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DETROIT (AP) — The latest challenge for the autonomous vehicle industry: How to assure passengers that the car they are getting in is virus free, even if it doesn't have a driver.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to carry on with its confrontational approach to world trade, pressuring other countries to lower their tariffs on U.S. products and perhaps making it harder for imports to enter the United States duty free.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Even though the six-month Atlantic hurricane season lasts as long as a typical Major League Baseball season, a Florida congresswoman thinks it needs to be longer.

NEW YORK (AP) — In his latest push for police reform, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that the city is launching an online database that will let New Yorkers track disciplinary cases against police officers accused of excessive force and other violations and view their administrative records.

PHOENIX (AP) — When the coronavirus flared in China this week, the country canceled flights, suspended reopenings and described the situation as “extremely grave.” With cases still rising in some U.S. states, local officials have balked at requiring people to wear masks.

As expected, Tiz the Law was made the heavy favorite for Saturday's 152nd running of the Grade I, $1 million Belmont Stakes.

BEIJING (AP) — More than 60% of commercial flights in and out of Beijing have been canceled as the Chinese capital raised its alert level Wednesday against a new coronavirus outbreak and other nations confront rising numbers of illnesses and deaths.

TOP OF THE HOUR:

— Another Confederate statue torn down by protesters in Richmond, Virginia

— Two Portland reporters injured by police at protests against police brutality

— FBI director visits Minneapolis, is briefed on Floyd investigation. zone.

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RICHMOND, Va. -- News outlets report demonstrators in Richmond tore down another Confederate statue in the city Tuesday night.

The Howitzers Monument located near Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe... Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — A recession is expected to curtail Americans' generosity following a record year for charitable donations, but the recent wave of money dedicated to fighting the coronavirus and racial inequality in the U.S. is offering a beacon of hope for nonprofits in 2020.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Edward Brown has always found a way to deal with his husband's military deployments in the past, but the most recent one felt different. Instead of an endless parade of family visits and last-minute errands, Brown and Staff Sgt. James Clyde were holed up inside their Fayetteville, North Carolina, apartment watching Netflix and making TikTok videos.

Jimmy Kimmel will host the first major Hollywood awards ceremony of the coronavirus pandemic — but just how the Emmys will be held remains cloudy.

Chico, Calif.

Alcohol is suspected in a hit-and-run crash that led to the arrest of New York Giants kicker Aldrick Rosas in Northern California, authorities said Tuesday.

Rosas, 25, allegedly failed to stop for a red light and plowed his Chevrolet SUV into the side of a pickup truck Monday in the city of Chico, the California Highway Patrol said.

Rosas kept driving and then walked away from the SUV when it broke down, the CHP said in a statement.

He was arrested a short... Читать дальше...

All Dale Earnhardt Jr. needed was a chance to prove he could win in stock cars.

Fort Worth, Texas

The silence that greeted the return of the PGA Tour at Colonial will be a familiar sound for the first major of the year.

The PGA of America has submitted plans to hold the PGA Championship on Aug. 6-9 at Harding Park without spectators, and the San Francisco Chronicle reports public health officials have approved it.

An announcement was pending approval by city officials.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down golf for three months — the... Читать дальше...

New York

While some have criticized HBO Max's removal of "Gone With the Wind" from its streaming service — including those who wonder if it hurts the legacy of Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award — Oscar nominee Queen Latifah says good riddance.

"Let 'Gone with the Wind' be gone with the wind," said the Emmy, Golden Globe and Grammy winner in an interview last week.

Latifah, who portrays McDaniel in Ryan Murphy's Netflix "Hollywood" series... Читать дальше...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I married two years ago. A year later we welcomed our first child. I never imagined I would ever want a divorce. Well, I found out early this year that my husband has a fetish/fantasy about bigger women. (He actually said it.) He is a "feeder." He has purchased books related to these things and watches videos and reads stories about it while sitting next me on the couch! It turns him on. He has asked me to consider gaining weight. I told him he needs help.