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

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

Viral video captured the incident at Miami International Airport. The officer and two others are under investigation. 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

But Trump campaign and RNC still far ahead of Democrats’ suddenly burgeoning coffers in cash-on-hand Source

President appears to be relenting a bit on the issue as coronavirus cases surge in large swaths of the U.S. Source