May 2, 2020, 7:33pm Nation & World
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Signs Friday that several big meatpacking plants will soon reopen might appear to support President Donald Trump’s assertion that he had “solved their problems” in keeping grocery stores’ coolers stocked during the coronavirus crisis. But the reality isn’t likely to be so easy. Read story
May 2, 2020, 6:38pm Northwest
The highest rate of coronavirus cases in Washington state is in Yakima County, an agricultural giant that has more than double the state average of cases. Read story
May 2, 2020, 6:36pm Nation & World
The U.S. renewable energy industry is reeling from the new coronavirus pandemic, which has delayed construction and sowed doubts about major projects on the drawing board. As many as 120,000 jobs in solar and 35,000 in wind could be lost, trade groups say. Read story
May 2, 2020, 6:35pm Nation & World
ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK, N.J. — From the weather to the schools of dolphins and the (mostly) well-behaved crowds, everything and everyone seemed to cooperate at a sprawling oceanfront park Saturday as New Jersey reopened its state parks to a populace itching to get sand between their toes after months… Read story
May 2, 2020, 4:53pm Nation & World
For Muslims in the United States, there is no other time more centered around gathering in congregation than the holy month of Ramadan. In every corner of the country, believers attend community iftar meals to break the fast and then pack neatly into tight rows for nightly prayers at the… Read story
May 2, 2020, 4:49pm Nation & World
They are known as “the invisibles”: Undocumented African migrants who, even before the coronavirus outbreak plunged Italy into crisis, barely scraped by as day laborers, prostitutes, freelance hairdressers and seasonal farm hands. Read story
May 2, 2020, 4:13pm Nation & World
In Brazil’s bustling Amazon city of Manaus, so many people have died within days in the coronavirus pandemic that coffins had to be stacked on top of each other in long, hastily dug trenches in a city cemetery. Some despairing relatives reluctantly chose cremation for loved ones to avoid burying… Read story
May 2, 2020, 2:44pm Clark County News
State lists parks set to reopen for day use Read story
May 2, 2020, 2:31pm Northwest
Oregon will launch an ambitious COVID-19 testing program and increase contact tracing as it prepares to reopen the economy, Gov. Kate Brown said Friday. Read story
May 2, 2020, 1:57pm Northwest
Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the tiny Montana town of Roundup. Read story
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