When Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey lifted stay-at-home orders and allowed businesses to reopen on May 15, health officials were recording about 400 new COVID-19 cases a day. Those numbers began rising about 10 days later, and the state reported 1,500 new infections on Wednesday. An Associated Press analysis finds the incidence of the coronavirus is rising in 21 U.S. states.

In the wake of George Floyd’s death, the Minneapolis Police Department decided to withdraw from negotiations with the Minneapolis Police Officers Federation. Chief Medaria Arradondo said on Wednesday that the union’s demands could debilitate the department’s ability to fire an officer for poor behavior. He said the department is “taking a deliberate pause” to consider ways to restructure its contract to facilitate transparency and flexibility.

Someone spray-painted over the word “police” on a Seattle precinct building to say, “Seattle People Department.” Police officers on Monday packed up equipment, removed barricades, and boarded up the East Precinct, where protesters have engaged in several standoffs since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis two weeks ago.

The storm that dumped rain on the South could join forces with another weather system coming out of the Rocky Mountains this week. Tropical Storm Cristobal, now weakened to a tropical depression, swept through Missouri on Tuesday and is set to bring more rain, high wind, and thunderstorms to the Midwest. The storm already caused flooding and dangerous weather in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, as well as a tornado in Florida.

A World Health Organization expert said on Monday the spread of the coronavirus by asymptomatic carriers likely accounts for just 6 percent of cases. Data that track people without symptoms for long periods suggests they are not fueling the spread of the virus, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO technical lead for COVID-19.

An autopsy found that Manuel Ellis died in March from lack of oxygen while police in Tacoma, Wash., held him on the ground. The medical examiner released the report on May 11, but it did not become widespread public knowledge until The News Tribune in Tacoma discovered the results during routine reporting this week.

A new report on joblessness offered hope the United States has seen the worst of the economic blows from the coronavirus shutdowns. Unemployment fell to 13.3 percent in May from 14.7 percent in April, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report released on Friday.