SpaceX’s 1st astronaut launch breaking new ground for style

SpaceX’s 1st astronaut launch breaking new ground for style

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first astronauts launched by SpaceX are breaking new ground for style with hip spacesuits, gull-wing Teslas and a sleek rocketship — all of it white with black trim.The color coordinating is thanks to Elon Musk, the driving force behind...
Asia Today: 23 new cases in South Korea, none in China

Asia Today: 23 new cases in South Korea, none in China

BANGKOK (AP) — South Korea reported 23 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, mostly from the densely populated Seoul area where authorities shut down thousands of nightclubs, bars and karaoke rooms to stem transmissions.Meanwhile, China, where the pandemic began late...
Debt and coronavirus push Hertz into bankruptcy protection

Debt and coronavirus push Hertz into bankruptcy protection

Hertz filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, unable to withstand the coronavirus pandemic that has crippled global travel and with it, the heavily indebted 102-year-old car rental company’s business. The Estero, Florida-based company’s lenders were...
Denver mail hub stays open despite coronavirus closure order

Denver mail hub stays open despite coronavirus closure order

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (AP) — A U.S. Postal Service distribution facility in Denver that handles 10 million pieces of mail a day for Colorado and Wyoming remained open Friday despite being ordered to shut down by city health officials because of a coronavirus outbreak...
Tech privacy firm warns contact tracing app violates policy

Tech privacy firm warns contact tracing app violates policy

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A contact tracing app pushed by the governors of North Dakota and South Dakota as a tool to trace exposure to the coronavirus violated its own privacy policy by sharing location and user identification information with third-party businesses,...
Pandemic job losses hit tourism-dependent states hardest

Pandemic job losses hit tourism-dependent states hardest

HONOLULU (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has been particularly brutal to the tourism-dependent economies of Nevada and Hawaii, lifting the unemployment rate in both states to about one-quarter of the workforce. Nevada topped the nation with an April unemployment rate...