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• Trump poses, while these governors actually lead

  21-03-2020 23:52 via cnn.com
  
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• Lebanon calls in army to enforce coronavirus lockdown

  21-03-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lebanon Saturday called in the army and security forces to ensure people stay at home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus that has killed four people nationwide.In a televised address, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the number of cases had risen to 230 in the country despite a call almost a week ago for all to remain at home.Warning of a further spike to epidemic levels if people continued to flout social distancing rules, he said the government was calling in the army and security forc
  
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• 'Stay at home' to avoid coronavirus, UK government tells vulnerable

  21-03-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Britain on Saturday urged 1.5 million people identified by the National Health Service (NHS) as being at higher risk of severe illness if they contract coronavirus to stay at home to protect themselves."If you receive a letter it is vitally important that you act on it for your own protection, don't attend any gatherings of friends or families and don't go out for shopping, leisure or travel," said Paul Johnson, director at Public Health England.British health minister Matt Hancock said las
  
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• Couple married by a friend from his fourth-floor window

  21-03-2020 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  Finding time to celebrate love during a national crisis isn't easy. But one New York couple still found a way.
  
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• How the coronavirus has disrupted education for one California family — my own

  21-03-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As a reporter and editor at Yahoo News who has written often about the impact the growing coronavirus outbreak is having on American life, my assignment to investigate how education was being impacted took me to a not-so-exotic location — my own kitchen table.
  
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• How the coronavirus has disrupted education for 1 California family — my own

  21-03-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As a reporter and editor at Yahoo News who has written often about the impact the growing coronavirus outbreak is having on American life, my assignment to investigate how education was being impacted took me to a not-so-exotic location — my own kitchen table.
  
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• Puerto Rico needs medical supplies but faces restrictions

  21-03-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "They are treating people differently at a time when we all need to get essential items like masks, gloves and health items," said Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico's nonvoting member of Congress.
  
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• Ohio's attorney general demanded abortion clinics stop providing surgical abortions, calling them 'non-essential and elective' amid coronavirus crisis

  21-03-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Abortion rights advocates have accused Ohio officials of using the coronavirus pandemic to further their political interests.
  
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• Coronavirus: Four members of New Jersey family die

  21-03-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The death of Grace Fusco and three of her adult children is an "unbearable tragedy", relatives say.
  
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• Italy deaths jump by almost 800 from coronavirus

  21-03-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Italy recorded a jump in deaths from coronavirus of almost 800 on Saturday, taking the toll in the world's hardest-hit country to almost 5,000.Italy on Thursday overtook China as the country worst affect by the highly contagious virus.Italy's fatalities jumped by 793 to 4,825 in their largest one-day rise since the contagion emerged a month ago.
  
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• Italy coronavirus deaths jump by almost 800, government shuts most workplaces

  21-03-2020 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Italy recorded a jump in deaths from coronavirus of almost 800 on Saturday, taking the toll in the world's hardest-hit country to almost 5,000."It is the most difficult crisis in our post-war period," Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said in a video posted on Facebook, adding "only production activities deemed vital for national production will be allowed".Conte did not specify which factories and businesses will be considered crucial to keep the country going.
  
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• Trump on China: 'I wish they'd told us earlier' about coronavirus

  21-03-2020 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Saturday that he wished China would have told him earlier about the novel coronavirus, despite previously praising the country's transparency on the issue.
  
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• NYC couple marry in midst of crisis

  21-03-2020 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  Determined not to allow coronavirus ruin their big day in October, a New York City couple abruptly asked a friend to officiate their wedding from a 4th story window on a street in Washington Heights.
  
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• Federal law enforcement document reveals white supremacists discussed using coronavirus as a bioweapon

  21-03-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White supremacists discussed plans to weaponize coronavirus via “saliva,” a “spray bottle” or “laced items,” according to a weekly intelligence brief distributed by a federal law enforcement division on Feb. 17. 
  
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• Ex-Real Madrid president Sanz dies after contracting coronavirus

  21-03-2020 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz dies after being taken to hospital with coronavirus.
  
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• She fought to get her husband tested while her state was applauded for having no coronavirus

  21-03-2020 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Carolyn Vigil was lying in bed next to her husband when she first saw the meme. It noted West Virginia had no reported cases of coronavirus, and jokingly pleaded for its people to hang on.
  
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• How one woman fought to get her husband tested while her state was applauded for having no coronavirus

  21-03-2020 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Carolyn Vigil was lying in bed next to her husband when she first saw the meme. It noted West Virginia had no reported cases of coronavirus, and jokingly pleaded for its people to hang on.
  
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• US airlines warn of 'draconian' steps if Congress fails to help

  21-03-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The chief executives of the largest US airline companies asked Congress Saturday for urgent help avoiding widespread layoffs among the industry's 750,000 employees."Unless worker payroll protection grants are passed immediately, many of us will be forced to take draconian measures such as furloughs,” the CEOs said in a letter to leaders of both houses of Congress distributed by the Airlines for America trade group.Airlines for America represents American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Ai
  
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• DNA from a discarded cigarette solves a 1985 cold case murder

  21-03-2020 22:04
  
  Genetic genealogy test allegedly solved the 35 year old case.
  
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• U.S. ‘Very Close’ on Aid Deal; Europe Cases Surge: Virus Update

  21-03-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The White House and Congress may be very close to a deal on an aid package that could boost the virus-battered economy by $2 trillion.Cases surged across Europe, including in the U.K. and France, as Italy’s deaths rose again by a record. Germany plans more than $160 billion in debt spending to help stem the economic fallout.Illinois sought help from retired doctors and nurses. U.K. pubs are closed, and New York City will close non-essential businesses on Sunday.Key Developme
  
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• To Protect the Future, Hold China to Account

  21-03-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the winter of 2002–2003, the deadly SARS coronavirus exploded out of China’s ‘wet-blood’ wildlife markets. SARS infected over 8,000 people worldwide and killed almost 800. Yet post-crisis, China laxly enforced bans on the offending markets, only to permit them to flourish soon thereafter. Today’s COVID-19 is the deadly and avoidable legacy of China’s recklessness.U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo has proclaimed that COVID-19 stems from just such Chinese &
  
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• New Jersey governor issues stay-at-home order for nearly all of state's 9M residents

  21-03-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “We must flatten the curve and ensure residents are practicing social distancing," the governor said in announcing the sweeping mandate.
  
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• Coronavirus: American Airlines' first cargo-only flight in 35+ years carries medical gear

  21-03-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After grounding nearly a third of its fleet because of coronavirus, American Airlines is repurposing some passenger planes to transport needed cargo.
  
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• Spanish police stop person in T-Rex costume

  21-03-2020 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  Police in Murcia, Spain have posted a video of person on social media in a T-Rex costume stopped by police as a reminder the country is under a stay-at-home due to coronavirus.
  
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• His colleagues at Fox News called coronavirus a 'hoax' and 'scam.' Why Tucker Carlson saw it differently

  21-03-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Controversial Fox News host Tucker Carlson never called the virus outbreak a hoax and now his colleagues know why.
  
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• Democrats sound the alarm on Joe Biden's young voter problem

  21-03-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The party's presidential front-runner is taking the vulnerability seriously. Some say it reminds them of Clinton in 2016, and won't be easy to overcome.
  
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• Democrats alarmed by Biden's young voter problem

  21-03-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The party's presidential front-runner is taking the vulnerability seriously. Some say it reminds them of Clinton in 2016, and won't be easy to overcome.
  
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• Israeli leader offers to step down next year in unity deal

  21-03-2020 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel’s prime minister Saturday said he is ready to step down next year as part of a proposed power-sharing agreement with his chief rival meant to steer the country through the coronavirus crisis and end a year-long political deadlock.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his proposal during a nationally televised interview, calling for the formation of a three-year “emergency” unity government with the rival Blue and White Party.Netanyahu told Channel 12 TV that he would re
  
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• Italy's daily virus deaths climb to nearly 800

  21-03-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Italy on Saturday reported nearly 800 coronavirus deaths and saw its toll for the past month reach 4,825 -- well over a third of the world's total and a grim reminder that the pandemic remains out of control.Italy on Thursday overtook China as the global epicentre of COVID-19.National Health Institute (ISS) chief Silvio Brusaferro urged the elderly to stay in doors at all times because the average age of Italy's victims was 78.5.
  
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• Trump on China: ‘I just wish they could have told us earlier’

  21-03-2020 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump on Saturday said he wished that China would have notified the United States sooner about the coronavirus and its impact.
  
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• The Senate is about to pass the 'largest relief package in history' amid the coronavirus-induced economic crisis, but progressives say it isn't enough

  21-03-2020 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AOC's former advisers say the government should scale up the stimulus and pay for it by printing more money.
  
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• Trump sent letter to N. Korea's Kim with plan to 'propel' ties: KCNA

  21-03-2020 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un detailing a plan to spur ties, state media reported Sunday, as a prolonged hiatus in disarmament talks with the United States drags on."In the letter, he... explained his plan to propel the relations between the two countries of the DPRK and the US and expressed his intent to render cooperation in the anti-epidemic work," read a statement from Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jong, apparently referring to the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• Iran president foresees virus relief, even as death toll tops 1,500

  21-03-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said authorities' efforts to combat the COVID-19 epidemic would produce significant results within 15 days, as the country's official death toll from the virus surpassed 1,500.There were 123 more fatalities -- taking the country's death toll to 1,556 -- and 966 more cases of the novel coronavirus reported in Iran over the past 24 hours, health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour announced in a televised address.Despite the increasing toll, Rouhani s
  
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• Trump dismisses report on early coronavirus warnings as 'inaccurate'

  21-03-2020 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US intelligence agencies raised concerns in January and February, while the president minimized the risk, the Washington Post saidDonald Trump has dismissed a report that he ignored early warnings from US intelligence agencies about the threat posed by the coronavirus outbreak in China and repeated recent attacks on the press.The agencies sounded the alarm in January and February but the president continued to minimize the risk and failed to act, the Washington Post reported.On Saturday, Trump,
  
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• Airlines appear to come up short in bid to win cash grants in rescue package

  21-03-2020 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - A last-ditch effort by the chief executives of major U.S. airlines to try to win cash grants to weather the coronavirus crisis looked to be unsuccessful, four congressional aides and airline officials said late Saturday.Airlines had made a last ditch plea urging that $29 billion of $58 billion sought in assistance for airlines be in the form of cash grants.The CEOs of 10 U.S. passenger and cargo carriers had said in a letter that without direct cash assistance, "dr
  
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• Italy surpasses its own record death toll for a single day, with 793 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

  21-03-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As of March 21, Italy has now recorded a total of nearly 5,000 deaths related to the novel coronavirus, and more than 53,500 infections.
  
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• Coronavirus turns Andalusia's buzzing streets into ghost towns

  21-03-2020 20:13 via cnn.com
  
  The people of Andalusia, Spain's most populous region, are among the most gregarious in the world. There are a ridiculous number of bars and cafes per capita, and as the weather warms Andalusians begin the evening paseo, wandering the narrow streets and watching the world go by over a beer and tapas.
  
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• Coronavirus cancels Spain's Easter parades

  21-03-2020 20:13 via cnn.com
  
  The people of Andalusia, Spain's most populous region, are among the most gregarious in the world. There are a ridiculous number of bars and cafes per capita, and as the weather warms Andalusians begin the evening paseo, wandering the narrow streets and watching the world go by over a beer and tapas.
  
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• Premier League could resume before coronavirus restrictions are lifted – Southampton chief

  21-03-2020 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southampton's chief executive suggests Premier League matches could be on television every day while people are still confined to their homes because of the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• All flights bound for NYC-area and Philadelphia airports were briefly suspended after an air traffic controller tested positive for coronavirus

  21-03-2020 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Flights were briefly put on hold as federal officials worked to disinfect the air traffic control tower where an employee tested positive Saturday.
  
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• Coronavirus: FAA briefly suspends all flights bound for NYC, Philadelphia airports

  21-03-2020 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a "ground stop" for all flights to New York City airports including John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark due to staffing issues related to Coronavirus.
  
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• Emirates Airlines suspends flights to dozens more cities

  21-03-2020 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dubai carrier Emirates Airlines announced Saturday it would suspend flights to dozens more cities, taking its total route closures past 100, in a bid to forestall the spread of coronavirus.The United Arab Emirates on Friday announced its first two deaths from the disease.Total recorded infections in the UAE stood at 153, of which 38 have recovered.
  
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• Trump says the coronavirus is hurting his personal businesses and he doesn't know if his hotels will accept government bailouts

  21-03-2020 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He said he didn't know if his businesses would take government assistance if it qualified. "Everybody knew I had hotels when I got elected," he said.
  
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• Doctors and nurses in Spain are taping garbage bags to their bodies for protection against the novel coronavirus as supplies dwindle

  21-03-2020 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hospitals in Europe are doubling up on less-protective masks or turning to unconventional materials as protective gear amid a shortage.
  
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• President Trump Says Has Not Compelled Companies to Make Coronavirus Gear Despite Nationwide Shortages

  21-03-2020 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump has not yet forced any companies to produce equipment to fight the novel coronavirus despite healthcare workers reporting nationwide shortages, he said at a Saturday briefing by the administration’s coronavirus task force.The president invoked the Defense Production Act on Thursday, a law that gives the government authority in emergencies to harness industrial production to help in a time of need.However, Trump said there had been no need to force companies to produce equip
  
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• Brazil's Sao Paulo to get two-week coronavirus shutdown, Bolsonaro blasts 'hysteria'

  21-03-2020 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's largest state Sao Paulo will essentially shut down for two weeks to help fight the coronavirus, its governor said on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro again claimed that "hysteria" over the outbreak could cause more harm than the virus itself.Sao Paulo state Governor Joao Doria said a statewide quarantine order would take effect on Tuesday and last through April 7.All but non-essential businesses and services, including bars and restaurants, will
  
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• What's the purpose of the phrase 'Chinese virus'?

  21-03-2020 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump and other conservatives have begun referring to coronavirus as the "Chinese virus," saying they want to ensure that China’s government is held accountable. The change in word choice has raised accusations of racism.
  
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• Purell makers made 'misleading' claims to customers about killing germs, new suit says

  21-03-2020 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The manufacturers of Purell hand sanitizer is facing a new class-action lawsuit accusing them of “false and misleading” claims.
  
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• Economic rescue package rises past $1 trillion as talks resume

  21-03-2020 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Negotiators from Congress and the White House were resuming talks on Saturday on a growing $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package, racing to make a deal after President Trump unleashed fury on those questioning his handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• New York has more than 10,000 coronavirus cases and over half of them are patients younger than 50, governor says

  21-03-2020 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gov. Cuomo said 54% of the cases identified in the state were found in patients between ages 18 and 49.
  
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