Trump Honors Fallen Soldiers as Nation Battles Against Virus

Baltimore, MD (AP) — President Donald Trump honored America’s fallen service members in a pair of Memorial Day appearances as the country continues its battle against the coronavirus. The president was eager to demonstrate national revival from the pandemic, even as the U.S. death toll approached 100,000. He appeared both at Arlington National Cemetery and…

Execution of Man in Missouri Who Fatally Stabbed Woman is the First Since the Coronavirus Pandemic Took Hold in the U.S.

Bonne Terre, MO (AP) A Missouri man is put to death for fatally stabbing an 81-year-old woman nearly three decades ago, in the first U.S. execution since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Walter Barton died via lethal injection yesterday. Barton had long maintained he was innocent of killing Gladys Kuehler, and his case was tied…