Top Eight

Top eight CNS stories for today including the Supreme Court revived a $12 billion suit by insurers that lost money under the Affordable Care Act health care law overhaul; New York officials junked the already delayed 2020 Democratic presidential primary; Europe’s great lockdown to stop the coronavirus pandemic is gradually coming to an end, and more.

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National

1.) The Supreme Court was nearly unanimous in ruling against the government Monday, reviving a $12 billion suit by insurers that lost money under the Affordable Care Act health care law overhaul.

The HealthCare.gov website, as seen in 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

2.) Markets looked poised to build on a fair Monday opening but closed at roughly the same point.

A man wearing a protective face mask walks by the investment icon bull statue on display outside an office building in Beijing, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Stocks were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday despite gains on Wall Street on hopes the Trump administration will act to cushion the economic pain of the virus outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

3.) A yarn manufacturer’s massive $531.9 million contract to make 60 million gowns dwarfs those given to makers of other personal protective equipment as well as the companies working on vaccines and ventilators.

Vice President Mike Pence visits the GE Healthcare manufacturing facility Tuesday April 21, 2020, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Regional

4.) New York officials on Monday junked the already delayed 2020 Democratic presidential primary, but the state will still hold its congressional and state-level primaries on June 23.

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del. Biden has won the Alaska Democrats' party-run presidential primary, defeating Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday, April 11, days after Sanders suspended his campaign. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

5.) San Francisco Bay Area counties will extend stay-at-home orders through the month of May to dodge a second wave of Covid-19 infections capable of paralyzing the area health care systems.

A San Francisco Bay Area freeway at rush hour while shelter in place orders remain in effect due to the novel coronavirus Covid-19. (Chris Marshall / CNS)

6.) A federal trial began Monday over whether Florida can deny the right to vote for felons unable to pay court costs, restitution or fines.

In this photo taken by her son, Betty Riddle in Sarasota, Fla., Sunday, April 26, 2020, holds the T-shirt she wore on March 17, 2020, when she voted for the first time. She was barred from voting in Florida until a federal judge temporarily blocked the state from preventing her and 16 other felons from voting because of unpaid legal financial obligations. (Courtesy of Rickie Riddle via AP)

7.) Ten days after easing restrictions on some businesses and medical procedures, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Monday the next steps in the state’s economic reopening this week.

A cyclist passes a mural painted on a boarded up business closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Monday, April 27, 2020, in Austin, Texas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to relax some restrictions that have been imposed on businesses. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

International

8.) Europe’s great lockdown to stop the coronavirus pandemic is coming to an end bit by bit and day by day.

People buy fruit and vegetables at a shop in Naples, Monday, April 27, 2020. Region Campania allowed cafes and pizzerias to reopen for delivery Monday, as Italy it is starting to ease its lockdown after a long precautionary closure due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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