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President Donald Trump gives thumbs up from the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump, still infectious, back at White House, without mask

Trump’s doctor said the president would not be fully “out of the woods” for another week.

  • Oct 5, 2020
  • By JILL COLVIN, STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
President Donald Trump gives thumbs up from the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Holiday knick-knacks stand are displayed for Christmas shoppers Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, at a Lowes store in Northglenn, Colo. Add last-minute holiday shopping to the list of time-honored traditions being upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Retailers are kicking off the holiday season earlier than ever this year in hopes of avoiding big in-store crowds and shipping bottlenecks in November and December. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Pandemic pushes start of holiday shopping earlier than ever

Stores like Best Buy, Macy’s, and Target offering Black Friday deals in October to avoid crowding.

  • Oct 5, 2020
  • By JOSEPH PISANI and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writers
Holiday knick-knacks stand are displayed for Christmas shoppers Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, at a Lowes store in Northglenn, Colo. Add last-minute holiday shopping to the list of time-honored traditions being upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Retailers are kicking off the holiday season earlier than ever this year in hopes of avoiding big in-store crowds and shipping bottlenecks in November and December. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Charles M. Rice, professor of virology at Rockefeller University, poses for a portrait in his laboratory office, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in New York. Rice was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus along with fellow American Harvey J. Alter and British-born scientist Michael Houghton.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

3 win Nobel medicine prize for discovering hepatitis C virus

Their work, dating back to the 1970s and 1980s, has helped saved millions of lives.

  • Oct 5, 2020
  • By FRANK JORDANS and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press
Charles M. Rice, professor of virology at Rockefeller University, poses for a portrait in his laboratory office, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in New York. Rice was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus along with fellow American Harvey J. Alter and British-born scientist Michael Houghton.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, briefs reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Doctors: Trump’s blood oxygen level dropped twice recently

Dr. Sean Conley acknowledged he had tried to present a rosy description of the president’s condition.

  • Oct 4, 2020
  • By JILL COLVIN, STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, briefs reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
President Donald Trump waves to members of the media as he leaves the White House to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after he tested positive for COVID-19, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump headed to the hospital for ‘few days’ with ‘mild symptoms’

The president announced Thursday night that he and the first lady tested positive for the coronavirus.

President Donald Trump waves to members of the media as he leaves the White House to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after he tested positive for COVID-19, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Amazon to kick off holiday shopping with October Prime Day

Amazon to kick off holiday shopping with October Prime Day

Major retailers have said they plan to push shoppers to start their holiday shopping in October.

  • Sep 28, 2020
  • By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer
Amazon to kick off holiday shopping with October Prime Day
NY Times: Trump paid $750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017

NY Times: Trump paid $750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017

He earned at least $434.9 million in 2018, but the tax filings reported a $47.4 million loss.

  • Sep 28, 2020
  • By JOSH BOAK Associated Press
NY Times: Trump paid $750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017

President Donald Trump nominates Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

Trump taps ‘eminently qualified’ Barrett for Supreme Court

  • Sep 27, 2020
  • Associated Press
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

She was a women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice.

  • Sep 18, 2020
  • By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
US remembers 9/11 as pandemic changes tribute traditions

US remembers 9/11 as pandemic changes tribute traditions

Trump spoke at the memorial near Shanksville. Biden attended the observance in New York.

  • Sep 11, 2020
  • By KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press
US remembers 9/11 as pandemic changes tribute traditions
George Floyd? Donald Trump? Hero statue nominations are in

George Floyd? Donald Trump? Hero statue nominations are in

Suggestions look considerably different from the predominantly white picks the administration chose.

  • Aug 31, 2020
  • By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ALAN SUDERMAN and JIM ANDERSON Associated Press
George Floyd? Donald Trump? Hero statue nominations are in
John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

He was best known for leading 600 protesters in the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.

  • Jul 18, 2020
  • By CALVIN WOODWARD and DESIREE SEALS Associated Press
John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80
Comet streaking past Earth, providing spectacular show

Comet streaking past Earth, providing spectacular show

NASA’s Neowise infrared space telescope discovered the comet in March.

Comet streaking past Earth, providing spectacular show
Boeing has settled almost all Lion Air crash-death claims

Boeing has settled almost all Lion Air crash-death claims

The company didn’t say how much it paid the families of the people killed in the 2018 Indonesia crash.

Boeing has settled almost all Lion Air crash-death claims
Supreme Court: LGBT people protected from job discrimination

Supreme Court: LGBT people protected from job discrimination

Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas dissented.

  • Jun 15, 2020
  • By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
Supreme Court: LGBT people protected from job discrimination
Boeing, suppliers plunge on stop-and-go 737 Max comeback

Boeing, suppliers plunge on stop-and-go 737 Max comeback

An uptick in Covid-19 cases in the U.S. has added to concerns that airlines face a prolonged recovery

Boeing, suppliers plunge on stop-and-go 737 Max comeback
Boeing goes another month without a single airliner order

Boeing goes another month without a single airliner order

Airlines are canceling thousands of flights while passengers remain too scared to fly.

Boeing goes another month without a single airliner order
Bellevue couple’s nightmare: Held in China, away from daughter

Bellevue couple’s nightmare: Held in China, away from daughter

Chinese officials want the man’s father to return from the U.S. to face 20-year-old embezzling charges.

  • May 5, 2020
  • By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press
Bellevue couple’s nightmare: Held in China, away from daughter
Airbus CEO warns workers it’s bleeding cash and needs cuts

Airbus CEO warns workers it’s bleeding cash and needs cuts

Both Airbus and Boeing are preparing for job cuts as they gauge the depth of the downturn.

Airbus CEO warns workers it’s bleeding cash and needs cuts
U.S. unsure it can meet deadline to disburse funds to tribes

U.S. unsure it can meet deadline to disburse funds to tribes

The department hasn’t determined whether unique Alaska Native corporations are eligible for a share.

U.S. unsure it can meet deadline to disburse funds to tribes