Evening Edition: U.S. marks Memorial Day as virus death toll nears 100,000
Cities closed streets to make way for recreation and restaurants. Could the closures last beyond the pandemic?; Nightlife in Italy comes roaring back, alarming some politicians; While U.S. and Britain struggle to roll out contact tracing, Germany has been doing it from the start; Hearing that medical workers were sleeping in campers, this group organized free temporary condos ; Gyms are reopening. What if you're not ready to return?; In Florida, some older voters cast a skeptical eye toward Trump's reelection; Explorers find wreck of USS Nevada, the ship that almost escaped Pearl Harbor; Meet Doug and Bob, the hilarious (and kinda goofy) NASA astronauts about to make history; Summer jobs for teens are scarce, but a little boredom has its benefits
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump paid tribute to fallen soldiers on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, which has been closed to the public for months during the coronavirus pandemic. Elsewhere in the country over the holiday weekend, inhibitions — and masks — were shed as crowds flooded newly reopened beaches.
By Katie Mettler, Kim Bellware, Rick Noack, Antonia Farzan, Seung Min Kim and Anne Gearan ●Read more »
Following moves to close or repurpose streets from Oakland to Tampa, cities including Washington are considering ways for restaurants to space out tables by putting them on roads and for neighborhoods to close streets to traffic to make walking and biking safer.
The quick resumption of nightlife from Milan to Naples came as a reminder that even countries deeply scarred by the pandemic might struggle to put prolonged controls on crowds and carefree socializing.
Those 65 and older in the swing state are moving toward Joe Biden amid the chaos of the Trump presidency and the coronavirus pandemic that has savaged the economy.
Election 2020●By Jenna Johnson and Lori Rozsa ●Read more »
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have lived parallel lives and married astronauts. Now they're about to fly SpaceX's Dragon capsule, in one of the most important launches NASA has attempted in years.
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