All Stories from May 20, 2020 (Change date)
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Daytime Emmys back on TV, but with socially distanced showMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Daytime Emmy Awards are skipping a theater ceremony because of the coronavirus but the honors will be presented on a TV broadcast. CBS' decision t...
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit plans first space launchMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is targeting the coming weekend for its first attempt to launch a demonstration payload into space aboard a rocket rele...
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Texas pushes for kids to return to normal during pandemicMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - After months of home schooling and lost sports seasons, millions of Texas children may get a taste of a somewhat normal summer after all - if their ...
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Virus looms over China's national legislative sessionMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - When China convenes its National People's Congress on Friday, will the 3,000 delegates stand shoulder to shoulder? Will they wear masks? This year's vers...
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NFL reinstates Cowboys' Aldon Smith, who last played in '15May 20, 2020 7:00 am - FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Aldon Smith will be able to take part in team activities with the Dallas Cowboys after the NFL on Wednesday conditionally reinstated the pass rusher...
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Pomp and masks: Graduations draw thousands despite pandemicMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - High schools nationwide have canceled or postponed traditional graduation ceremonies to avoid worsening the spread of the new coronavirus, but some p...
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Mississippi gov is pranked in shout-out to high school gradsMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - This one slipped through the cracks. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves asked people to submit names of high school seniors so he could read them aloud o...
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Illinois lawmakers, 6 feet apart, catch up on delayed workMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois legislators approved extraordinary safety rules Wednesday as they convened for the first time in 10 weeks due to the coronavirus pandem...
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Home LaunchMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - On May 27, NASA astronauts are set to blast into orbit from home turf on a private company's rocket - a first since the end of the space shuttle era in 2011. The AP wil...
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Stocks close higher as investors regain some more confidenceMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday, clawing back all their losses from a day earlier and extending their strong gains for the week. The S&P 500 rose ...