Lockdown-weary Americans hit the road to U.S. holiday weekend
Americans are back on the road after more than two months of coronavirus lockdowns that kept them homebound, with beach-area traffic tripling since the low point in mid-April, reports released on Friday showed.
Biden apologizes for saying radio host ‘ain’t black’ if undecided about U.S. election
Former Vice President Joe Biden apologized on Friday for telling a black radio host that he “ain’t black” if he was still weighing whether to support him or incumbent Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election.
Drug touted by Trump to treat COVID-19 linked to higher death risk: study
The anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking and has urged others to use, was tied to an increased risk of death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a large study published on Friday showed.
Enjoying your ‘to-go’ cocktail? New York bill would keep it going beyond pandemic
For many New Yorkers, one of the only good things to come out of the coronavirus pandemic is a temporary relaxation of some state regulations, allowing people to buy to-go wine and cocktails or get them delivered.
Beyond politics, gold-standard COVID-19 trials test malaria drug taken by Trump
In the fight against COVID-19, the decades-old anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine has become a political football, with U.S. President Donald Trump personally taking it and hailing it as a “game changer,” to the derision of critics.
U.S. CDC reports 1,571,617 coronavirus cases, 94,150 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 1,571,617 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 20,522 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,089 to 94,150.
U.S. charges Hollywood film distributor with defrauding BlackRock fund
U.S. prosecutors on Friday charged the founder and former owner of a Hollywood movie production and distribution company with defrauding a BlackRock Inc investment fund out of about $14 million to pay for luxuries including a Beverly Hills mansion.
FBI identifies slain suspect in Texas Navy base shooting
The suspect who was slain at the scene of Thursday’s “terrorism-related” shooting at a U.S. naval air base in Texas has been identified as 20-year-old Adam Aalim Alsahli, the FBI said on Friday.
Trump warns governors: let places of worship open this weekend
President Donald Trump on Friday urged U.S. states to allow the reopening this weekend of places of worship that have been closed due to the coronavirus, and warned he would override governors who do not do so.
Organizers cancel 2020 New York auto show
Organizers said Friday they were canceling the 2020 New York auto show that had previously been pushed back until August, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the venue’s use as a field hospital.
