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Watch live: Memorial Day weekend stream at Ocean Beach
CLICK HERE if you’re having trouble viewing media on a mobile device. Enjoy the view from San Francisco’s Ocean Beach to end your holiday weekend. Related Articles WHO pauses hydroxychloroquine study due to safety concerns Coronavirus: Alameda County continues to lead Bay Area for total cases; 1 death in Contra Costa County In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, […]
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit fails on first rocket launch attempt
LOS ANGELES — Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit failed Monday in its first test launch of a new rocket carried aloft by a Boeing 747 and released over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. The inaugural launch had appeared to be going well until moments after the rocket was dropped from beneath the […]
The Latest: South Korea reports 19 new virus cases, China 7
By The Associated Press The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP OF THE HOUR: — South Korea reports 19 new virus cases, China 7. — […]
Joe Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months
NEW CASTLE, Del. — Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home. Since abruptly canceling a March 10 rally in Cleveland at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the presumptive Democratic presidential […]
Business is booming for many small, local meat processors and butchers, as massive slaughterhouses face COVID crises
Demand has increased at small meat processors and butchers, as the country’s industrial-scale meatpacking facilities have become coronavirus hotspots and been forced to close or reduce their output. The sudden demand for local butchers and meat processors arrives during a time when relatively few remain. “I could run this thing around the clock. Feedlots in […]
The Latest: Brazil travel ban set to start Tuesday
By The Associated Press The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP OF THE HOUR: — Brazil travel ban set to start on Tuesday. — WHO […]
Coronavirus in Colorado: Total cases tick up to 24,269; just one death recorded in past 24 hours
For the first time since late March, Colorado recorded just a single death among people with coronavirus in a 24-hour period. The number of known deaths among people with COVID-19 ticked up to 1,333 on Monday, up from the 1,332 deaths recorded Sunday, the latest state data show. The last time the state recorded a […]
Marking Memorial Day amid coronavirus: Utahns break with tradition, but still honor fallen soldiers
A large American flag is flown on Main Street during a daylong drive-by tribute for veterans throughout Heber City on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2020. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News HEBER CITY — During a holiday typically marked by memorial services, pancake breakfasts and family gatherings, Utahns fanned across the state Monday to […]
Trump honors war dead in events colored by pandemic’s threat
BALTIMORE — President Donald Trump honored America’s war dead Monday in back-to-back Memorial Day appearances colored by an epic struggle off the battlefield, against the coronavirus. Eager to demonstrate national revival from the pandemic, Trump doubled up on his public schedule, while threatening to pull the Republican National Convention out of Charlotte in August unless […]
Boxing: Evander Holyfield open to fighting Mike Tyson for charity
Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is open to tangling with Mike Tyson in a trilogy fight for charity, provided the latter asks for the bout. Holyfield, 57, and Tyson, 53, are no strangers to each other, as the two had a pair of encounters during an eight-month stretch in 1996 and 1997. Holyfield won the […]
The Latest: Brazil travel ban set to start on Tuesday
By The Associated Press The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP OF THE HOUR: — Brazil travel ban set to start on Tuesday. — World […]