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• Elizabeth Warren, Ayanna Pressley say coronavirus funding package must include student loan debt cancellation

  17-03-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) are calling on Senate and House leaders to "prioritize" student loan cancellation as part of the next coronavirus emergency funding package."We need bold action now," Pressley tweeted on Tuesday. "A plan that will ensure that we do not repeat the mistakes of the 2008 financial crisis. Debt cancellation. Across the board. Immediately, the Secretary of Education must take over all monthly payments during this public health emergenc
  
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• Democratic primaries: three states head to polls amid coronavirus crisis – live

  17-03-2020 23:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Arizona, Florida and Illinois voters decide between Biden and SandersFormer vice-president is ahead in pollingDemocratic primaries results – follow the votesDemocratic primary delegate count – latestSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 10.58pm GMT Polls will start closing in Florida in just a few minutes, but some states’ decision to postpone their primaries has rattled Democratic officials.Democratic National Committe Chairman Tom Perez issu
  
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• Coronavirus news: trials longer than three days to be put on hold in UK – live updates

  17-03-2020 23:56 via theguardian.com
  
  UK measures to last at least ‘several months’; Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed temporarily; Saudi Arabia to stage virtual G20 summit. Follow the latest updatesCoronavirus latest: at a glance
  UK: £330bn of guaranteed loans to be made available for businessesNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed temporarily from Iranian prisonHow to look after yourself and others in self-isolation
  Share your experiences10.56pm GMT The family of a British father who died after being diagnosed with coron
  
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• San Francisco may house its homeless community in shut-down schools and churches as a 'shelter in place' order goes into effect to contain the coronavirus

  17-03-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With San Francisco's schools shut down, the many unoccupied campuses could get people off the streets to help stunt the spread of COVID-19.
  
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• Coronavirus: US pushes direct payment plan as part of $1tn stimulus

  17-03-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We’re looking at sending cheques to Americans immediately," says treasury secretary unveiling a rescue package.
  
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• Videos showing Miami Beach arrests of black spring breakers slammed as racist by NAACP

  17-03-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "In these videos, black students are met with extremely aggressive policing from officers," said Ruban Roberts, president of the Miami-Dade chapter of the NAACP.
  
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• Airlines are begging for a bailout, but they've used 96% of their cash on buybacks over the past 10 years. It highlights an ongoing controversy over how companies have been spending their money.

  17-03-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Companies of all types have long been accused of using excess capital to enrich shareholders over all else.
  
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• Trudeau Plans to Unveil Fiscal Stimulus Package on Wednesday

  17-03-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government will roll out a “significant” fiscal stimulus package Wednesday in a bid to shield Canada’s economy from tumbling into a recession.In his second televised address from outside his residence in as many days, Trudeau said the plan will include economic support for individual Canadians and businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. He added that lawmakers could be recalled briefly to enact changes to unemployme
  
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• Coronavirus: European Union seals borders to most outsiders

  17-03-2020 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The unprecedented 30-day travel ban will bar foreign travellers, with some exceptions.
  
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• At a glance: Democratic presidential primary results and state delegate counts

  17-03-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden extended his lead in the delegate race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday, sweeping the day's contests with wins in Arizona, Florida and Illinois as the country grappled with the coronavirus.A string of earlier victories had put Biden ahead of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in the race to amass the minimum 1,991 delegates needed to secure the nomination and challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election.Biden wins and will secur
  
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• Brazil's Bolsonaro calls preventive coronavirus measures 'hysteria'

  17-03-2020 23:12 via cnn.com
  
  Brazil confirmed its first coronavirus-related death on Tuesday, as President Jair Bolsonaro continued to deride efforts to mitigate the outbreak as "hysteria."
  
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• Russian oligarch gloats after US Justice Dept. drops election-meddling charges

  17-03-2020 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  Russian oligarch Yevegeny Prigozhin, who bankrolled the troll farm that meddled in the 2016 presidential election, took a victory lap on Tuesday after the US Justice Department dropped charges against two of his companies, weeks before a scheduled trial.
  
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• Schools complain of 'total confusion' over White House, CDC guidelines on coronavirus

  17-03-2020 23:06 via politico.com
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abruptly canceled a briefing with the school superintendents today that they hoped would provide clarity.
  
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• Roger Mayweather, uncle and trainer of Floyd Mayweather, dies at 58

  17-03-2020 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Roger Mayweather, uncle and trainer of Floyd Mayweather, has died at the age of 58.
  
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• California state legislature approved $1 billion in emergency coronavirus aid spending and then suspended its work for the first time in 158 years

  17-03-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After approving $1 billion to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, the legislature paused meetings until April, but lawmakers can reconvene if needed.
  
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• Little-known ex-governor nominated as Iraqi PM, Shi'ite groups object

  17-03-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iraq's president named little-known former regional governor Adnan al-Zurfi as prime minister-designate on Tuesday in another bid to overcome months of unrest and deadlock, but powerful Shi'ite blocs quickly lined up to reject his nomination.Zurfi now has 30 days to try and form a government which must then survive a vote of confidence in Iraq's deeply divided parliament.Lawmakers told Reuters that President Barham Salih had named Zurfi only after larger rival Shi'ite political parties failed to
  
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• These are the apps that Apple is recommending for people sheltering in place due to the coronavirus

  17-03-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple published a list of apps for people working and staying at home, with everything from online learning tools to recipe apps.
  
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• Coronavirus: What are shops doing about stockpiling?

  17-03-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As the virus continues to spread, some consumers are hoarding some products.
  
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• National Security Council Ties China’s Expulsion of American Reporters to Coronavirus Outbreak

  17-03-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Security Council on Wednesday slammed China's expulsion of all American reporters working for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post from the country."The Chinese Communist Party’s decision to expel journalists from China and Hong Kong is yet another step toward depriving the Chinese people and the world of access to true information about China," read a statement from the NSC posted on Twitter. "The United States calls on China’s leaders
  
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• There's reportedly 'a lot of pressure' on Biden to pick Warren as running mate

  17-03-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One thing is clear about former Vice President Joe Biden's potential running mate: he's going to pick a woman. But there are several candidates for the job that present intriguing arguments for his campaign advisers, Politico reports.Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), for example is an oft-touted name, as she would appeal to African American voters, who have carried Biden's campaign into the driver's seat. Plus, the two get along well, despite clashing in earlier debates when Harris was still campai
  
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• Coronavirus: PGA Championship in San Francisco in May cancelled

  17-03-2020 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The PGA Championship, one of golf's four major events, has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Barr: FBI probing if foreign gov't behind HHS cyber incident

  17-03-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attorney General William Barr vowed in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday that there would be swift and severe action if a foreign government is behind disinformation campaigns aimed at spreading fear in the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic or a denial of service attack on the networks of the Department of Health and Human Services.“Our primary role right now is to investigate,” Barr said.A denial of service attack occurs when a perpetrator trying to make a network u
  
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• Police Are Using Drones to Yell at People for Being Outside

  17-03-2020 22:48 via popularmechanics.com
  
  It's a harsh—but necessary—way to enforce social distancing.
  
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• Column: Duncan Hunter is finally off to prison. Good. Now who will take his place?

  17-03-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With Duncan Hunter on his way to federal prison, voters in his district will decide what kind of future they want.
  
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• Former California congressman Hunter gets 11 months in corruption case

  17-03-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, who pleaded guilty to a charge of campaign finance fraud, was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 months in federal prison in a corruption case that ended the California Republican's once-promising political career. Hunter, 43, whose conviction set off a scramble within the Republican Party to succeed him while seemingly boosting Democrats' chances to gain his seat, was ordered to report to the Federal Bureau of Prisons on May 29. Following completion of his 11-m
  
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• New York mayor says 'shelter in place' decision coming in next 48 hours

  17-03-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mayor Bill de Blasio in recent days has made sweeping declarations to close schools through April 20, limit restaurant service and halt other forms of entertainment.
  
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• A 2nd Navy sailor on a US warship has tested positive for the coronavirus — this time aboard a destroyer

  17-03-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protecting Navy warships, tight spaces filled with military personnel, from the coronavirus poses a daunting challenge for the service.
  
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• Will coronavirus lead to martial law?

  17-03-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As more states call up National Guard units to aid with the spread of coronavirus, some are concerned about martial law.
  
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• San Francisco's police department says it will only impose fines or punishments on residents violating 'shelter in place' as a last resort, as the city navigates an unprecedented public health crisis

  17-03-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We are not interested in using a criminal justice approach for a public health challenge," San Francisco's police department said.
  
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• Boeing burned through $13.8 billion of loans in just over a month as coronavirus derails its 737 Max recovery

  17-03-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The company is actively lobbying for "tens of billions" in federal aid, Reuters reported, as the entire aviation sector faces a liquidity crisis.
  
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• ER doctor isolates himself in garage. See wife's message

  17-03-2020 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper speaks to the wife of an ER doctor who moved into his garage to avoid potentially spreading the coronavirus.
  
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• Where is all the hand sanitizer?

  17-03-2020 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  It's become a familiar sight around the world: empty pharmacy shelves. Boots, the largest UK pharmacy chain, says the demand is unlike anything they've ever seen. CNN's Nina dos Santos has the latest.
  
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• COVID-19 Is the Chinese Government’s Curse upon the World

  17-03-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The World Health Organization and other sensitive souls have instructed us to stop referring to the new strain of coronavirus as the “Wuhan” or “Chinese” flu because of the racist connotations. I’m disinclined to curb my speech to placate Chinese propagandists — and it seems to me the aversion to those terms is less about racism than about averting blame. But in the spirit of comity, and avoiding disparaging an entire nation, I’m happy to call it the Chi
  
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• CNN team travels 3 hours to find hand sanitizer

  17-03-2020 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  It's become a familiar sight around the world: empty pharmacy shelves. Boots, the largest UK pharmacy chain, says the demand is unlike anything they've ever seen. CNN's Nina dos Santos has the latest.
  
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• China expels US journalists in biggest crackdown in years

  17-03-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China on Wednesday expelled American journalists at The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal in the Communist government's most severe move against foreign media in recent memory.The drastic move came as the two powers are feuding over the deadly coronavirus pandemic, with President Donald Trump provocatively branding it the "Chinese virus" and a senior official in Beijing promoting unfounded conspiracy theories of US involvement.Beijing said it was retaliating for Was
  
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• American climate activists are recruiting their German counterparts to save Bernie Sanders' candidacy

  17-03-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The German activists pledged to make up to 10,000 calls to voters in states holding primary elections on Tuesday.
  
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• Remains of 9-Year-old Florida Girl Found After Years-Long Search

  17-03-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After four years and “hundreds of hours” spent searching for missing 9-year-old Diana Alvarez, Florida authorities announced this week that they have found the little girl’s remains—and her accused killer may now face the death penalty.The Lee County Sheriff’s Office told The Daily Beast a team of surveyors working in a wooded area in Osceola County found Alvarez’s body on Thursday, about 140 miles from her Fort Myers home, where she vanished in the middle of
  
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• New York considering stay-at-home order within 48 hours

  17-03-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York's mayor said Tuesday the city's 8.6 million inhabitants should prepare for being ordered to stay at home at any moment within the next 48 hours to help contain the coronavirus pandemic.Bill de Blasio told reporters that a decision had not been made but that New Yorkers could soon be confined to their residences, barring any essential travel."I think that all New Yorkers should be prepared right now for the possibility of a 'shelter-in-place' order," the mayor said.
  
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• Only one US state has no confirmed cases. That might not be good news

  17-03-2020 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  On the surface, West Virginia might seem immune to coronavirus.
  
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• The US Army is rethinking how to do its largest European exercise in 25 years amid a coronavirus lockdown

  17-03-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Army wants to continue with Defender-Europe 20 in some form, but what it will look like amid the spread of the coronavirus isn't yet clear.
  
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• Serbia imposes night curfew, orders elderly indoors

  17-03-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Serbia will ban people older than 70 from leaving their homes at any time and impose a night curfew on almost everyone else in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus, President Aleksandar Vucic said, adding the measures take effect on Wednesday.Health authorities in the Balkan country have so far reported 72 cases of infection and tested 374 people.
  
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• Coronavirus: Plan to get Americans longer paid sick leave blocked - here's why

  17-03-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats went big with their proposal to include 12 weeks of paid sick leave for those affected by coronavirus, only to have those hopes dashed by old fashioned Washington deal-making.The initial version of a second emergency virus bill awaiting a Senate vote called for 12 full weeks of paid leave for employees with COVID-19, workers with symptoms or ones caring for loved ones who have the novel virus. That proposal, however, rattled Republicans and business groups, who worried it would put a h
  
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• AP VoteCast: A look at voters in Florida, Illinois, Arizona

  17-03-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Here’s a snapshot of the voters in Arizona, Florida and Illinois — who they are and what matters to them — based on results from AP VoteCast.Conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago, AP VoteCast surveys took place over seven days, concluding as polls closed.On a good night for Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders was able to maintain support from some of his base in Arizona.
  
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• Coronavirus fears and controversial passport sales: Vanuatu's election explained

  17-03-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A country with fractured and shifting political alliances, Vanuatu heads to the polls at a crucial moment in its history In the coffee shops and kava bars of Vanuatu’s capital of Port Vila, there are two subjects that dominate conversation: Covid-19 and this week’s general elections, which will be held on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• Will legal marijuana stores close? Americans stock up on pot for coronavirus quarantine

  17-03-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Stressed out over coronavirus and working from home? Marijuana businesses say pot sales show people are looking to relax.
  
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• White House eyeing $1 trillion coronavirus stimulus package

  17-03-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Democrats have prepared their own package that would cost at least $750 billion.
  
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• 'Whatever it takes': chancellor announces £350bn aid for UK businesses

  17-03-2020 21:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Sunak’s huge loan and grant package is intended to avert a severe recessionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £350bn package of loans and grants to help Britain cope with the lockdown of large parts of the economy, as he warned the country was facing a threat to its prosperity unmatched in peacetime.Less than a week after pledging £12bn in his budget to soften the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the chan
  
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• Ireland to consult with Britain over coronavirus European travel ban

  17-03-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ireland will consult with Britain before it decides whether to participate in a European travel ban endorsed by fellow EU member states on Tuesday to contain the spread of coronavirus, a government spokesman said.Ireland's participation is complicated by the fact that it shares an open land border with the British-run province of Northern Ireland and a common travel area with the whole of the United Kingdom, which ensures freedom of movement between both islands.Neither Ireland nor Britain, whic
  
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• China to restrict US journalists from three major newspapers

  17-03-2020 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The foreign ministry said the decision was in response to restrictions on Chinese media in the US.
  
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• The EU shuts its borders to slow the coronavirus crisis

  17-03-2020 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  The European Union has formally agreed to temporarily close its external borders to all "non-essential" travel from third nations, as the bloc hopes to put out internal political fires that the coronavirus outbreak has lit across the continent.
  
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