraine that paid Hunter Biden to serve as a board member.

U.S. arrests 2 men accused of aiding ex-Nissan boss’ escape

By Michael Balsamo, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn fled Japan while he awaited trial on financial misconduct charges.

Quest for ‘super-duper’ missiles pits U.S. against key rivals

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

For decades the United States has searched for ways to get ultra-fast flight right, but now China and Russia are arguably ahead in this chase,…

As U.S. births fall, the virus could drive them down more

By Associated Press

The CDC found the number of births fell about 1% from 2018, to about 3.7 million. Birth rates continued to fall for teen moms and for women in their 20s.

Biden wins Oregon Democratic presidential primary

By Associated Press

The mail-in primary was complicated by the coronavirus pandemic, as election workers kept social distancing in county offices while staffing levels were down.