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Among the last professional sports to air a live event before the COVID-19 shutdown, bowling will be among the first to reappear on TV.

ROME (AP) — As nations around the world loosen coronavirus restrictions, people are discovering that “the new normal” is anything but.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to hold up coronavirus relief money for Michigan after he said — erroneously — that the state had sent absentee ballots to millions of voters. It's not clear that he can do so.

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Your daily look at nonvirus stories in the news:

1. CYCLONE DUMPS RAIN ON INDIA, BANGLADESH Millions are frantically evacuated and the storm, packing 100 mph winds, could cause extensive structural damage and possibly flood crowded cities like Kolkata.

2. ‘UNLIKE ANYTHING WE’VE SEEN’ Rapidly rising water overtakes dams and forces the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, with the city of Midland facing catastrophic flooding.

3. US BIRTHS FALL TO 35-YEAR LOW... Читать дальше...

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where flooding struck communities along rain-swollen waterways and the governor said one downtown could be “under approximately 9 feet of water" by Wednesday.

BEIRUT (AP) — In troubled times, people have been known to hoard currency at home — a financial security blanket against deep uncertainty. But in this crisis, things are different. This time cash itself, passed from hand to hand across neighborhoods, cities and societies just like the coronavirus, is a source of suspicion rather than reassurance.

Singer-actress Cher is 74. Actor-author James McEachin is 90. Actor Anthony Zerbe is 84. Actor David Proval is 78. Actor-comedian Dave Thomas is 72. Musician Warren Cann is 70. Former New York Gov. David Paterson is 66. Actor Dean Butler is 64. TV-radio personality Ron Reagan is 62. Actor Bronson Pinchot is 61. Actor Tony Goldwyn is 60. Singer Nick Heyward is 59. TV personality Ted Allen is 55. Actress Mindy Cohn is 54. Actor Timothy Olyphant is 52. Former race car driver Tony Stewart is 49. Rapper Busta Rhymes is 48. Читать дальше...

Finally, horse racing's Triple Crown has a full face. The Belmont Stakes, the final of the three-race series, has a starting date. The New York Racing Association announced Tuesday that the Grade I Belmont will be run on Saturday, June 20, at Belmont Park

Even with the minor league baseball season in serious jeopardy of being canceled, new Tri-City ValleyCats manager Wladimir Sutil tries to look at the bright side.

Nashville, Tenn.

The last time bassist Jon Jones played a concert with his country group, Eli Young Band, was March 8. He hopes to hit the stage again in June to launch a new drive-in concert series in his first return to live music with fans since the devastating coronavirus.

"This is going to be a surreal kind of setting," Jones said of plans to play acoustically to 400 cars full of people at the new Texas Rangers stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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Darlington, S.C.

Whenever Joey Logano doesn't cross the finish line first at a NASCAR Cup Series race, he says he tends to have the same thought: "Golly, I wish I could do that again."

The 2018 NASCAR champion and the rest of the field will get to do it again: They will run the Toyota 500 (that's kilometers, not miles) on Wednesday night at Darlington Raceway just three days after the sport got back to racing after 10 weeks away due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public health officials in some states are accused of bungling coronavirus infection statistics or even using a little sleight of hand to deliberately make things look better than they are.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The chief architect of Florida’s coronavirus website was fired Monday after an apparent disagreement over what information should be made public, underscoring how entwined public health data and politics have become as elected officials move to reopen their communities amid the coronavirus pandemic.

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Diners in a Maryland beach town are bouncing back into dining out amid the coronavirus pandemic with a little help from inflatable inner tubes on wheels.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota city that was among the earliest to be hit by a major coronavirus outbreak in a meatpacking plant is planning a parade to thank workers, who organizers say have been unfairly stigmatized.