reopening

WATCH: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio gives coronavirus update

By Karen Matthews, Associated Press

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a set of thresholds Friday. But Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a short time later that it will be up to the state to make those decisions.

Many in U.S. will not immediately return to gym or dining out, AP-NORC poll says

By Josh Boak, Emily Swanson, Associated Press

Many in the US remain unlikely to go out to bars, restaurants, theaters or gyms anytime soon, despite officials across the country increasingly allowing businesses to reopen, according to a survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

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.

Trump threatens funds for states easing voting in pandemic

By Nicholas Riccardi, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it easier and safer to vote during the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. health officials quietly release more reopening guidance

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

U.S. health officials have quietly released more reopening guidance that was created more than a month ago but initially shelved.

Republican operatives front ‘pro-Trump’ doctors to prescribe rapid reopening

By Michael Biesecker, Jason Dearen, Associated Press

Republican political operatives are recruiting what are described as "extremely pro-Trump" doctors to go on television to prescribe reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by public health experts.

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.

States accused of fudging or bungling COVID-19 testing data

By Michelle R. Smith, Colleen Long, Jeff Amy, Associated Press

As large parts of the U.S. ease their lockdowns against the coronavirus, public health officials in some states are being accused of bungling infection numbers or even deliberately using a little sleight of hand to make things look better than…

WATCH: Mayor de Blasio says online schooling will last through summer for 1 in 6 NYC kids

By Associated Press

Online schooling will continue through the summer for some 177,700 New York City public school students, officials announced Tuesday.

Local leaders resist Mexico president’s push for reopening

By Carlos Rodriguez, María Verza, Associated Press

Local governments across Mexico pushed back against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's call to reopen the economy in some 300 townships that do not have active cases of coronavirus.