Gov. Roy Cooper vetoes bill to reopen North Carolina's bars

Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Friday that would have allowed North Carolina's bars to reopen for outside operations. They have been closed since Cooper shut down restaurants and bars across the state on March 17 in an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19. After Cooper allowed restaurants and breweries to reopen in phase 2 but left bars closed, the General Assembly passed a bill that would have allowed bars to serve customers outside, permitted restaurants to operate at full capacity and limited…