State leaders facing 2nd wave resist steps to curb virus

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Even as a long-feared second wave of coronavirus strains hospitals, officials in many hard-hit states are resisting taking stronger action to stop the spread, with public fatigue, skepticism and political calculations running up against and contravening pleas from health experts. Days before a presidential election that has spotlighted President Donald Trump’s scattershot response to the pandemic, new virus infections…