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• Miss the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds flyby? Check out the footage people captured of the jets roaring over New York City to honor essential workers.

  28-04-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The jets flew a 35-minute path across the Northeastern states as a part of "Operation America Strong" to honor essential workers.
  
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• Trump claims 'very good experts' told him the coronavirus 'would never affect' the US, despite multiple officials publicly warning of an impending outbreak

  28-04-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's unclear which experts he was referring to; public-health officials warned early on of a US outbreak that would severely disrupt daily life.
  
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• Coronavirus cases aboard 2nd Navy ship still rising, now 64

  28-04-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The number of coronavirus cases aboard the USS Kidd rose to 64 as the Navy destroyer pulled into port at San Diego on Tuesday to get medical care for the crew and to disinfect and decontaminate the ship.The Kidd is the second Navy ship to have an outbreak of the disease while at sea, the other being the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier that has been docked at Guam for a month.The Roosevelt has more than 900 sailors with confirmed cases of COVID-19, but the entire crew has now been tes
  
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• There's going to be a huge glut of toilet paper after the coronavirus panic-buying subsides, a supply chain expert says

  28-04-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Toilet paper manufacturers have ramped up production to meet the unprecedented demand, but may be left with a huge surplus in the coming months.
  
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• Pence refused a mask at Mayo Clinic because he wanted to thank workers by 'looking them in the eye'

  28-04-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence has a very simple explanation for why he avoided wearing a mask around coronavirus patients.On Tuesday, Pence visited the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to meet with health care workers and even a COVID-19 patient at the hospital and research center. A photo later showed Pence ignored hospital policy and didn't wear a mask on his tour — and later said it was because he wanted to "look" the workers "in the eye" when thanking them."As Vice President of the Uni
  
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• The CDC is urging Americans to avoid domestic travel because of the coronavirus. Here's what the US government's latest travel warnings mean for you.

  28-04-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The CDC has warned Americans to avoid all nonessential travel within the US because of the coronavirus. Here are the CDC's updated guidelines.
  
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• How to prolong the life of hard-to-get grocery items like eggs, yeast, milk, and vegetables

  28-04-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With stores running low on staples like eggs and yeast, you may want to stock up. Here's how to get the most of your shopping and store food longer.
  
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• 2 biggest teachers unions say they are open to striking over coronavirus safety measures

  28-04-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two of the most powerful teachers unions in the United States would consider striking once again soon, though this time the issue is coronavirus safety measures, rather than pay, Politico reports.American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten laid out five conditions for schools to reopen, absent a vaccine, during the coronavirus pandemic. They include: a decline in cases over 14 days; adequate testing, tracing, and isolation; temperature taking, cleaning protocols, personal protecti
  
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• What does Hillary Clinton's endorsement mean for Biden's campaign?

  28-04-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reaction from Fox News contributors Donna Brazile and Karl Rove.
  
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• US panel wants India on religious freedom blacklist

  28-04-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A US government panel on Tuesday called for India to be put on a religious freedom blacklist over a "drastic" downturn under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, triggering an sharp rebuttal from New Delhi.The US Commission on International Religious Freedom recommends but does not set policy, and there is virtually no chance the State Department will follow its lead on India, an increasingly close US ally.In an annual report, the bipartisan panel said that India should join the ranks of "countries of
  
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• Possible link between COVID-19 and rare illness in children

  28-04-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  British doctors raised alarms about Kawasaki disease after a number of children diagnosed with COVID-19 died despite having no underlying health issues, according to a U.K. official.
  
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• California governor: "This virus doesn't take the weekends off"

  28-04-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Newsom warned residents that despite the summer-like temperatures, the coronavirus​ is not through.
  
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• The US is 'slightly' past its first peak, but expert says the pandemic is far from over

  28-04-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Tom Inglesby said some states are experiencing a decline in cases, while half of the country is still seeing a rise in daily numbers.
  
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• California plans to reopen some retail, manufacturing within weeks

  28-04-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Non-essential businesses like offices where remote work is not possible and childcare facilities would be in the first phase of reopening, along with some parks, state health officer Sonia Angell told a news briefing.California schools could start their 2020 year as early as July to make up for a "learning loss" from closures and to allow the broader workforce to return to work, Newsom said."We believe we are weeks, not months away from making meaningful modifications," Newsom told a briefing.
  
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• The US Army is using its futuristic heads-up display to fight the coronavirus

  28-04-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Army has repurposed the device's digital thermal sensors to hunt for a common symptom of the novel coronavirus.
  
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• Hillary Clinton endorses Joe Biden: 'Think of what it would mean if we had a real president'

  28-04-2020 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hillary Clinton joined former Vice President Joe Biden for a virtual town hall event on Tuesday to officially offer her endorsement.The former secretary of state and Democratic candidate for president was Biden's guest during a live stream on Tuesday focused on the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on women, and Biden introduced Clinton as the "woman who should be president of the United States right now.""Think of what it would mean if we had a real president, not just somebody who plays one
  
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• Officials: US seeks indefinite UN arms embargo on Iran

  28-04-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States has circulated a draft U.N. resolution that would indefinitely extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran set to expire in October, a move almost certain to spark opposition from Russia, which has made no secret of its desire to resume conventional weapons sales to Tehran, U.S. officials and U.N. diplomats said Tuesday.The draft document, which as of Tuesday had been circulated only to a small number of Security Council members, would strike the expiration of the arms embargo from the
  
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• A study backed by Mark Zuckerberg reveals companies are selling antibody tests for the coronavirus with big potential for error

  28-04-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dozens of antibodies tests have flooded the US, creating concerns among some experts that the kits could fall short of their claims.
  
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• Southwest says it could take more than 5 years for business travel to get back to normal, as the airline reports its first loss since 2011 because of the coronavirus

  28-04-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said that past recessions have shown business travel is slow to recover, but that the coronavirus crisis could be worse.
  
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• Mitch McConnell wants to prevent a 'blue state bailout' of stimulus money. But Kentucky takes more from the federal government than almost any other state.

  28-04-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kentucky has a bigger balance than 47 other states from the 2015 fiscal year through 2018, according to the Rockefeller Institute of Government.
  
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• New ad says Trump did put "America First" — in COVID deaths

  28-04-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The ads will target Midwest battleground states.
  
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• In Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, an Oxford Group Leaps Ahead

  28-04-2020 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the worldwide race for a vaccine to stop the coronavirus, the laboratory sprinting fastest is at Oxford University.Most other teams have had to start with small clinical trials of a few hundred participants to demonstrate safety. But scientists at the university's Jenner Institute had a head start on a vaccine, having proved in previous trials that similar inoculations -- including one last year against an earlier coronavirus -- were harmless to humans.That has enabled them to leap ahead and
  
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• Retired Republican Senator Jeff Flake will vote for Biden over Trump and says GOP needs 'a sound defeat' in 2020 election

  28-04-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Retired Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona will not be voting for Donald Trump this November. No, he'll be voting for a Democrat for president for the first time in his life."This won’t be the first time I’ve voted for a Democrat — though not for president [before]. Last time I voted for a third-party candidate. ... But I will not vote for Donald Trump," Mr Flake said in an interview with The Washington Post.
  
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• U.S. Senate leader opposes infrastructure spending in next coronavirus relief bill: Axios

  28-04-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on his Republican colleagues on Tuesday to oppose an effort by the White House to insert infrastructure spending measures in an expected fourth coronavirus relief bill, Axios reported."We need to keep the White House in the box," he told senators, Axios said, citing two sources familiar with the call."The Democrats and the White House both need to get the message," the sources quoted McConnell as saying.
  
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• San Francisco seems to have flattened the curve, but an outbreak at a nursing home, jail, or homeless shelter could change everything

  28-04-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVID-19 outbreaks in close-quarters living facilities across San Francisco could "start the clock all over again," one emergency physician said.
  
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• Trump to Sign DPA Order to Force Meat Processing Plants to Remain Open Due to Supply Chain Fears

  28-04-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump plans to sign an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to compel meat processing plants to remain open during the coronavirus pandemic, Bloomberg first reported Tuesday.The order would classify meat processing plants as essential infrastructure, with federal government officials providing protective gear and guidance to workers. Government officials have reportedly estimated that up to 80 percent of the country's meat supply could be shut down during the pandemic.Th
  
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• Hillary Clinton endorsing Joe Biden for president

  28-04-2020 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee endorsed Biden during a virtual "Women's Town Hall" focusing on how women were responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Elon Musk is personally insuring Tesla's board members due to 'disproportionately high premiums' quoted by insurance companies

  28-04-2020 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tesla isn't a stranger to high insurance costs for its vehicles, and last year launched an insurance product for its owners in California.
  
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• A Former VA Secretary Volunteered to Return As a Doctor. No One’s Called Him Back

  28-04-2020 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After the VA announced it was seeking retired health care workers to return to duty, Shulkin threw his hat in the ring.
  
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• Trump orders meat processing plants to remain open

  28-04-2020 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump took executive action Tuesday to order meat processing plants to stay open amid concerns over growing coronavirus casesand the impact on the nation's food supply.The order uses the Defense Production Act to classify meat processing as critical infrastructure to try to prevent a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on supermarket shelves.Unions fired back, saying the White House was jeopardizing lives and prioritizing cold cuts over workers' health.
  
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• Warren, Ocasio-Cortez want to stop many company mergers during coronavirus pandemic

  28-04-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two of the most popular Democrats, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, said on Tuesday they would introduce legislation to stop many mergers while the United States struggles economically during the coronavirus pandemic.Warren and Ocasio-Cortez said they would formally introduce the Pandemic Anti-Monopoly Act to put a moratorium on all mergers that would normally be reported to the Federal Trade Commission, and any involving companies with more than $100 million
  
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• Trump: Dems 'enjoying' vacation, should come back

  28-04-2020 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "The Democrats, they don't want to come back... I think they should be back here, but they don't, they are enjoying their vacation," Trump said. "I think they should be back and think they should all come back and we should work on this together."Hoyer, a Democrat, said the decision was made after he talked to Congress' physician on Monday. "The House's physician's view was that there was a risk to members," Hoyer told reporters.
  
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• America's real coronavirus job losses could be worse than we thought. Nearly 14 million people haven't been able to apply to unemployment since the pandemic began.

  28-04-2020 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 26 million people have applied for unemployment insurance since the coronavirus pandemic began. But millions more have been ignored.
  
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• Here's how to apply to be a contact tracer in New York City and make $57,000 with benefits

  28-04-2020 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The CDC describes contact tracing, which tracks who infected people have had contact with, "part of a multipronged approach" to tackle COVID-19.
  
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• Why Israeli hairdressers are open despite coronavirus - and the rules UK salons may need to adopt

  28-04-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Eliran Ekster squints through a protective visor as he shears off my bedraggled locks, taking care to work around the straps of my surgical mask. It is a blazing hot spring afternoon in Jerusalem, where I am enjoying a forbidden fruit in the age of coronavirus: a haircut. While the closure of Britain’s barber shops is transforming the nation into a gaggle of cavemen, hairdressers in Israel are reopening this week as its tough lockdown measures are gradually scaled back. With only 208 death
  
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• OSHA Complaints Flood in From COVID-19 Frontline Health Workers

  28-04-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Health-care workers and public employees in 10 states filed 40 complaints with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday, claiming employers failed to protect them on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. The deluge suggests that even if the dangerous shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) shows signs of abating, disputes between hospitals and their employees may just be getting started.At least 35 registered nurses at Steward Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital in
  
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• A 101-year-old woman who was born during the Spanish flu survived COVID-19

  28-04-2020 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Angelina Friedman, a resident at North Westchester Restorative Therapy and Nursing Center in New York state, turns 102 this year.
  
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• Reversing course, House won't return to D.C. next week because of coronavirus threat

  28-04-2020 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “We made a judgement that we will not come back next week,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said in a phone call with reporters.
  
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• Biden under pressure to address sexual assault claims after alleged victim's neighbour comes forward

  28-04-2020 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, has come under pressure to address sexual assault claims by a former Senate aide after the woman's neighbour came forward to corroborate the allegation. Tara Reade said the alleged assault occurred on Capitol Hill in 1993 while she was working as a staff assistant for Mr Biden, who was representing Delaware in the US Senate at the time. Mr Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has not commented on the allegations but his campaign has denied
  
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• Trump and MAGA Boosters Rally Behind Diamond & Silk After Fox News Ouster

  28-04-2020 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump, the head of the American Conservative Union, and a number of other MAGA boosters have rallied behind right-wing vlogging superstars Diamond & Silk after Fox News cut ties with the duo over their relentless peddling of coronavirus conspiracy theories and misinformation.The Trump-boosting sisters, who contributed weekly video posts to the network’s streaming service Fox Nation since late 2018, suddenly stopped adding new episodes in early April. A source with know
  
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• Trump says US considering coronavirus checks on international flights

  28-04-2020 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is considering ordering coronavirus tests for people arriving in the United States on international flights, and highlighted Brazil.When asked whether he would require tests for the novel coronavirus or simple temperature checks, Trump replied "both."The Republican president said he was discussing the issue with governors, particularly DeSantis, whose state is a major destination for Latin American flights.
  
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• Media can't fall into 'opposition party' trap in covering Trump, argues White House reporter Jonathan Karl

  28-04-2020 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jonathan Karl, chief White House correspondent for ABC News, writes in his new book that President Trump is waging “an assault on truth,” but also details the ways in which the celebrity star turned commander in chief strategically baits the press into personal grudge matches that undercut the credibility of the media.
  
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• 'Unprecedented' Arctic ozone hole closed, but not because of coronavirus, scientists say

  28-04-2020 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This spring, an "unprecedented" ozone hole formed over the Arctic thanks to an unusually strong polar vortex. Now it's gone.
  
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• Scientists are perplexed by the low rate of coronavirus hospitalizations among smokers. Nicotine may hold the answer.

  28-04-2020 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  No experts are remotely advocating for people to take up smoking to prevent COVID-19, but some researchers have theorized nicotine may be playing some role in keeping the virus at bay, Vice reports. That's because there's a surprisingly low rate of smokers among coronavirus hospitalizations.In France, for example, 25 percent of the population smokes, but only 5.3 percent of coronavirus patients have been recorded as smokers, and studies have found low rates in China and New York City, as well.Gr
  
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• Medical workers, ReOpen NC protesters standoff in Raleigh

  28-04-2020 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Activists who want the North Carolina government to roll back coronavirus safety regulations on businesses are taking to the street again.
  
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• Teachers union: 'Scream bloody murder' if schools reopen against medical advice

  28-04-2020 18:44 via politico.com
  
  Schools in most states have been ordered to stay closed the rest of the year or strongly urged to do so.
  
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• UPS delivered a whopping 19% more packages last quarter to homebound Americans — but it's a curse in disguise

  28-04-2020 18:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The deluge of online orders is upending UPS's normal network, and its bottom line is taking a hit.
  
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• The South Korean government says it's 'aware of Kim Jong Un's location'

  28-04-2020 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It was one of South Korea's most unequivocal statements yet, after roughly two weeks of downplaying rumors about the North Korean leader's health.
  
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• Trump orders U.S. meat-processing plants to stay open despite coronavirus fears

  28-04-2020 18:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered meat-processing plants to stay open to protect the food supply in the United States, despite concerns about coronavirus outbreaks, drawing a backlash from unions that said at-risk workers required more protection.With concerns about food shortages and supply chain disruptions, Trump issued an executive order using the Defense Production Act to mandate that the plants continue to function.The world's biggest meat companies, including Smithfield Foods Inc,
  
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• Treasury to review big loans after LA Lakers PPP loan proceeds meant for small businesses returned

  28-04-2020 18:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The SBA PPP small business loan program has been fraught with problems including big companies like Shake Shack and the LA Lakers getting funds.
  
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