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• UK PM Johnson in intensive care unit with COVID-19 symptoms

  06-04-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson – who is battling coronavirus - was moved to an intensive care unit on Monday after his condition worsened.Johnson was taken to St Thomas' Hospital in central London, Sunday night, and was undergoing tests after suffering persistent symptoms for more than 10 days. Earlier on Monday, Johnson Tweeted: “I’m in good spirits and keeping in touch with my team, as we work together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe.” But later in the
  
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• Randy Halprin: Man on death row denied new hearing despite claiming judge was antisemitic

  06-04-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Supreme Court has declined to take up the case of a Texas death row inmate who asked for a new trial because he believed the judge who presided over his case was antisemitic.Randy Halprin, who is Jewish, was a part of the Texas Seven, who in 2000 escaped prison, robbed a sporting goods store and fatally shot police officer Aubrey Hawkins.
  
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• New York coronavirus deaths 'effectively flat' as U.S. braces for peak cases in hot spots

  06-04-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York state remains at the center of the coronavirus outbreak with more than one-third of all cases in the United States. "Now is not the time to be lax," Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned.
  
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• US begins blood tests for coronavirus immunity: reports

  06-04-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States has begun taking blood samples from across the country to determine the true number of people infected with the coronavirus, using a test that works retrospectively, according to reports.The new tests are based on serological surveys, which differ from the nasal swabs used to determine if someone currently has the virus.Instead, they look for whether certain antibodies are present in the blood which shows that the person fought and then recovered from the illness -- even if the
  
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• COVID-19: Mayor Garcetti answers viewers' questions on taxes, property payments

  06-04-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti answered ABC7 viewers' questions on taxes, property payments and more on Eyewitness Newsmakers.
  
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• The MTA now has 20 times the confirmed coronavirus cases it had two weeks ago, with 5,430 employees in self-quarantine and 22 deaths

  06-04-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The MTA employs roughly 74,000 people, meaning slightly more than 7% of its workforce is either self-quarantining or has tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• In his resignation letter, fired inspector general Michael Atkinson urged whistleblowers to 'bravely speak up' and reminded them 'there is no disgrace in doing so'

  06-04-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Atkinson said he was "disappointed and saddened" by Trump's decision and urged whistleblowers not to "allow recent events to silence your voices."
  
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• Coronavirus: Why healthcare workers are at risk of moral injury

  06-04-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  War veterans can experience trauma known as moral injury - now health workers are at risk too.
  
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• Obama suggests lawmakers follow Elizabeth Warren's coronavirus recovery plans

  06-04-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama is handing out an endorsement of sorts.Even though she ended her presidential campaign a month ago, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has continued to crank out plans for how she'd like the government to be run. They've continued throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and, on Monday, got a stamp of approval from Obama.Linking to Warren's appearance on the Vox podcast The Ezra Klein Show, Obama described Warren as providing a "cogent summary of how federal policymakers shoul
  
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• Researchers found the coronavirus lasted on a surgical mask for 7 days, showing how crucial it is to properly remove face coverings after wearing them

  06-04-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Given their findings, researchers urged people to avoid touching the outside of the masks, where the coronavirus particles can last up to a week.
  
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• Trump, Biden spoke by phone about coronavirus outbreak

  06-04-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump and Joe Biden spoke over the phone Monday afternoon about the coronavirus outbreak, according to a top Biden campaign aide.Kate Bedingfield, Biden's deputy campaign manager, said in a statement that the two had a “good call.”“Biden shared several suggestions for actions the Administration can take now to address the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and expressed his appreciation for the spirit of the American people in meeting the challenges facing the nation
  
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• The first patients just enrolled in a trial testing the arthritis drug Actemra against the coronavirus. Results are expected in early summer.

  06-04-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least six patients have already been enrolled in the US and Spain for a global trial testing Actemra in COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia.
  
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• US travelers wait days to leave cruise ship with virus cases

  06-04-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dozens of Americans aboard a cruise ship that docked last weekend in Miami with coronavirus cases still waited Monday to disembark, delayed by new federal rules requiring cruise companies to bring them directly home to avoid more infections.Two passengers died before the Coral Princess docked in Miami and a third passenger, a man, died at a hospital.Foreign passengers were allowed to disembark after passing a medical screening and have been taken to the Miami international airport, where charter
  
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• 'Between 25% and 50%' of people who get the coronavirus may show no symptoms but still be contagious, Anthony Fauci said. Here's the latest research on asymptomatic carriers.

  06-04-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experts think that at least one in four people who get the coronavirus are asymptomatic or transmit it before symptoms show up.
  
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• Coronavirus: Don't bail out airlines, say climate campaigners

  06-04-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Climate change: Use crisis to turn aviation green, say campaigners
  
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• The coronavirus can live on a surgical mask for 7 days, cloth for 2 days, and paper for 3 hours. Here's how to disinfect surfaces properly.

  06-04-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus tends to spread via droplets passed between people. But viral particles can also live on surfaces for hours or days.
  
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• DIY T-Shirt Masks and Balaclavas: Military Services Release Face-Covering Guidance

  06-04-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The military branches are requiring troops to make their own cloth face masks after the Pentagon's latest policy.
  
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• Special Report: Doctors embrace drug touted by Trump for COVID-19, without hard evidence it works

  06-04-2020 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The decades-old drug that President Donald Trump has persistently promoted as a potential weapon against COVID-19 has within a matter of weeks become a standard of care in areas of the United States hit hard by the pandemic — though doctors prescribing it have no idea whether it works.Doctors and pharmacists from more than half a dozen large healthcare systems in New York, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Washington and California told Reuters they are routinely using hydroxychloroquine on
  
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• Coronavirus checks: White House halts Democrats' call for more cash payments

  06-04-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration is pumping the brakes — for now — on calls for the Treasury Department to issue a second round of checks of up to $1,200 to American taxpayers to mitigate economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.The administration's position puts it at odds with Democrats in Congress, who have been eager to begin negotiating a fourth bill aimed at economic "recovery," but is in lockstep with the argument from House and Senate Republicans that the government should first
  
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• Letters to the Editor: Making masks to fight coronavirus is the average citizen's patriotic duty

  06-04-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During World War II, civilians could plant 'victory gardens.' Today, we're making masks to show solidarity.
  
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• 'We'll be the only ones left': Gen X says they're better prepared for the coronavirus pandemic than any other generation

  06-04-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gen Z is getting called out for partying and baby boomers are being chided for socializing during the pandemic, but Gen X is having their moment.
  
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• Wisconsin Supreme Court overrules governor's attempt to postpone election, despite coronavirus concerns

  06-04-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday issued an executive order to postpone state elections scheduled for Tuesday until June 9, a dramatic last-minute move that capped weeks of indecision by state leaders.
  
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• Wisconsin governor, over GOP objections, postpones Tuesday's election due to coronavirus

  06-04-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday issued an executive order to postpone state elections scheduled for Tuesday until June 9, a dramatic last-minute move that capped weeks of indecision by state leaders.
  
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• Wisconsin Governor Halts In-Person Voting on Eve of Presidential Primary

  06-04-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Monday issued an executive order suspending in-person voting for the state's primary the next day and delayed the election until June 9 in a move to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.“Today, I signed an executive order suspending in-person voting for tomorrow’s election,” the Democratic governor said in a statement. “Frankly, there’s no good answer to this problem — I wish it were easy.”“As municipalities
  
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• Doctor Scolds Fox News: It’s ‘Irresponsible’ to Promote Unproven Coronavirus Drug

  06-04-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amid Fox News’ round-the-clock promotion of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential coronavirus cure, renowned biologist Dr. William Haseltine told Fox News host Dana Perino on Monday that it was “irresponsible” to tout the unproven drug and called claims of its miraculous healing powers “complete and utter nonsense.”Haseltine, who recently said Trump’s response to the pandemic was “among the worst in the world” and “dangerous,&r
  
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• An airport fire in Florida destroyed over 3,500 rental cars that were stored in a field

  06-04-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The fire at Southwest Florida International Airport spread over 15 acres, destroying over 3,500 rental cars.
  
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• Officials criticize Georgia governor's decision to reopen beaches amid coronavirus pandemic

  06-04-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Officials in Georgia are criticizing Gov. Brian Kemp for issuing a shelter-in-place order that reopened the state's beaches.
  
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• Israeli leader announces lockdown over Passover holiday

  06-04-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday a complete lockdown over the upcoming Passover holiday to control the country's coronavirus outbreak, but offered citizens some hope by saying he expects to lift widespread restrictions after the week-long festival.Netanyahu's announcement came as leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church in neighboring Egypt said they were suspending Easter celebrations because of the coronavirus.Israel has already greatly restricted movement to help slow t
  
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• Coronavirus Puts Boris Johnson in Intensive Care After Symptoms Worsen

  06-04-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON—The British prime minister Boris Johnson was admitted to intensive care Monday in a shock development that followed days of Downing Street playing down the severity of his illness.Fewer than 24 hours after the queen reassured the nation that Britain would overcome the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s leader was taken into the ICU.It’s the first time in more than a half a century that a British prime minister has been incapacitated while in office. Downin
  
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• Doctors call for restrictions to be lifted on abortion pills so patients don't have to travel for care during the coronavirus pandemic

  06-04-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As abortion clinics across America shut down, the ones remaining open are pivoting to telemedicine models.
  
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• Fact check: Does Christian aid group require COVID-19 responders to sign anti-LGBTQ statement?

  06-04-2020 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Samaritan's Purse, a Christian aid group led by Franklin Graham, confirmed to USA TODAY that it requires its personnel to sign its statement of faith.
  
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• 'I have a PhD': The spotlight is now on Peter Navarro's role in White House coronavirus response

  06-04-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Peter Navarro has a Harvard degree, and he isn’t shy about letting it be known. "You can always tell a Harvard man, but you can't tell him much,” Navarro joked after President Trump introduced him last week as director of supply-chain issues related to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Fact check: Would a U.S. House bill ban assault weapons?

  06-04-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gun-rights organizations are raising awareness about a bill pending in the House of Representatives that they say would ban assault weapons. It would.
  
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• Negative Rates No More Taboo in Israel as Virus Hits Economy

  06-04-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Israel shifted course by cutting interest rates to just above zero, and hinted it may not stop there if the coronavirus continues to ravage the economy.In a sign it could be rethinking a long-held reluctance to push borrowing costs into negative territory, the monetary committee said it would expand the use of existing tools, including rates, and introduce new ones depending on the length of the crisis. On Monday, it brought the key rate back to its all-time low of 0.1
  
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• France's coronavirus death rate accelerates, cases near 100,000

  06-04-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France's coronavirus figures on Monday showed that the rate of increase in fatalities - now at almost 9,000 - sped up again after several days of slowing, while the increase in people needing intensive care continued to decelerate.The total number of cases, combining hospital and nursing home statistics, increased by 5,171 over the last 24 hours to 98,010, meaning France will likely become the fifth country, after Italy, Spain, the United States and Germany, to cross the 100,000 threshold on Tue
  
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• Steve Daines Asks State Dept. to Investigate CCP’s ‘Culpability’ in Initially Downplaying Coronavirus

  06-04-2020 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senator Steve Daines (R., Mont.) has asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to investigate China’s role in covering up the initial outbreak of coronavirus as the world continues to battle the global pandemic.“As you know, prior to China locking down Wuhan and Hubei Province on January 23, 2020, there were early indications that a SARS-type virus had jumped from an animal host and had begun to infect humans,” Daines wrote in the letter. “What is more alarming was that despit
  
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• Israelis put on coronavirus lockdown for Passover holiday celebration

  06-04-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israelis celebrating the Jewish Passover holiday this week will hold the "seder", the traditional meal celebrating freedom from biblical slavery, confined to their homes under a national coronavirus lockdown.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the edict in a televised address in which he also held out hope of implementing an "exit strategy" soon that would gradually loosen restrictions imposed to try to stem the spread of the virus.Netanyahu said a ban on inter-city travel would go into
  
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• Coronavirus: Republican governor panned by local leaders for order to re-open beaches

  06-04-2020 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Scores of local leaders in Georgia have expressed outrage, confusion and desperation over the last several days after Governor Brian Kemp issued a statewide executive order last Thursday that re-opened the state's beaches, superseding measures taken by many communities' leaders to shut down public to their shores.While most of the criticism directed at Mr Kemp has come from Democrats, some nonpartisan officials have let loose on the governor and have taken active measures to keep people away fro
  
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• Coronavirus: Africa will not be testing ground for vaccine, says WHO

  06-04-2020 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two doctors sparked outrage after suggesting a vaccine for coronavirus could be tested in Africa.
  
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• India Cuts Off U.S. from Nearly Half of Its Hydroxychloroquine Supply

  06-04-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  India, which sources nearly half of the U.S. supply of hydroxychloroquine, has banned the drug’s export “without any exceptions” effective immediately, India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in an April 4 order on its website.As of Monday, India has recorded 3,374 positive cases and has lost 77 lives, according to its federal health ministry. Trump said on Saturday that he had spoken to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and revealed that India is giving &ldqu
  
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• Cuomo extends stay-at-home order, doubles fines

  06-04-2020 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended stay-at-home restrictions through the month and increased fines on violators to up to $1,000, citing fresh evidence Monday that the outbreak-fighting rules could be helping fight a worst-case catastrophe. (April 6)
  
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• 3M, U.S. reach agreement that allows mask exports to Canada

  06-04-2020 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Manufacturing giant 3M said Monday it has an agreement with the Trump administration that will allow the company to continue to export N95 protective masks to Canada and Latin America amid the coronavirus pandemic.The company said the U.S. government and 3M have a plan to produce 166.5 million masks over the next three months to support healthcare workers in the United States.President Donald Trump had used his authority under the 1950 Defense Production Act to stop exporting such masks, also kn
  
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• Trump touts hydroxychloroquine as a cure for Covid-19. Don't believe the hype

  06-04-2020 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The anti-malaria drug could be ‘one of the biggest game-changers’, Trump claimed, but there is no magic cure* Coronavirus – live US updates* Live global updates* See all our coronavirus coverageFaced with a global coronavirus pandemic that is increasingly centered upon the US, Donald Trump has touted several drugs that he claims can help tackle the outbreak.In March, the US president used a press conference to promote the use of hydroxychloroquine, a common anti-malaria drug, t
  
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• How to Make China Pay

  06-04-2020 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of the big questions facing the international community today is how to hold China legally and politically accountable for all its dishonesty and harm to people around the world. According to reports, U.S. intelligence agencies have confirmed to the White House that China has deliberately understated the number of its people who have contracted and died from the coronavirus epidemic. Such deceit follows Beijing’s recklessness in suppressing news of the origins, rapid spread, and lethal
  
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• Virus is mostly mild and rarely fatal for US kids, data show

  06-04-2020 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first national data on COVID-19 in U.S. children suggest that while the illness usually isn’t severe in kids, some do get sick enough to require hospital treatment.The findings mostly echo reports from China about how the new coronavirus affects children.The report included nearly 150,000 laboratory-confirmed U.S. cases in adults and children from Feb. 12 through April 2.
  
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• Peter Navarro Claims China Tried to ‘Corner the World Market’ in Masks after They Identified Coronavirus Threat

  06-04-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said Monday that during the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, China attempted to "corner the world market" in personal protective equipment such as face masks and gloves"We know that China knew about the virus as early as mid-December. We know that for a period of about five to six weeks they hid the dangers from the rest of the world even as Chinese citizens were flying around the world seeding the world with the virus," Navarro said on Fox New
  
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• Half of the US hydroxychloroquine supply — the drug Trump touts as a possible coronavirus treatment — has been abruptly cut off

  06-04-2020 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  India over the weekend banned all exports of the drug used to treat lupus, arthritis, and malaria as Trump touts its unproven effects on COVID-19.
  
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• Wisconsin delays primary election despite Trump calling for it to go ahead

  06-04-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The governor of Wisconsin has issued an executive order to postpone the state’s embattled elections on Tuesday for at least two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, following mounting criticism over the upcoming in-person vote.Governor Tony Evers (D-WI) delayed the presidential primary until 9 June, saying in a statement about the executive order: “Frankly, there’s no good answer to this problem—I wish it were easy. I have been asking everyone to do their part to help
  
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• U.K. Purchased Millions of Unreliable Coronavirus Tests from China

  06-04-2020 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United Kingdom on Monday revealed that all 17.5 million Coronavirus antibody test kits the country ordered from China are unreliable when used outside "severely ill" populations."The test developed in China was validated against patients who were severely ill," Professor John Bell, coordinator of coronavirus testing for Public Health England, told reporters. "Whereas we want to use the test in the context of a wider range of levels of infection….So for our purposes, we need a test tha
  
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• Wisconsin's Supreme Court orders primary to proceed as planned on Tuesday

  06-04-2020 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Evers had moved earlier in the day to postpone the primary election from Tuesday until June 9, citing health risks from the coronavirus pandemic, but Republicans quickly filed a legal challenge in the state Supreme Court.In a separate lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Republican Party, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to overturn a federal judge's decision extending the time for absentee voting until next week, meaning only absentee ballots postmarked by Tuesday will be counted.
  
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