Tribune closing newsrooms at 5 U.S. papers

Tribune Publishing, owner of the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers, said Wednesday that it is closing the newsrooms at five papers: New York’s Daily News; The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland; the Orlando Sentinel in Florida; The Morning Call in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and the Carroll County Times in Maryland.

The papers will continue to be published with employees working from home. Employees were told they would be working at home until at least January 2021.

“As we progress through the pandemic and as needs change, we will reconsider our need for physical offices,” a spokesperson for the Chicago-based company, Max Reinsdorf, said via email. “We will keep employees informed of decisions as they are made.”

Kentucky attorney general meets with relatives of Breonna Taylor

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky’s attorney general, facing increasing pressure to charge police who fatally shot Breonna Taylor, met with the family Wednesday morning, according to his office, which released few details.

United plans to add Florida flights

DALLAS — United Airlines said Wednesday it plans to add up to 28 daily flights to Florida this winter, but the airline is prepared to reverse course if the rate of coronavirus cases in the state remains high.