Amazon profit falls as pandemic-related costs rise

Amazon profit falls as pandemic-related costs rise

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon’s sales soared in the first three months of the year, as more home-bound people shopped online amid the coronavirus pandemic.But getting millions of packages to shopper’s doorsteps is expensive. The rising costs pushed Amazon’s first-quarter...
Virtual meetings set for drilling plan near national park

Virtual meetings set for drilling plan near national park

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal land managers plan to hold a series of virtual meetings on a contested plan that will guide for at least the next decade oil and gas development around a national park and other areas in northwestern New Mexico that are revered by...
With rural Kansas looking to reopen, doctor remains nervous

With rural Kansas looking to reopen, doctor remains nervous

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Dr. Beth Oller would like Kansas to remain under a stay-at-home order a while longer, even as some neighbors in her rural northwest county are restless to see business return to normal.Oller and her husband are family physicians in their late 30s...
Pelosi: States, cities seek $1T to avert layoffs from virus

Pelosi: States, cities seek $1T to avert layoffs from virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday state and local governments are seeking up to $1 trillion for coronavirus costs, a stunning benchmark for the next aid package that’s certain to run into opposition from Senate Republicans.Pelosi...
Turkey sends 2nd consignment of medical supplies to US

Turkey sends 2nd consignment of medical supplies to US

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A second Turkish military plane took off from an air base near Ankara on Thursday carrying more medical aid to the United States which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The cargo plane is carrying a second consignment of personal...