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Coronavirus cases among grocery store workers have increased by 200%, according to a union report. The uptick in cases comes at a time some companies have ended the extra 'hero pay' for workers.https://trib.al/4UoU6cO 

A restaurant in Ocean City, Md., is using "bumper tables" to keep diners safely 6-feet apart. "It's like a big baby walker," the owner said.https://trib.al/BupqyVU 

Joe Biden says he "shouldn't have been so cavalier" when he told a radio host that black voters “ain’t black” if they support President Trump.https://trib.al/VEh1KcD 

Political analysts say China's growing assertiveness and its recent coronavirus disinformation campaign have soured relations and encouraged the British government to reconsider its China policy.https://trib.al/CMjUgn6 

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said President Trump was gambling with public health through his pandemic response — including his refusals to wear a mask in public and defense of stay-at-home protesters.https://trib.al/I9inlvZ 

The sons of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi say they have forgiven their father's killers, paving the way for a legal reprieve for 5 men sentenced to death for the murder.https://trib.al/gDTw4EO 

The CDC says it has not changed its guidelines on the spread of coronavirus on contaminated surfaces. Recent news reports suggested it had. The virus doesn't spread easily on surfaces, the agency says, but people should still disinfect dirty surfaces.https://trib.al/Gfdo8oe 

In an open letter, 77 American scientists say they're "gravely concerned" about the abrupt termination of a federal grant for coronavirus research in China — and are calling for a review of the decision.https://trib.al/InNCPkI 

For colleges to reopen their campuses, frequent coronavirus testing will be key. But most are still figuring out where they would get those tests, what the protocols would be — and whether they can even afford it.https://trib.al/TTS2WSE 

FBI Director Christopher Wray has ordered an internal review of the bureau's investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn to determine whether any misconduct occurred in the probe.https://trib.al/n9EXF6H 

A race to cure polio in the 1950s mirrors the dash for a coronavirus vaccine — but, medical historian David Oshinsky warns, too fast might prove harmful. "We want a vaccine as quickly as possible," Oshinsky says, "But ... you've got to be cautious."https://trib.al/zFNp908 

China is scrapping its annual economic growth targets for the first time since 1990. Instead, leaders will focus on reducing unemployment and poverty alleviation amid the pandemic.https://trib.al/V51mzLW 

Patients who recover from the coronavirus and test positive again do not appear to be contagious, a study from the South Korean Center for Disease Control finds.https://trib.al/4Zsuoyd 

Gov. Kay Ivey is relaxing restrictions on aspects of normal life such as zoos and water parks even as Alabama faces a rise in COVID-19 cases — and in some areas, a shortage of hospital beds for coronavirus patients.https://trib.al/IcRt25s 

President Trump says U.S. government buildings, military posts and embassies will fly the flag at half-staff through Memorial Day weekend in memory of the nearly 100,000 people who have died of COVID-19.https://trib.al/c41FUJC 

President Trump said governors need to reopen houses of worship immediately, and threatened that if they don't, "I will override the governors."https://trib.al/RRMhwKt 

Few can belt the way that Lady Gaga can — and Ariana Grande is one of them.https://trib.al/BChG61u 

William "Roddie" Bryan — the man who filmed the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery — has said he was a witness. "I can tell you that if we believed he was a witness we wouldn't have arrested him," said the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.https://trib.al/Wpa7zvj