Business reopenings spurred a return to work last month, but many hirings are now on hold again as COVID cases rise. Source

“What these agreements often do is they impede reasonable accountability efforts,” Loyola University law Professor Stephen Rushin said. Source

New coronavirus cases in the United States hit an all-time high as more than 50,000 infections were reported Wednesday. As the outbreak accelerates across the country, states from coast to coast are slowing or rolling back their reopenings. Carter Evans reports. Source

A Texas nurse who says she almost died from COVID-19 returns to the battle lines as doctors voice concerns over the rising number of cases in the state. Janet Shamlian reports. Source

“They are maggots and parasites at best, feeding off the isolation of addiction and broken families,” Rev. Theodore Rothrock wrote. Source

Advocacy group says powerful mine owners have created a “dystopian wasteland in which scores of people at a time are buried alive.” Source

Meet Austin Kindred, in his second season as a fan services assistant for the Tennessee Titans. Source

Photos purporting to show the scene suggest those at the center were lying down when they were sprayed with bullets. Source

Tokyo agreed to buy 2 Aegis Ashore systems under pressure from Trump, but with him now distracted and Japanese residents fuming, the deal is off. Source

Maine’s largest festival went on despite the 1918 Spanish Flu, the Great Depression and WWII. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fryeburg Fair has postponed festivities for the first time in 169 years. Source