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• Coronavirus: USA Swimming Calls For Tokyo Summer Olympics To Be Delayed To 2021 : Coronavirus Live Updates - NPR

  20-03-2020 22:20 via news.google.com
  Coronavirus: USA Swimming Calls For Tokyo Summer Olympics To Be Delayed To 2021 : Coronavirus Live Updates  NPRUSA Swimming asks USOPC to push for one-year Olympic delay  ESPNUSA Swimming asks for USOPC to Advocate for Postponing Tokyo Olympics  SwimSwamWhy some are calling for the 2020 Olympics to be cancelled  Yahoo SportsTeam USA Gymnastics, Swim Shut Down Olympic Training Centers  TMZView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Illinois Governor Expected To Announce Stay-At-Home Order | NBC News (Live Stream) - NBC News

  20-03-2020 22:07 via news.google.com
  
  Illinois Governor Expected To Announce Stay-At-Home Order | NBC News (Live Stream)  NBC NewsIllinois shelter-in-place order: Pritzker to issue directive, sources say  Hoy ChicagoAmid coronavirus closure, Illinois pizza place posts vulgar message to governor  Fox NewsGov. Pritzker issued a stay-at-home order. What does that mean?  Chicago TribuneEditorial: Illinois on coronavirus lockdown  Chicago TribuneView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Italy Calls In Army To Hardest-Hit Region As Coronavirus Deaths Spike - NPR

  20-03-2020 21:56 via news.google.com
  Italy Calls In Army To Hardest-Hit Region As Coronavirus Deaths Spike  NPRCoronavirus: Video shows overwhelmed hospital ICU in Bergamo, Italy - Business Insider  Business InsiderItaly calls in military to enforce coronavirus lockdown as 627 people die in 24 hours  CNNIn Italy, deaths and funerals in isolation bring unknown pain  Al Jazeera EnglishChilling hospital video from Italy seen as death roll rises | WNT  ABC NewsView Full Coverage on Goog
  
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• CDC reports 15,268 coronavirus cases, 201 deaths - Reuters

  20-03-2020 21:48 via news.google.com
  
  CDC reports 15,268 coronavirus cases, 201 deaths  ReutersCOVID-19 Is Deadlier Than The Flu. How Else Do They Differ? : Goats and Soda  NPRUS flu activity up, death toll reaches 23K  WEAUCDC: US coronavirus data shows confirmed cases growing by 500 per day  WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlandoThe impact of the new coronavirus could lead to the longest flu season in decades  Yahoo NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Dow skids more than 900 points lower Friday afternoon as stock-market losses accelerate to end worst week since 2008 - MarketWatch

  20-03-2020 21:36 via news.google.com
  Dow skids more than 900 points lower Friday afternoon as stock-market losses accelerate to end worst week since 2008  MarketWatchDow falls over 900 points below 20K as coronavirus gives stocks worst week since '08  Fox BusinessLive updates: Stock losses accelerate as brutal week winds down  The Washington PostDow sinks 900 points to cap Wall Street's worst week since 2008  msnNOWDow Dives 913 Points Amid Worst Week Since 2008 By  Investing.comVie
  
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• Twitter's coronavirus rules face new test: Elon Musk

  20-03-2020 21:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Just days after Twitter announced new rules to crack down on tweets spreading misinformation about coronavirus, the company faced a test from a high-profile source: Elon Musk.
  
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• GameStop says it's an essential business. Employees are outraged

  20-03-2020 21:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hundreds of GameStop stores around the United States remain open, despite the intensifying coronavirus outbreak and demands from irate employees to close the stores.
  
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• Coronavirus: Toilet roll alternatives blocking sewers - BBC News

  20-03-2020 21:21 via news.google.com
  
  Coronavirus: Toilet roll alternatives blocking sewers  BBC NewsCoronavirus in California: Toilet paper alternatives cause sewer problems  New York Post Disinfecting wipes are being flushed down toilets and causing major pipe problems  CNNPeople Using T-Shirts in Place of Toilet Paper May Have Clogged Calif. Sewer System, City Says  PEOPLE.comBronx shops flush with toilet paper while big stores wiped clean amid coronavirus outbreak  New York Post
  
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• Google has completely canceled Google I/O 2020 - The Verge

  20-03-2020 21:15 via news.google.com
  Google has completely canceled Google I/O 2020  The VergeGoogle cancels I/O 2020 entirely in light of coronavirus  9to5GoogleGoogle I/O is fully canceled, even the online event  Android PoliceGoogle won't hold a virtual I/O this year  EngadgetGoogle's big developer conference is now completely canceled because of coronavirus  CNBCView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• FCC approves SpaceX to deploy up to 1 million small antennas for Starlink internet network - CNBC

  20-03-2020 21:13 via news.google.com
  FCC approves SpaceX to deploy up to 1 million small antennas for Starlink internet network  CNBCSpaceX talks results of ‘DarkSat’ coating aimed at reducing brightness of Starlink satellites  TeslaratiAmazon & SpaceX Competitor OneWeb is Reportedly Contemplating Bankruptcy  Cord Cutters News, LLCOneWeb, a SoftBank-backed satellite startup, is at risk of dying - Business Insider  Business InsiderOneWeb contemplating bankruptcy? |  A
  
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• Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says he has asked Senate Ethics Committee for review of his stock sales - The Washington Post

  20-03-2020 21:10 via news.google.com
  Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says he has asked Senate Ethics Committee for review of his stock sales  The Washington PostFour senators reportedly sold stock before markets' coronavirus spiral  CBS This MorningSen. Kelly Loeffler Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefing  The Daily BeastThey. Sold. Their. Stock.  The New York TimesSenators' utterly shameless stock dumping  USA TODAYView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• The Rams ate $20M to cut Todd Gurley, will sign with Falcons — Colin Cowherd | NFL | THE HERD - The Herd with Colin Cowherd

  20-03-2020 21:02 via news.google.com
  
  The Rams ate $20M to cut Todd Gurley, will sign with Falcons — Colin Cowherd | NFL | THE HERD  The Herd with Colin CowherdRams release RB Todd Gurley, LB Clay Matthews  ESPNCut! These 30 great NFL players were released by their teams  msnNOWGurley-Rams situation is worse than you think, Pats should consider acquiring Rosen | NFL | THE HERD  The Herd with Colin CowherdJaynes: Will Tom Brady justify that huge deal at age 42? He already has!  
  
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• UK government will pay 80% of wages as it closes pubs to fight coronavirus - CNN

  20-03-2020 20:46 via news.google.com
  UK government will pay 80% of wages as it closes pubs to fight coronavirus  CNNCoronavirus: Government to pay up to 80% of workers' wages  BBC NewsRishi Sunak: Government to pay 80% of wages for those not working in coronavirus crisis  The TelegraphAt last, Rishi Sunak has delivered a fitting response to coronavirus  The Guardian‘First Time In Our History’: Britain’s Government To Pay Salaries Of Workers Who Lose Their Jobs Because Of Cor
  
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• Disney — and its new CEO — face a major challenge from the coronavirus pandemic

  20-03-2020 20:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Analysis: When Bob Chapek was named CEO of Disney last month, he was thought to be inheriting one of the best jobs in media. Weeks later, it looks like one of the hardest.
  
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• What the Coronavirus Does to the Body

  20-03-2020 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Here’s what experts know about how the new virus hijacks cells and damages organs like our lungs.
  
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• Going stir crazy? Then train like an astronaut, mimic space

  20-03-2020 20:34
  
  If you're feeling isolated at home, try training like an astronaut
  
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• New Jersey coronavirus victim who died was in his 30s, officials say as state death toll hits 11 - Fox News

  20-03-2020 20:28 via news.google.com
  
  New Jersey coronavirus victim who died was in his 30s, officials say as state death toll hits 11  Fox NewsWhere is coronavirus in N.J. right now? Latest map, county-by-county list. (March 20, 2020)  NJ.comNew Jersey Closes First Drive-Through Test Site on Demand Surge  BloombergGov. Murphy’s urgent coronavirus message: ‘We will get through this’  NJ.comDuring the coronavirus crisis, Murphy surfaces as the anti-Christie | Opinion &nbs
  
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• This recession won’t be as bad as the last one - Yahoo Money

  20-03-2020 20:15 via news.google.com
  This recession won’t be as bad as the last one  Yahoo MoneyThis Is Not a Recession. It’s an Ice Age.  The AtlanticThe Covid-19 Recession Will Hit the Middle Class Hard  Barron'sIs it now likely we will have a recession in the next 12 months?  The San Diego Union-TribuneWashington will have to spend more than just $1 trillion to prevent economic calamity  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Trials Are Underway For a Coronavirus Vaccine — But It Could Be a While Before You Can Get It

  20-03-2020 20:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Development of a COVID-19 vaccine is moving at record speed, but it could still be several months before we’re all able to get a shot.
  
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• Netflix Creates $100 Million Coronavirus Relief Fund - Variety

  20-03-2020 20:11 via news.google.com
  Netflix Creates $100 Million Coronavirus Relief Fund  VarietyNetflix Establishes $100 Million Coronavirus Relief Fund  DeadlineNetflix Creates $100M Relief Fund for Out-of-Work Cast and Crew  TMZNetflix Creates $100 Million Relief Fund for Production Community Left Unemployed by Coronvirus Crisis  Hollywood ReporterNetflix establishes $100 million fund for entertainment industry workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic  The Week MagazineView
  
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• Initial MacBook Air benchmarks show up to 63% faster than predecessor, but not as fast as 2018 iPad Pro - 9to5Mac

  20-03-2020 20:02 via news.google.com
  Initial MacBook Air benchmarks show up to 63% faster than predecessor, but not as fast as 2018 iPad Pro  9to5Mac2020 MacBook Air Impressions: A Clean Refresh!  Marques BrownleeHands on: MacBook Air (2020) review  TechRadar IndiaMacBook Air Review: Faster, cheaper and a game-changing keyboard  The IndependentThe new MacBook Air is the best laptop for Mac fans — and Apple finally fixed the keyboard  CNBCView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Trump viciously attacks NBC News reporter in extended rant after being asked for message to Americans worried about coronavirus - CNN

  20-03-2020 19:54 via news.google.com
  Trump viciously attacks NBC News reporter in extended rant after being asked for message to Americans worried about coronavirus  CNNTrump spars with reporters during fiery coronavirus briefing  Fox NewsTrump rants at reporter asking about scared Americans  CNNA national crisis and a president incapable of empathy  The Washington PostWhat Trump must do next: A Q&A with Sen. Bob Menendez  NJ.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Little Fires Everywhere wants you to know it’s definitely about race - The Verge

  20-03-2020 19:54 via news.google.com
  Little Fires Everywhere wants you to know it’s definitely about race  The Verge7 times Reese Witherspoon was A+ at playing overachievers  CNN‘Little Fires Everywhere’: How Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington made their scenes ‘crackle with tension’  The Washington Post10 Books to Read After You've Finished Little Fires Everywhere For the 10th Time  POPSUGARReese Witherspoon and Laura Dern Practice Social Distancing While on
  
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• N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Says '100% Of Workforce Must Stay Home' Due To Coronavirus - NPR

  20-03-2020 19:44 via news.google.com
  N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Says '100% Of Workforce Must Stay Home' Due To Coronavirus  NPRNY Governor Andrew Cuomo says it's important to remember people are worried and anxious | ABC News  ABC NewsCuomo orders all nonessential New York workers to stay home  CNNCuomo Orders Tighter Restrictions in New York: Live Updates  The New York TimesNew York Joins California in Locking Down Against Coronavirus  Snopes.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Italy's coronavirus death toll rises by more than 600 in a single day - Fox News

  20-03-2020 19:34 via news.google.com
  
  Italy's coronavirus death toll rises by more than 600 in a single day  Fox NewsItaly's hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus as death toll soars  CBS This MorningIllinois and New York join California in ordering lockdowns  Washington PostAs Italy's Coronavirus Deaths Pass China's, Hospitals Strain To Keep Up  NPRCoronavirus: Italians urged to avoid jogging during lockdown – even alone  The IndependentView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• The First Crewed Mission from India May Launch in 2021

  20-03-2020 19:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The crew will travel to low Earth orbit for a week using homegrown technology — a first for India. Prior tests include a humanoid robot, three astronauts, and six scientific experiments.
  
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• How does coronavirus affect asthma sufferers? - Fox News

  20-03-2020 19:03 via news.google.com
  
  How does coronavirus affect asthma sufferers?  Fox NewsCoronavirus symptoms: Almost half of COVID-19 patients have digestive issues, study finds  CBS NewsCoronavirus, allergies or flu? Here's the difference between COVID-19 and other illnesses  USA TODAYEarly symptom of coronavirus might be digestive issues: study  Fox NewsDangerous Curves  American GreatnessView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• In the battle against coronavirus, personal privacy is at risk

  20-03-2020 19:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When Declan Chan arrived in Hong Kong from Zurich on March 17 after six weeks overseas, city officials made him put on a plain-looking white wristband and download an app called StayHomeSafe before he exited the airport.
  
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• Source - Ex-Chargers RB Melvin Gordon agrees with Broncos - ESPN

  20-03-2020 18:55 via news.google.com
  Source - Ex-Chargers RB Melvin Gordon agrees with Broncos  ESPNMelvin Gordon signing with the Denver Broncos after five seasons with Chargers | CBS Sports HQ  CBS SportsAP Source: Broncos, Gordon agree to two-year, $16M deal  SFGateMelvin Gordon signing two-year deal with Broncos  NFL.comBroncos sign Melvin Gordon  NBCSports.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Schumer slams 'inadequate' GOP coronavirus stimulus plan | TheHill - The Hill

  20-03-2020 18:46 via news.google.com
  Schumer slams 'inadequate' GOP coronavirus stimulus plan | TheHill  The HillMcConnell's coronavirus stimulus plan would provide payments of $1,200 per person, $2,400 for couples  Fox NewsAnalysis | What Trump's Trillion-Dollar Bailout Gets Right, and Wrong  POLITICOThe Republican Stimulus Bill Is Full of Holes  The New YorkerWhat Senate Republicans got right and what they didn’t  The Washington PostView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Offer Tips for How to Deal With Self-Isolation on Instagram - TownandCountrymag.com

  20-03-2020 18:30 via news.google.com
  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Offer Tips for How to Deal With Self-Isolation on Instagram  TownandCountrymag.comAn Actor Says He Was Offered $70,000 to Lie About Meghan Markle  Yahoo LifestyleMeghan Markle's Co-Star Simon Rex Says U.K. Tabloids Offered Him $70K to Lie and Say He Dated Her  ELLE.comWhere Kate Middleton, Prince William, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Are Staying Amid Coronavirus  PEOPLE.comEvery Time Meghan Markle Broke Royal Protocol With
  
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• Why Fans Think The Weeknd's New Album Is a Tribute to Bella Hadid - E! NEWS

  20-03-2020 18:19 via news.google.com
  Why Fans Think The Weeknd's New Album Is a Tribute to Bella Hadid  E! NEWSThe Weeknd - Alone Again (Audio)  TheWeekndVEVO6 Takeaways From the Weeknd’s New Album, After Hours  PitchforkThe Weeknd Appears To Address His Tumultuous Relationship With Bella Hadid Throughout ‘After Hours’  GeniusThe Weeknd - Faith (Audio)  TheWeekndVEVOView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• WhatsApp Is at the Center of Coronavirus Response - WIRED

  20-03-2020 18:17 via news.google.com
  
  WhatsApp Is at the Center of Coronavirus Response  WIREDWhatsApp is a Petri Dish of Coronavirus Misinformation  Mother JonesMaking 'Mitzvah Moments' During the Coronavirus Pandemic  NBC New YorkWhatsApp Experiencing Unusually High Usage Due to Coronavirus  HYPEBEASTTips for Stocking Up Amid Coronavirus Epidemic  RADIO.COMView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Millions of Americans are suddenly working from home. That's a huge security risk

  20-03-2020 18:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The dramatic expansion of teleworking by US schools, businesses and government agencies in response to the coronavirus is raising fresh questions about the capacity and security of the tools many Americans use to connect to vital workplace systems and data.
  
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• Amid coronavirus shutdowns, some grad students feel pressure to report to their labs - Science Magazine

  20-03-2020 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Amid coronavirus shutdowns, some grad students feel pressure to report to their labs  Science Magazine
  
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• New Jersey woman writes about watching four relatives die from coronavirus - New York Post

  20-03-2020 17:41 via news.google.com
  New Jersey woman writes about watching four relatives die from coronavirus  New York Post She lost her mother, two brothers and a sister to coronavirus within a week  CNNN.J. family ravaged by coronavirus loses fourth member  nj.comCoronavirus: Four members of New Jersey family die  BBC NewsCoronavirus kills 4 in a single family; several remain ill  KWQC-TV6View Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• YouTube Is A Pedophile’s Paradise - HuffPost

  20-03-2020 17:13 via news.google.com
  YouTube Is A Pedophile’s Paradise  HuffPost
  
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• Why Are the Educated More Likely To Be Against Vaccines?

  20-03-2020 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Studies show that anti-vaxxers tend to come from affluent urban areas with high education rates.
  
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• SpaceX, NASA aim for historic crew launch in mid-May despite coronavirus outbreak - Space.com

  20-03-2020 17:05 via news.google.com
  
  SpaceX, NASA aim for historic crew launch in mid-May despite coronavirus outbreak  Space.comHere's how NASA protects astronauts and the International Space Station from coronavirus  CNNSpaceX reveals timeline for first manned flight to International Space Station  Fox NewsStories from space  KCTV5 NewsCoronavirus Delays Work on NASA’s Moon Rocket and Capsule  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• California lockdown: Friday’s coronavirus news - Vox.com

  20-03-2020 16:46 via news.google.com
  California lockdown: Friday’s coronavirus news  Vox.comAll of California ordered to shelter in place over coronavirus  CBS This MorningCalifornia governor issues statewide order to 'stay at home' effective Thursday evening  CNBCGovernor Newsom ends his presser by calling out racism, brings up The Chinese Exclusion Act  Los Angeles TimesCalifornia orders its nearly 40 million residents to stay home to prevent the spread of coronavirus  CNNVi
  
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• Forbes: Include A Green New Deal In The Stimulus Package

  20-03-2020 16:42 via technocracy.news
  
  Green New Deal spending is counterproductive , if not outright damaging, to economic recovery, but it will usher in a new era of control over resources, production and consumption. The GND is an illusion with no substance. ⁃ TN EditorIt feels an awful lot like 2008. With the economy going off the cliff, then candidate-Obama had proffered a massive $1 trillion stimulus plan or about 4.5% of the gross domestic product. The critics went wild, calling it the epitome of big government and argue
  
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• Walmart hiring 150000 to meet demand from coronavirus, giving bonuses to current employees - 10TV

  20-03-2020 16:38 via news.google.com
  Walmart hiring 150000 to meet demand from coronavirus, giving bonuses to current employees  10TVWalmart to pay nearly $550 million in employee bonuses: 'It's almost like a mini stimulus package'  CNBCWalmart says it will pay special cash bonuses to hourly workers during 'national health crisis'  msnNOWWalmart, Dollar Tree and 7-Eleven want to hire nearly 200,000 workers as the coronavirus pandemic continues  CNNWalmart to give cash bonuses to hourly associ
  
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• News How to make a homemade face mask to help prevent the spread of coronavirus 11 - WXYZ

  20-03-2020 16:09 via news.google.com
  
  News How to make a homemade face mask to help prevent the spread of coronavirus 11  WXYZMichigan coronavirus cases skyrocket to 334, including 1 new in Mid-Michigan  ABC 12 NewsCoronavirus in Michigan: Here's where we stand March 20, 2020  Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIVCoronavirus in Michigan: Here’s where we stand as of Friday  WDIV ClickOnDetroitHenry Ford Health System: 78 COVID-19 patients being treated at 5 Michigan hospitals  WDIV
  
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• House Dems Push For Renewable Energy Tax Credits As Coronavirus Stimulus

  20-03-2020 15:49 via technocracy.news
  
  As predictable as the sun coming up in the East, open calls have already emerged for stimulus money to be spent on Green New Deal initiatives and alternative energy. This malinvestment will not help recovery.
  During the 2008 financial crisis, President Barack Obama snuck in massive stimulus spending for Smart Grid rollout that now ubiquitously controls energy distribution and consumption. Today, it is renewable energy that is in focus. Can you see that both are directly focused on ENERGY and the
  
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• Trump, Trudeau agree to close U.S.-Canada border to ‘nonessential’ traffic - The Washington Post

  20-03-2020 15:22 via news.google.com
  Trump, Trudeau agree to close U.S.-Canada border to ‘nonessential’ traffic  The Washington PostCanada To Turn Back Asylum Seekers In Effort To Stop Coronavirus Spread  NPRCanadian-US border closing is unlike anything we've seen before  CNNCanada and the US agree to turn back migrants at border  Washington Post500,000 Jobless Claims Send Canada’s Labor Market Into Freefall  BloombergView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Coronavirus Pandemic Seen To Accelerate 5G Rollout In US

  20-03-2020 15:16 via technocracy.news
  
  5G carriers claim that the coronavirus pandemic has actually increased demand for wireless bandwidth and thus make it ever more important to quickly rollout 5G towers around the nation to increase wireless capacity.  ⁃ TN EditorIn March 2020 everything that could be moved online already has, from elementary schools to college classes, from entire company workforces to shareholder meetings. Whole cities have emptied under the coronavirus threat as businesses tell employe
  
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• Communities rally around one another — and Google Docs — to bring coronavirus aid

  20-03-2020 13:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  So many groups have popped up in the past five days that there are now master spreadsheets circulating on Twitter, Nextdoor and Facebook.
  
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• Buccaneers Sign QB Tom Brady in Free Agency - Buccaneers.com

  20-03-2020 13:49 via news.google.com
  
  Buccaneers Sign QB Tom Brady in Free Agency  Buccaneers.comTom Brady's $50M Bucs contract is a team-friendly deal - Max Kellerman | First Take  ESPNMichael Levin: Tom Brady leaves Patriots for Tampa Bay Buccaneers – and this is the person to blame  Fox NewsTom Brady moves to Tampa: The rare win-win-win situation  yahoo.com'Hungry' Tom Brady officially signs with Buccaneers  ESPNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Fin24.com | WATCH: Amazon shuts New York warehouse after associate tests positive

  20-03-2020 13:21
  
  Amazon.com said it's temporarily closing a small New York warehouse after one of its associates tested positive for the coronavirus. As Fred Katayama reports, it highlights the operational risk it faces as the disease spreads.
  
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• Fin24.com | MTN slashes data prices

  20-03-2020 11:45
  
  MTN on Friday announced a drop in the price of monthly data bundles and customers will now pay R99 for 1GB, 33% lower than previously.
  
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