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• Coronavirus: McConnell says he supports states using 'bankruptcy route' over federal assistance

  22-04-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  State governments hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic have pleaded for more federal assistance to help them provide essential services.
  
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• A top US vaccine scientist says he was ousted from his job for refusing to tout 'unproven' coronavirus treatments

  22-04-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Leading vaccine scientist Rick Bright says he was kicked out of his post as head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
  
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• Trump administration allegedly removed doctor developing COVID-19 vaccine for refusing to back hydroxychloroquine

  22-04-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Rick Bright, the federal official formerly leading coronavirus vaccine development, says he was ousted this week for putting science over "politics and cronyism."Bright was removed from his post as director of the Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Stat News reported earlier this week. Bright confirmed the news on Wednesday with a scathing statement, specifically saying he was ousted for not backing President Trump's preferred yet
  
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• Head of Coronavirus Vaccine Research Says He Was Demoted for Questioning Drug Favored by Trump

  22-04-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The doctor in charge of the federal agency overseeing research into a coronavirus vaccine said on Wednesday he was forced out of the job after questioning the efficacy of an anti-malarial drug favored by the president.Dr. Rick Bright was “involuntarily transferred” last week from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to a role with fewer responsibilities at the National Institute of health after advocating fo
  
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• Fact Check: Trump says the US coronavirus mortality rate is 'one of the lowest' in the world

  22-04-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump claims the U.S. has "one of the lowest" coronavirus mortality rates in the world. Here's what the numbers say.
  
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• Las Vegas mayor says 'free enterprise' will allow restaurants to reopen safely

  22-04-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The mayor of Las Vegas, pressing to reopen businesses in her city, said “competition” would ensure that they operated safely during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Can plastic face shields prevent the spread of coronavirus?

  22-04-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experts are split on whether plastic face shields typically worn by health care professionals should be worn in everyday life.
  
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• I've only been using Apple's new iPhone SE for a few hours, but it already feels like exactly what the company needs to upstage Android rivals

  22-04-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple's new iPhone SE is a big move to stay competitive as rivals like Google and Samsung release compelling, low-cost Android phones.
  
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• American Airlines just raised its checked bag fees, even though hardly anyone is flying right now

  22-04-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  American Airlines said it was raising its checked bag fees on certain tickets to better align with its airline joint venture partners.
  
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• Hot Pockets heir seeks to avoid prison time, citing virus

  22-04-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune who was sentenced to five months in prison in the college admissions bribery scheme asked a judge Wednesday to allow her to serve her punishment at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.Lawyers for Michelle Janavs, who is supposed to report to prison next month, said in a legal filing that she has a health condition that makes her particularly vulnerable if she were to get the virus behind bars.Instead, she should spend five months in home confinement, her a
  
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• New York cats become first US pets to contract coronavirus

  22-04-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two cats in New York have become the first pets in the United States to test positive for the new coronavirus, officials said Wednesday.The owner of one of the cats had earlier tested positive for the virus before their feline pet started showing symptoms, according to the officials.Health officials recommend that cats and dogs socially isolate while they learn more about how the virus infects pets.
  
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• How to identify and remove a skin tag

  22-04-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Skin tags are benign skin growths that you may find annoying and unsightly. Though you don't have to remove a skin tag, a doctor can get rid of it.
  
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• Would You Like A Drink? What Are My Options? Yes Or No – Pun Meme

  22-04-2020 22:54 via shutupandtakemymoney.com
  
  Would You Like A Drink? What Are My Options? Yes Or No – Pun Meme
  The post Would You Like A Drink? What Are My Options? Yes Or No – Pun Meme appeared first on Shut Up And Take My Money.
  
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• Under pressure, Harvard says it will reject US relief aid

  22-04-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Harvard University announced Wednesday it will turn down $8.7 million in federal coronavirus relief, a day after President Donald Trump excoriated the wealthy Ivy League school over taxpayer money it stood to receive.Similar action was taken at Stanford, Princeton and Yale universities, which said they too will reject millions of dollars in federal funding amid growing scrutiny of wealthy colleges.Officials at Harvard said the school still faces significant financial challenges due to the pandem
  
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• Delta sees few signs travelers are itching to fly even as coronavirus restrictions ease

  22-04-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Delta CEO Ed Bastian says travel demand won't bounce back until travelers feel physically and financially safe.
  
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• Delta warns of need to 'resize' after big loss on virus shutdowns

  22-04-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Delta Air Lines will need to "resize" the company in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, executives said Wednesday, as they sketched out a picture of airline industry recovery that is expected to be slow and choppy.The message from Chief Executive Ed Bastian was grim.Delta lost $534 million in the first quarter, compared with profits of $730 million in the same period a year ago.
  
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• Las Vegas mayor leaves CNN's Anderson Cooper baffled while pushing for reopening

  22-04-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a wild interview Wednesday afternoon, CNN's Anderson Cooper grew increasingly bewildered as the mayor of Las Vegas pushed for the city to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, dismissing health concerns.Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman told Cooper on Wednesday she'd call for casinos, hotels, restaurants, and more to reopen after previously describing Nevada's stay-at-home order as "insanity.""I'd love everything open," Goodman told Cooper, "because I think we've had viruses for years."Cooper s
  
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• Results expected soon on experimental coronavirus drug trial

  22-04-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investigators studying remdesivir say they're working as quickly — and as accurately — as possible.
  
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• Arkansas can enforce surgical abortion ban amid pandemic, federal court rules

  22-04-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  State directive seeks to postpone medical procedures not considered urgent during outbreakA federal appeals court has allowed Arkansas to enforce a ban on most surgical abortions, as part of a state directive aimed at postponing medical procedures not deemed urgent during the coronavirus outbreak.The ruling from the eighth US circuit court of appeals in St Louis, Missouri, lifted a federal judge’s order which had allowed abortions to continue. The new ruling does not affect abortion induce
  
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• Coronavirus: Pet cats test positive in New York

  22-04-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The felines, which are based in different parts of New York state, both had respiratory symptoms.
  
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• Reopening after coronavirus is a 'much bigger' job than most Americans realize, Harvard study finds

  22-04-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Despite President Trump’s assurances that the U.S. is “winning” its war against the coronavirus, and moves by some governors to end stay-at-home measures, a new Harvard University study paints a stark picture of what will be required for the country to emerge from the pandemic.
  
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• Las Vegas Mayor Embarrasses Herself During Absolutely Batshit Coronavirus CNN Interview

  22-04-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Independent Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, in what can graciously be called an utterly insane performance, frustrated and flummoxed CNN anchor Anderson Cooper during a marathon Wednesday afternoon interview that featured her calling for casinos and hotels to be completely opened up—despite having no plan to do so safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.Goodman recently called for casinos to open, saying the ones with the most coronavirus infections can then close, adding that she assumes 100
  
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• Five things to know about Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

  22-04-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has called Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer one of the most talented people in the country and is on his list of potential running mates. Here are five things to know about one of the contenders in the 2020 veepstakes.
  
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• Common Questions About Stimulus Payment Problems, Answered

  22-04-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  We got answers for some of your most pressing questions about your stimulus payment
  
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• 3 US soldiers punished for sneaking off to a bar in South Korea and returning through a hole in a fence despite coronavirus restrictions

  22-04-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three US Army soldiers were caught and punished for breaking the rules by going to an off-post bar in South Korea.
  
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• Biden campaign says it has refunded donation from Louis C.K.

  22-04-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Wednesday that it has refunded a $2,800 donation from Louis C.K., a comedian and writer whose career was derailed after five women accused him of sexual misconduct.The comedian, whose real name is Louis Szekely, donated to Biden on March 4, according to Federal Election Commission records.The donation was made the day after the former vice president's commanding win in more than a dozen Super Tuesday contests put him on the path to becoming the presumptive
  
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• 34 crew members positive for COVID-19 on docked Costa Atlantica; Costa Deliziosa docks in Italy

  22-04-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Costa Cruises said 34 crew members on a docked cruise ship tested positive for the coronavirus as its sister ship, Costa Deliziosa docked in Genoa, Italy.
  
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• N.J. Governor Calls McConnell Bankruptcy Comment ‘Irresponsible’

  22-04-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for saying he favors allowing states struggling with high pension costs amid the burdens of the pandemic response to declare bankruptcy rather than giving them a federal bailout.“I’m taken aback -- my breath is taken away -- I have almost nothing to say to what Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said -- that it wouldn’t necessarily be a bad idea for states to go bankrupt. It’s a
  
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• 'Will we have enough food?:' Millions of Americans are now unemployed and hungry. Food banks worry they can't feed them.

  22-04-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A San Antonio food bank CEO said Americans are waiting 12 hours before they distribute food in "lines that are longer than I've ever seen in my life."
  
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• Trump tweets order to 'destroy' Iranian boats. Pentagon calls it a warning.

  22-04-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three U.S. defense officials said they were caught off guard by Trump's tweet because he had not ordered a change in policy.
  
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• 'That makes no sense': Anderson Cooper stunned by Las Vegas mayor during wild CNN interview

  22-04-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At one point, Anderson Cooper had to remove his glasses, rub his eyes, and take a breath before continuing.
  
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• New York cats become 1st pets to test positive for coronavirus in the U.S.

  22-04-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first known instances of pets contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus in the United States have been confirmed.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratories said on Wednesday that two pet cats in separate areas of New York tested positive for the coronavirus, Axios reports. In the case of the first cat, no one in the household had tested positive for COVID-19, although in the second case, the owner did test positive.
  
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• Delta's CEO said he would support an 'immunity passport' program or other steps to jumpstart travel as the airline reports its first quarterly loss in more than 5 years

  22-04-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Delta reported a $534 million loss in the first quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and warned of a worse second quarter.
  
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• Coronavirus to accelerate Social Security, Medicare depletion dates, U.S. officials say

  22-04-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Job and revenue losses prompted by the coronavirus will likely accelerate the depletion of Social Security and Medicare reserves, U.S. officials said on Wednesday as they released reports showing little change in the federal benefit programs' pre-pandemic finances.The 2020 Social Security and Medicare trustees reports released on Wednesday did not reflect projections from the coronavirus pandemic but showed continued long-term funding shortfalls for retirement, disability and seniors' healthcare
  
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• Severe storms, tornadoes likely across the South today and Thursday

  22-04-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Another outbreak of severe weather is likely across the storm-weary southern U.S. Wednesday and Thursday, forecasters warned.
  
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• Cuomo Pushes Back On Lockdown Protesters: ‘Economic Hardship Doesn’t Equal Death’

  22-04-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York governor Andrew Cuomo pushed back on claims that state lockdowns were creating more harm than the COVID-19 pandemic, saying “how can the cure be worse than the illness if the illness is potential death?”Speaking to reporters as protestors demonstrated outside New York’s state capitol in Albany, Cuomo denied that his measures, which closed nonessential businesses and banned unnecessary gatherings, “equal death.”"Economic hardship — yes, very bad &mdash
  
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• Coronavirus FAQ and What You Really Need to Know

  22-04-2020 21:28 via popularmechanics.com
  
  The virus has been deemed a global health emergency as it continues to spread.
  
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• Trump and Pakistan's Khan discuss coordination against COVID-19

  22-04-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday discussed the global coronavirus pandemic and efforts to blunt its spread, the White House and the Pakistani leader's office said.The two also discussed the U.S.-led effort to bring peace to Afghanistan, Khan's office said in a statement distributed by the Pakistani embassy.Trump and Khan spoke by telephone following talks last week that U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad held with Taliban negotiators in Do
  
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• Virus-hit South Dakota pork workers say health was on chopping block

  22-04-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Andom Yosef spent his nights butchering unlucky pigs in the state of South Dakota for years, but now, he and more than 700 colleagues -- most of them immigrants -- have found their own luck ran out: infected with coronavirus.The night shifts, cold temperatures and overcrowding on the meat processing lines were small prices to pay to escape the refugee camp where he had spent seven years.
  
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• This woman's trick to cutting dog nails? Peanut butter and plastic wrap on her forehead.

  22-04-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “I look like a dork,” Lindsey Shelton of Oklahoma said in the TikTok video while laughing. “I’m about to look like a genius!” She may have been right.
  
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• Gov. Newsom provides update on state's plans to easy virus restrictions

  22-04-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that California hospitals can resume delayed medical care like tumor removals and key preventive care services that were delayed so medical professionals could prepare for a coronavirus surge.
  
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• Trump, Pence Slowly Resume Travel to Signal U.S. Ready to Reopen

  22-04-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump is eager to resume travel outside Washington after almost a month stuck at the White House because of the pandemic to signal that the U.S. is ready to begin opening for business.The White House is considering trips Trump could take but none is planned before a June graduation speech at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. There’s no timetable for when Trump will resume a normal travel schedule, two aides said.Vice President Mike Pence lai
  
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• Two pet cats in New York test positive for coronavirus

  22-04-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This marks the first time a pet has tested positive for the virus in the United States.
  
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• Missouri AG Claims Coronavirus Lawsuit Could Eventually Win ‘Tens of Billions of Dollars’ from Chinese Government

  22-04-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Missouri attorney general Eric Schmitt on Wednesday told National Review that he believes the state's first-of-its-kind lawsuit against China could potentially bring massive compensation to Missourians who have suffered as a result of Beijing's mishandling of the coronavirus.The lawsuit "seeks recovery for the enormous loss of life, human suffering, and economic turmoil experienced by all Missourians" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Several defendants are identified, including the CCP, China
  
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• How to keep your glasses fog-free while wearing a face mask

  22-04-2020 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Soapy water, folded tissues, and anti-fog sprays could be the key to keeping your spectacles clean and clear.
  
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• Harry Dunn death: diplomatic immunity for Anne Sacoolas 'illogical'

  22-04-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Foreign Office accepted US claim that as the wife of a CIA agent Sacoolas had immunity Britain agreed to let Anne Sacoolas, the driver charged with killing 19-year-old motorcyclist Harry Dunn, return to the US on the basis of an “apparently illogical” interpretation of the law on diplomatic immunity, according to the most senior civil servant at the Foreign Office.The description of this interpretation given to the foreign affairs select committee by Sir Simon McDonald, the permanent
  
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• From 1 to 1,000s: Solving the Mysteries of Coronavirus With Genetic Fingerprints

  22-04-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SEATTLE -- As the coronavirus outbreak consumed the city of Wuhan in China, new cases of the virus began to spread out like sparks flung from a fire.Some landed thousands of miles away. By the middle of January, one had popped up in Chicago, another one near Phoenix. Two others came down in the Los Angeles area. Thanks to a little luck and a lot of containment, those flashes of the virus appear to have been snuffed out before they had a chance to take hold.But on Jan. 15, at the international ai
  
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• Immigrants are not the problem but part of the coronavirus solution

  22-04-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While Trump’s suspension of immigration seeks to shift blame for his poor leadership, we need immigrants to help in the fight against COVID-19.
  
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• How the coronavirus pandemic collided with America's critical shortage of housing

  22-04-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With an unprecedented number of Americans losing their primary source of income, many families will not be able to pay the rent in May.
  
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• Child sex trafficking survivor supported by Kim Kardashian West freed from jail

  22-04-2020 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "She will be sent to an appropriate group home and she will be under supervision for an extensive period of time," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said.
  
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