May 9, 2020, 6:30pm Latest News
As demonstrators of Washington’s stay-at-home order to slow the new coronavirus converged Saturday on the Capitol campus to again protest the restrictions, opposition has taken a darker turn online. Read story
May 9, 2020, 4:57pm Nation & World
Returning Internal Revenue Service workers in Kansas City are being directed to a room well-stocked with face masks, while some other IRS offices were still telling staffers to buy or make their own as the Trump administration starts rolling out a location-based plan for returning more of the some 2… Read story
May 9, 2020, 4:55pm Nation & World
U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening up the country. Read story
May 9, 2020, 4:53pm Nation & World
Frustrated by scarce supplies and a chaotic marketplace amid the coronavirus outbreak, some U.S. governors are seeking to bolster their home-state production of vital medical and protective equipment to ensure a reliable long-term source for state stockpiles. Read story
May 9, 2020, 4:24pm Clark County News
FISH had the food. What it didn’t have were many drive-thru takers. Read story
May 9, 2020, 3:13pm Nation & World
The millions of unemployed in Thailand due to the coronavirus include elephants which depend on the tourist industry to feed their voracious appetites. With scant numbers of foreign visitors, commercial elephant camps and sanctuaries lack funds for their upkeep and have sent more than 100 of the animals trudging as… Read story
May 9, 2020, 3:11pm Nation & World
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked Victory Day, the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in a ceremony shorn of its usual military parade and pomp by the coronavirus pandemic. Read story
May 9, 2020, 1:12pm Nation & World
South Korea’s capital closed down more than 2,100 bars and other nightspots Saturday because of a new cluster of coronavirus infections, Germany scrambled to contain fresh outbreaks at slaughterhouses, and Italian authorities worried that people were getting too friendly at cocktail hour during the country’s first weekend of eased restrictions. Read story
May 9, 2020, 1:11pm Nation & World
The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained by The Associated Press. Read story
May 9, 2020, 6:05am Clark County News Free
Millions of dollars in public funding are headed to Southwest Washington to assist with COVID-19 response and recovery — part of the latest round of the CARES Act aid package. Read story
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