Author: AP Domestic

Yes, dice will roll, cards will be dealt and slot machines will beckon. But poker rooms? Closed. Tourists returning to Las Vegas will see changes since gambling stopped in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic. (May 22)
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Tasting rooms in famed Sonoma and Napa Counties are setting up new sanitizing and safety protocols as they prepare to reopen to the public after being closed the past two months due to coronavirus. (May 22)

Texas bars, bowling alleys, skating rinks and even some strip clubs are set to reopen with restrictions over the Memorial Day weekend as the state continues to gradually restart one of the world’s largest economies amid the coronavirus pandemic. (May 2…

A white woman is charged with assaulting an 11-year-old black girl in what the child’s lawyer calls a racially motivated attack. He says the woman accused Skhylur Davis of stealing her mail, then grabbed Skhylur by her arms and pulled them. (May 22)
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Glam rock explosion “Velvet Goldmine” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. (May 22)

Highlights of this day in history: Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign the ‘Pact of Steel’; Richard Nixon is the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union; Actor Laurence Olivier born; Johnny Carson hosts his last ‘Tonight Show.’
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President Donald Trump follows up on tweets threatening to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it safer to vote during the pandemic by insisting that “mail-in ballots are very dangerous.” (May 20)
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Here’s the latest for Wednesday May 20th: Trump calls malaria drug study fake; Biden calls Trump absolutely irresponsible; Floods force evacuations in Michigan; Arizona wildfire largely contained.