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• I'm a postal worker. In the coronavirus crisis, I am my customers' link to the world.

  25-04-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While Washington debates the fate of the Postal Service and the fiscal hit it’s taken from the coronavirus pandemic, a remarkable shift has occurred in how people view the mail and their mail carrier in the COVID-19 era.
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: White House considers scaling back daily briefings

  25-04-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Here are the latest coronavirus updates from around the world.
  
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• Warmer weather is here and it's drawing crowds of people out of their homes, threatening social distancing orders

  25-04-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "How reasonable is it going to be for people to stay cooped up in their homes when it's 40°C (104°F) outside and humidity is through the roof?"
  
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• Dad, 32, writes heart-wrenching note to wife, kids before dying of coronavirus

  25-04-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I love you guys with all my heart and you’ve given me the best life I could have ever asked for," Jonathan Coelho wrote.
  
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• Coronavirus: Ecuador 'victim' found alive in hospital mix-up

  25-04-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alba Maruri was wrongly declared to be dead, and someone else's ashes were sent to her family.
  
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• Lebanon bank attacked with explosive amid economic crisis

  25-04-2020 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Assailants lobbed an explosive device at a bank in Lebanon Saturday, in the latest attack on financial institutions in a country facing its worst economic crisis in decades.The official National News Agency said the night-time assault targeted a branch of Fransabank in the southern port city of Sidon, damaging its glass facade.The attack came a day after Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Lebanese bank deposits had plunged $5.7 billion in the first two months of the year, despite curbs on withdrawa
  
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• Could a 'controlled avalanche' stop the coronavirus faster, and with fewer deaths?

  25-04-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israeli scientists say they can mimic the effects of a vaccination campaign if certain people willingly get infected with the coronavirus and recover.
  
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• Top Pentagon leaders split on next steps for fired captain who warned of coronavirus

  25-04-2020 23:18 via politico.com
  
  The unprecedented decision to reinstate Crozier would be a rebuke to former acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly.
  
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• A Florida school district modified its free meal program after evidence that people were taking extra food to sell online

  25-04-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Evidence emerged that some people were taking more than their share of food from a Florida school district, and offering it for sale online.
  
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• Poll Shows Pessimism After Brazilian Justice Minister’s Exit

  25-04-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Two thirds of Brazilians believe that Justice Minister Sergio Moro’s resignation from President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration will have a negative impact on the country, according to a survey.The poll, conducted by XP/Ipespe, was drawn from interviews with 800 people, with a margin of error of 3.5%, and was published on Saturday.The respondents were split on the question of whether they approved of Moro’s decision to leave the government. Some 49% said they exp
  
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• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hasn't been publicly seen in 2 weeks, fueling reports and rumors that he may be dead or in grave condition. Here's what we know.

  25-04-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experts have long noted the North Korean leader had health risks and could suffer cardiac issues due to his weight.
  
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• Coronavirus: Some states begin to reopen as US death toll passes 50,000

  25-04-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska lift some restrictions despite warnings that it may be too soon.
  
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• Europe’s Virus Deaths Slow While U.K. Fatalities Pass 20,000

  25-04-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Coronavirus deaths slowed in key European countries, though an increase in the U.K. underscored the risks facing the region’s leaders as they plan to relax lockdown measures.Italy counted the fewest deaths in almost six weeks on Saturday and France reported the smallest daily increase since March 29. Spain announced less than 400 fatalities for the second day in row, and deaths in Germany dropped to the lowest in five days.By contrast, the U.K. became the fifth country with
  
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• CDC adds six new possible coronavirus symptoms

  25-04-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The agency has updated its list to include: chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell.
  
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• Fact check: Conspiracy theorists claim Nancy Pelosi visited Wuhan in November. She did not

  25-04-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A conspiracy theory in QAnon circles holds that Nancy Pelosi was in Wuhan as COVID-19 outbreak began. Posts use a photo from 2015. The claim is false.
  
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• Biden's top foreign policy adviser sees 'ongoing and serious' efforts to interfere in U.S. elections

  25-04-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign is tracking “ongoing and serious efforts” by foreign actors to manipulate American voters, efforts that pose a “clear and present danger” to the 2020 election, says Biden’s top foreign policy adviser.
  
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• Cuomo is signing an executive order allowing New York pharmacies to test for coronavirus

  25-04-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gov. Cuomo said on Saturday he's ramping up diagnostic COVID-19 testing across the state, directing more than 5,000 pharmacies to conduct tests.
  
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• Fauci's absence from recent coronavirus briefings draws notice

  25-04-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The national health expert was in attendance for just one of this week's seven briefings.
  
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• French PM to present plan to unwind coronvirus lockdown on Tuesday

  25-04-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will present the government's plan to unwind the country's coronavirus lockdown to parliament on Tuesday, followed by a debate and vote, his office said in a statement.The lockdown ordered by President Emmanuel Macron to slow the spread of the virus has been in place since March 17 and is due to be lifted on May 11.
  
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• Cuomo on coronavirus stay-home sacrifices: 'What you're doing is actually saving lives'

  25-04-2020 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo acknowledged frustration with coronavirus stay-at-home orders but compared them with past sacrifices during national crises.
  
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• MSNBC Host Torches Trump’s ‘Pathological Narcissistic Propaganda Show’ as Daily Briefings Evaporate

  25-04-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amid indications that President Trump may scale back his unwieldy coronavirus briefings, MSNBC host Chris Hayes again lamented the cable news networks’ decision to carry the hours-long news conferences, calling them a “pathological narcissistic propaganda show.” In a fiery segment on Friday evening’s show, Hayes criticized the president for hyping miracle cures for the novel coronavirus, noting that Trump’s commitment to promoting relatively untested and outright da
  
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• Experts: Coronavirus samples from China not crucial to vaccine

  25-04-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Medical experts interviewed by CBS News question some of the administration's claims about whether China's lack of transparency is actually is blocking the world from developing a vaccine.
  
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• Mass virus testing in state prisons reveals hidden asymptomatic infections; feds join effort

  25-04-2020 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Increased testing is proving just as crucial in assessing the coronavirus’ spread within prisons as it is in the free world.
  
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• 'Extensive search' for missing soldier after keys, wallet found

  25-04-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vanessa Guillen, 20, was last seen Wednesday in a parking lot at Fort Hood in Texas.
  
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• Train possibly belonging to North Korean leader spotted in resort town: think tank

  25-04-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A special train possibly belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spotted this week at a resort town in the country, according to satellite images reviewed by a Washington-based North Korea monitoring project, amid conflicting reports about Kim's health and whereabouts.The monitoring project, 38 North, said in its report on Saturday that the train was parked at the "leadership station" in Wonsan on April 21 and April 23.The station is reserved for the use of the Kim family, it said.
  
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• Body of murdered student tracked down using Apple's Find My Friends app

  25-04-2020 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The body of a nursing student who was strangled to death by her classmate was discovered by her friends after they used Apple’s Find My Friends app to track her down.Binghampton University student Haley Anderson, 22, went missing in March 2018, and it later emerged she had been killed by Orlando Tercero, 23.
  
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• Europe’s Virus Deaths Slow While U.K. Fatalities Exceed 20,000

  25-04-2020 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Coronavirus deaths slowed in key European countries, though an increase in the U.K. underscored the risks facing the region’s leaders as they plan to relax lockdown measures.Italy counted the fewest deaths in almost six weeks on Saturday and France reported the smallest daily increase since March 29. Spain announced less than 400 fatalities for the second day in row, and deaths in Germany dropped to the lowest in five days.By contrast, the U.K. became the fifth country with
  
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• A 57-page memo urged GOP campaigns to blame China for the coronavirus pandemic and insist the term 'Chinese virus' isn't racist

  25-04-2020 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The memo said Republicans shouldn't defend Trump's handling of the pandemic but should shift the conversation to blaming China.
  
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• Thousands demonstrate against Israeli coalition deal

  25-04-2020 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several thousand Israelis on Saturday demonstrated against a unity government deal reached last week that leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in power as he prepares to go on trial for corruption charges.The protesters oppose having Netanyahu as prime minister as long as he is a criminal suspect.The protesters say the unity government agreement, which gives Netanyahu influence over the appointment of judges and legal officials, “crushes democracy” and is meant to rescue Netanyah
  
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• Lawmaker apologizes for face mask that looks like Confederate flag

  25-04-2020 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  State Sen. Dale Zorn said, "I’m sorry for my choice of pattern," after initially denying that his face mask depicted the Confederate flag.
  
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• Plans to restart Canadian economy do not hinge on coronavirus ‘immunity’ levels, Trudeau says

  25-04-2020 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Plans underway to restart the economies of Canadian provinces do not depend on presuming people who become infected with coronavirus develop immunity to it, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday.The World Health Organization said earlier that there was "no evidence" that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection."I don't believe there are any plans that hinge on certain people being immune to COVID-19," Trudeau said in his
  
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• Michigan senator apologizes for wearing Confederate flag face mask

  25-04-2020 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dale Zorn initially defended his actions, saying it was part of ‘our history’, but eventually apologized after widespread outrageA Republican politician in Michigan has apologized after wearing a face mask that appeared to depict the Confederate flag, an image offensive to many Americans as a symbol of racism and slavery.Michigan state Senator Dale Zorn wore the mask during a Senate vote at the state capitol in Lansing on Friday. He initially defended his actions, saying his wife had
  
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• Anderson Cooper moved to tears by widow whose husband, 32 died from COVID-19

  25-04-2020 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On his show, Cooper interviewed Katie Coelho, who lost her husband, Jonathan Coelho, on Wednesday from coronavirus complications.
  
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• In four U.S. state prisons, nearly 3,300 inmates test positive for coronavirus -- 96% without symptoms

  25-04-2020 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “We weren’t always able to pinpoint where all the cases were coming from,” said Annette Chambers-Smith, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. As the virus spread, they began mass testing. After testing 2,300 inmates for the coronavirus, they were shocked.
  
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• Gov. Cuomo says novel coronavirus can live on bus and subway surfaces for 72 hours, posing an ongoing concern for transit employees and riders

  25-04-2020 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Think about this from a transit point of view or from your car point of view," NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo said of the virus' threat in high-traffic areas.
  
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• Global coronavirus death toll hits 200,000

  25-04-2020 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than half of the fatalities have been reported by the United States, Spain and Italy.It took 91 days for the death toll to pass 100,000 and a further 16 days to reach 200,000, according to theReuters tally of official reports from governments.The United States had reported more than 52,400 deaths as of Saturday morning, while Italy, Spain and France have reported between 22,000-26,000 fatalities each.
  
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• Private haven for wealthy received $2M from small business loan program

  25-04-2020 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Florida island community can only be reached by boat or helicopter, and counted Oprah Winfrey as a member.
  
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• New York’s Death Tally Up Slightly Even as Pandemic Subsides

  25-04-2020 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Daily coronavirus fatalities in New York rose slightly to 437, but Saturday marked the sixth straight day of deaths under 500 and hospitalizations dropped to the lowest point since the beginning of April, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.“Twenty-one days of hell but we are back to where we were,” Cuomo said of overall hospitalizations.Almost all indicators showed that the Covid-19 outbreak in New York, still the worst the U.S., was on the “decline,” the governor
  
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• 'I want my life back': Germans protest against lockdown

  25-04-2020 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Like dozens of countries around the globe, Germany has put in place strict curbs on public activity to slow transmission of COVID-19, imposing its lockdown on March 17.The protesters handed out newspapers entitled "Democratic Resistance", which said the new coronavirus is an attempt to seize power by spreading fear.
  
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• Portugal marks democracy anniversary in lockdown mode

  25-04-2020 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Portugal's coronavirus lockdown put a dampener on annual celebrations marking the end of a long dictatorship on Saturday, with noisy street marches replaced by virtual events and balcony singalongs.It is 46 years since an almost bloodless revolution finally led the country to democracy, ending the authoritarian regime put in place by dictator Antonio Oliveira Salazar, on April 25 1974.Similar celebrations were planned this year, but the nation's strict coronavirus lockdown, which was declared on
  
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• Cuomo says New York's coronavirus situation is back to where it was 21 days ago

  25-04-2020 18:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) continued to express cautious optimism that his state is on the right trajectory amid the coronavirus pandemic.During his daily briefing, Cuomo, aided by a graph showing the amount of COVID-19 hospitalizations throughout the state, said the New York is "back to where we were 21 days ago."> NEW: Hospitalizations in New York State continue to decline. "We are back where we were 21 days ago," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. "We want to know how fast that decline c
  
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• Tens of thousands descend on beaches amid California heatwave

  25-04-2020 18:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lifeguards in Huntington and Newport Beach say more than 50,000 people flocked to their beaches on Friday.
  
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• After '21 days of hell' New York governor expands virus testing

  25-04-2020 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The move is part of a broader attempt by Cuomo to get a better grip on how widely the virus has spread across his state now that its 300 laboratories have ramped up capacity, with the aim of doubling output to 40,000 tests per day.The renewed focus on testing comes as the crisis appears to be subsiding in New York, with hospitalizations for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, falling to their lowest in three weeks, Cuomo told a daily briefing on Saturday."Twenty one days of hell, and now
  
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• After '21 days of hell' New York governor expands coronavirus testing

  25-04-2020 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The move is part of a broader attempt by Cuomo to get a better grip on how widely the virus has spread across his state now that its 300 laboratories have ramped up capacity, with the aim of doubling output to 40,000 tests per day.The renewed focus on testing comes as the crisis appears to be subsiding in New York, with hospitalizations for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, falling to their lowest in three weeks, Cuomo told a daily briefing on Saturday."Twenty one days of hell, and now
  
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• The week that was: Caught between safety, restarting economy

  25-04-2020 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In Spain, children will be allowed to go outside again.In the U.S. state of Georgia, a handful of businesses opened their doors, performing manicures and haircuts in masks.Auto workers are in factories, but producing ventilators, not cars.
  
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• Cuomo says independent pharmacists will be able to conduct diagnostic tests

  25-04-2020 18:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cuomo announced that the number of overall new cases ticked down on Friday, with around 1,100 new cases.
  
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• Coronavirus: Politician apologises for wearing face mask that looks like Confederate flag

  25-04-2020 18:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A state senator has apologised for wearing a face mask that resembled the Confederate flag during a vote at Michigan’s state capitol.Republican Dale Zorn had previously denied that pattern on his mask on Friday was the flag - despite telling local media it would ‘raise some eyebrows’.
  
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• 'When He Gets New Information, He Likes To Talk That Through Out Loud,' Dr. Birx Says of Trump's Comments on Ultraviolet Light, Disinfectants as COVID-19 Treatments

  25-04-2020 18:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Deborah Birx defends Trump's comments on ultraviolet light, injecting disinfectants as coronavirus treatments
  
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• Six new symptoms have been added to the CDC's COVID-19 list, including muscle pain, chills and headaches

  25-04-2020 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The CDC has added 6 new recognized symptoms to its list for COVID-19: sore throat, headache, chills, muscle pain, loss of smell or taste, and shaking.
  
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• Retailer charged with hoarding, price gouging on sanitizer

  25-04-2020 17:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Federal prosecutors charged a New York retailer on Friday with hoarding tons of disposable masks, surgical gowns and hand sanitizer in a Long Island warehouse and selling the items at huge price markups.
  
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