Author: AP Domestic

San Francisco is slowly starting to reopen after weeks of shelter-in-place rules due to COVID-19. Retail stores in San Francisco, forced to close two months ago, are now allowed to offer curbside pickup of everything from clothing to cookware. (May 18)…

A Massachusetts company says its experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing. (May 18)

Actor Sean Penn joined Mayor Lori Lightfoot at a COVID-19 testing site in Chicago. Penn’s charity, CORE, helped the city open six new sites in black and brown communities. (May 18)

Insisting the criminal justice system won’t be used for political ends, Attorney General William Barr says he doesn’t expect a review into the Russia investigation origins to lead to criminal probes of Joe Biden or former President Barack Obama. (May 1…

Arnold Schwarzenegger shares details of emergency heart surgery; Elvis Presley’s Graceland set to reopen this week in Memphis; Rosanne Cash wins prestigious MacDowell arts medal. (May 18)

A Texas city is reaching out to older adults with an offer of small talk to help them fight the loneliness felt by people shut in during the coronavirus pandemic. (May 18)

Doctors in Ukraine are struggling with broken or substandard equipment, a lack of drugs, low wages, all as they battle the coronavirus pandemic. (May 18)

As couples do all over the world, Darshana Kumara Wijenarayana and his fiancée, Pawani Rasanga, spent months planning a grand wedding. (May 18)

Highlights of this day in history: Mt. St. Helens erupts in Washington State; The U.S. Supreme Court upholds racial segregation; Pope John Paul II born in Poland; Movie director Frank Capra born; ‘Les Miserables’ ends its Broadway run. (May 18)
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