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MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Having endured what was surely a record-shattering slump last quarter, the U.S. economy faces a dim outlook as a resurgent coronavirus intensifies doubts about any sustained recovery the rest of the year. A huge plunge in consumer spending as people stayed home and avoided shopping, traveling or gathering in crowds as the virus raged is estimated to have sent the economy sinking at a roughly 32% annual rate in the April-June quarter. That would be more than triple the p...
GILLIAN FLACCUS and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal agents who have clashed with protesters in Portland, Oregon, will begin a "phased withdrawal" from the city, Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement the plan negotiated with Brown over the last 24 hours includes a "robust presence" of Oregon State Police in the downtown of the state's largest city. "State and local law enforcement will begin securing properties and streets, especially tho...
MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Big Tech CEOs — Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple — are set to answer for their companies' practices before Congress as a House panel caps its yearlong investigation of market dominance in the industry. The powerful executives are set to defend their companies as buttressing competition and offering essential services to consumers. The four CEOs are testifing remotely for a hearing Wednesday by the House Judci...
DAVID RISING Associated Press BERLIN (AP) - Holocaust survivors around the world are lending their voices to a campaign launched Wednesday targeting Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to take action to remove denial of the Nazi genocide from the social media site. Coordinated by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the #NoDenyingIt campaign uses Facebook itself to make the survivors' entreaties to Zuckerberg heard, posting one video...
ATLANTA (AP) - John Lewis will lie in repose at the Georgia capitol in his hometown of Atlanta in one of the last memorial services for the late Democratic congressman before he is buried. Members of the public will be able to pay their respects to Lewis on Wednesday at the state capitol rotunda following a ceremony in his honor. A private burial service in Atlanta is scheduled for Thursday. Wednesday's service is part of a series of public remembrances for Lewis that began...
STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are rising on Wall Street Wednesday ahead of a Federal Reserve announcement where investors expect the central bank to keep the accelerator floored on its aid for the economy. The S&P 500 was 0.8% higher in midday trading, while Treasury yields were holding steady and gold touched another record high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 86 points, or 0.3%, at 26,465 as of 11:38 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite...
Tatis Jr., Myers hit home runs as Padres beat Giants 5-3 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a three-run homer in the third, Wil Myers added a two-run drive an inning later, and the San Diego Padres spoiled San Francisco's home opener by beating the Giants 5-3 on Tuesday night. The Giants moved in the outfield walls this season. It might not have mattered for the San Diego sluggers. "I think Wil's was gone in a hurricane. Let's give him the credit. He crushed that...
JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA (AP) - Defensive end Joey Bosa has agreed to a contact extension that will make him the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL. Two people familiar with the deal said the five-year extension is worth $135 million, which includes $78 million guaranteed at signing and $102 million overall. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the contract has not been finalized. ESPN was the first to...
A vehicle fire that spread to nearby vegetation triggered lane closures on southbound Interstate 15 in Rainbow Tuesday evening. An RV pulled over on the right hand side of southbound I-15 just south of Rainbow Valley Boulevard reportedly caught fire about 5:45 p.m., according to information from the California Highway Patrol. By about 10 minutes later, CHP dispatchers were being told the RV had become "fully engulfed" in flames, per a CHP incident log. North County Fire tweeted at 5:54 p.m. that the vehicle fire had spread...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials reported 498 new COVID-19 cases and 14 additional deaths Tuesday, raising the region's totals to 28,005 cases and 547 deaths. Of the deaths, six were women and eight were men, ranging in age from their early 60s to late 90s, and died between July 17-26. All had underlying medical conditions. Of the 6,623 tests recorded Tuesday, 8% returned positive. The 14-day average is 5.7% and the state's target is below 8% to... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - More than $8 million in funding will be disbursed to the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and North County Transit District to support the agencies' purchases of zero emission buses, Caltrans announced Tuesday. Caltrans approved $8.42 million in Low Carbon Transit Operations Program funding for the agencies, part of $146 million approved overall for 166 transportation projects across the state that aim to improve transportation sustainability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ``This investment will...
AMY FORLITI, LEAH WILLINGHAM and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The baseball season descended deeper into crisis Tuesday, states such as Mississippi and South Carolina cast about for more hospital beds, and governors in some of the hardest-hit places staunchly resisted calls to require masks, despite soaring cases of the coronavirus. Major league baseball suspended the Miami Marlins' season through Sunday because of an outbreak that has spread to at least 15 of the team's players, and a series o...
LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The differences over the next coronavirus aid package are vast: Democrats propose $3 trillion in relief and Republicans have a $1 trillion counteroffer. At stake are millions of Americans' jobless benefits, school reopenings and eviction protections. As top White House negotiators return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the leverage is apparent. They are meeting at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. Republicans are so deeply divided over the prospect of big g...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The KAABOO food and music festival has been postponed until 2021 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, joining the vast majority of other major San Diego events. The event, in its sixth year, was originally scheduled for Sept. 18-20 at Petco Park. "After much consultation with stakeholders in local government, artists and music industry friends, and members of the San Diego community, we know it is best and safest for everyone to look ahead and plan a bi...
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Smoke from the fire that ravaged a Navy warship in San Diego Bay contained elevated levels of toxins, but air-quality authorities said area residents had little to fear. The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District found that smoke from the USS Bonhomme Richard contained a dozen potentially harmful substances, such as benzene chloromethane and acetonitrile, the San Diego Union-Tribune Reported. "At those levels, over that short period of time, there...
The Associated Press Can you get the coronavirus twice? Scientists don't know for sure yet, but they believe it's unlikely. Health experts think people who had COVID-19 will have some immunity against a repeat infection. But they don't know how much protection or how long it would last. There have been reports of people testing positive for the virus weeks after they were believed to have recovered, leading some to think they may have been reinfected. More likely, experts say... Full story
MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer Restaurants, bars and other merchants struggling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic are desperately reaching out for a lifeline from insurers that in turn contend they are being miscast as potential saviors. Shutdowns and crowd restrictions imposed by state and local governments to limit the spread of the virus have resulted in more than $1 trillion in estimated losses so far for thousands of rapidly sinking small businesses....
MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer An experimental blood test was highly accurate at distinguishing people with Alzheimer's disease from those without it in several studies, boosting hopes that there soon may be a simple way to help diagnose this most common form of dementia. Developing such a test has been a long-sought goal, and scientists warn that the new approach still needs more validation and is not yet ready for wide use. But Tuesday's results suggest they're...
LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Watchmen," cloaked in superhero mythology and grounded in real-world racism, received a leading 26 nominations Tuesday for the prime-time Emmy Awards. The series, which captured America's deep unease as it faces racial and political clashes amid a pandemic, was nominated as best limited series and received bids for cast members including Regina King and Jeremy Irons. King was part of a vanguard of actors of color who showed...
BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) - Fernando Tatis Jr. saw the ball rolling to the wall in left-center field and raced around the bases, diving headfirst into third as his helmet went flying off. He stood up and thumped his chest with his right fist after clearing the bases, highlighting a five-run rally that carried the San Diego Padres to a 6-2 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday. It's the kind of exciting play the Padres have come to expect from...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials Monday reported 529 coronavirus-related hospitalizations -- a high for the month of July -- and expressed concern about a weekend outdoor church service that attracted scores of unmasked worshippers. The county also reported 523 new diagnoses to raise the region's cumulative coronavirus case total to 27,507, but the death toll was unchanged at 533. Locally, Bonsall has reported 32 cases, Pala 39 and Fallbrook... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, in partnership with minority business leaders, launched a public information campaign Monday to encourage Black, Asian and Hispanic small business owners to apply for grants from the County Relief Program for Small Businesses and Restaurants. The funds are available for small businesses, stemming from a $34 million COVID-19 humanitarian stimulus package passed by the Board of Supervisors in May. Each of the five San Diego County supervisors was given $3.4 million...
SAN ONOFRE (CNS) - A private pilot in a disabled light airplane made a safe emergency landing on Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton Monday. The single-engine Piper PA24 touched down on the southbound side of the freeway near Basilone Road in the San Onofre area about 12:45 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol and Federal Aviation Administration. No property damage or injuries were reported. According to the CHP, the plane landed on the roadway "due to mechanical...
BILL BARROW and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The body of the late Rep. John Lewis has arrived in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, where he will lie in state as lawmakers pay tribute to the long-time Georgia lawmaker and icon of the civil rights movement. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a delegation Monday to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to greet Lewis's flag-draped casket. Lewis's motorcade stopped at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House as it wou...
CAMP PENDLETON (CNS) - A 36-year-old man was arrested Monday morning at a rest stop north of Camp Pendleton on suspicion of kidnapping a woman he had taken on a date in Orange County, authorities said. Dispatchers received a call shortly before 12:15 a.m. from the unidentified woman, who reported that she had escaped from the man's vehicle at a viewpoint off southbound Interstate 5, north of the Aliso Creek rest area, and had borrowed a truck driver's phone to call 911, California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Latulippe said....
