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• Violent Tornado Rips Through Arkansas Town, Injuries Reported

  28-03-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least six people were injured after a tornado ripped through downtown Jonesboro, Arkansas on Saturday, ripping entire walls off buildings, flattening homes, and leaving cars overturned. There was no immediate word on fatalities, but videos showed major damage to the area, with only piles of debris apparently left of some buildings. Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin issued a 7 p.m. curfew for the entire city as authorities began assessing the damage and conducting search-and-rescue missions t
  
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• Saudi forces intercept missile over curfew-locked Riyadh

  28-03-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saudi forces intercepted a missile over Riyadh late Saturday, state media said, after at least three explosions were heard in the curfew-locked capital amid efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Yemen's Iran-aligned Huthi rebels have previously targeted Riyadh and other Saudi cities with missiles, rockets and drones.It was the first major assault on Saudi Arabia since the Huthis offered last September to halt attacks on the ki
  
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• The National Guard conducted door-to-door checks with Rhode Island police to track down New Yorkers traveling into the state

  28-03-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rhode Island issued strict restrictions to track those who have recently been in New York, which has emerged as the US epicenter of the outbreak.
  
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• Northern Ireland brings in tough measures to fight coronavirus

  28-03-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Northern Ireland will introduce "sweeping new powers" to combat the spread of coronavirus from 2300 GMT on Saturday, with many restrictions on businesses tougher than the rest of the United Kingdom.The British region will prohibit anyone from leaving home without reasonable excuse, compel certain premises to shut and use its power of direction to close or restrict businesses that do not ensure employees' safety, its devolved government said.The number of coronavirus deaths in Northern Ireland ro
  
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• Prime Minister Boris Johnson is spending £5.7 million to write to all 66 million people in the UK, urging them to stay at home to fight coronavirus

  28-03-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "The more we all follow the rules, the fewer lives will be lost and the sooner life can return to normal," Johnson said in a letter
  
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• 'Illegal' party that violated stay-at-home order broken up by police

  28-03-2020 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The party's organizer was charged, the governor said. "No corona parties. They’re illegal, dangerous, and stupid. We will crash your party. You will pay a big fine."
  
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• Why coronavirus antibody testing in one town could provide a way forward

  28-03-2020 22:57
  
  Testing going on in the Colorado ski town could allow lifting of restrictions.
  
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• An infant younger than one year old died after testing positive for coronavirus

  28-03-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Illinois health officials are investigating the infant's death. The child is the youngest to die of the novel coronavirus in the United States.
  
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• North Korea fires more missiles than ever amid coronavirus outbreak

  28-03-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches that South Korea decried as "inappropriate" amid the global coronavirus pandemic.Two "short-range projectiles" were launched from the coastal Wonsan area, and flew 230 kilometers (143 miles) at a maximum altitude of 30 kilometers (19 miles), South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported."In a situation where the entire world is exp
  
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• Stimulus check calculator: How much might you receive?

  28-03-2020 22:47
  
  A calculator that can help you figure out the amount you will receive from the coronavirus stimulus package.
  
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• The wealthy forge ahead with (slightly altered) travel plans

  28-03-2020 22:36 via cnn.com
  
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• Stunning photos show Pope Francis praying to an empty St. Peter's Square amid the coronavirus

  28-03-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Images from an empty St. Peter's Square during a prayer on Friday paint a stark portrait of how the coronavirus has affected the Vatican.
  
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• Crowdsourcing desperately needed medical supplies in coronavirus fight

  28-03-2020 22:34
  
  How grassroots efforts are providing medical personnel with much-needed PPE.
  
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• Rosneft Sells Venezuelan Assets as Fight With U.S. Grows

  28-03-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Russian oil giant Rosneft PJSC sold its assets in Venezuela to the Russian government, in what may be a maneuver to avoid any U.S. sanctions in an escalating fight between Caracas, Washington and Moscow.Rosneft is selling local production, service and trading assets to a state-owned company, it said in a statement. The move is to protect shareholders’ interests, according to company spokesman Mikhail Leontyev.The U.S. slapped sanctions on two units of Rosneft earlier this ye
  
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• Coronavirus cradle Wuhan partly reopens after lockdown

  28-03-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People enter the Chinese city where the coronavirus outbreak began for the first time in months.
  
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• Europe virus toll surges, Trump mulls quarantine of New York area

  28-03-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus death toll shot past 20,000 in Europe on Saturday, with Italy and Spain each reporting more than 800 dead in one day, as US President Donald Trump said he is considering putting hard-hit New York and parts of two other states under quarantine.Globally, the death toll has surged past 30,000 -- two-thirds of those in Europe -- and officials in some countries say the worst still lies ahead.
  
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• Projectiles intercepted over Saudi Arabia

  28-03-2020 22:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  Residents said they heard multiple blasts.
  
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• Rhode Island Governor Announces National Guard Will Go 'Door-to-Door' to Identify New Yorkers to Slow COVID-19 Spread

  28-03-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rhode Island officials will order anyone coming from New York into quarantine
  
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• SeaWorld furloughs 90% of workers because of virus crisis

  28-03-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed.Following are developments this weekend related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus.SEAWORLD FURLOUGHS: SeaWorld Entertainment is furloughing 90% of its workers because the novel coronavirus had forced the company to close its 12 theme parks.
  
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• Shop in upstate N.Y. sells doughnuts starring Dr. Fauci's face

  28-03-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A doughnut shop in Rochester, N.Y., is featuring the likeness of the doctor leading the country's battle with coronavirus on its treats. Donuts Delite began selling hundreds of doughnuts with Dr. Anthony Fauci's face on Monday.
  
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• Researchers studying monkeys for a coronavirus vaccine facing challenges

  28-03-2020 22:04
  
  Dr. Skip Bohm hopes his research at the Tulane National Primate Research Center will help save thousands from COVID-19.
  
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• CEO of bailed-out United Airlines thanks America for 'vital public assistance' and pledges aircraft to deliver medical supplies throughout the world

  28-03-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  United CEO Oscar Munoz pledged several cargo flights to deliver critical medical supplies in the US and abroad at least 40 times per week.
  
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• Turkey coronavirus deaths pass 100: health minister

  28-03-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 100 people have died from the novel coronavirus in Turkey, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced Saturday, as 1,704 new cases were recorded.Koca shared the latest figures on Twitter, which showed 16 more people had died in the last 24 hours, pushing the total death toll to 108.With the new cases of COVID-19, Turkey has officially recorded 7,402 people with the virus.
  
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• Italy's toll tops 10,000 despite long lockdown

  28-03-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus toll in Italy shot past 10,000 on Saturday and showed little sign of slowing despite a 16-day lockdown.Italy now looks certain to extend its economically debilitating -- and emotionally stressful -- business closures and the ban on public gatherings past their April 3 deadline.Italians had begun to hope that their worst disaster in generations was easing after the increase in daily death rates began to slow on March 22.
  
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• Doctors and experts warn of the risks of using malaria drugs to treat COVID-19

  28-03-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The prospect that malaria drugs will become go-to medications to treat COVID-19 before they've been rigorously tested is prompting safety warnings.
  
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• '70,000-ton message of hope': Trump sees off Navy hospital ship as it heads for NYC

  28-03-2020 20:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump left Washington for the first time in nearly two weeks to visit a Navy hospital ship dispatched to New York City to add some much-needed hospital support amid the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Coronavirus-hit ship granted permission to pass through Panama Canal

  28-03-2020 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A cruise ship stuck off Panama's Pacific coast after four passengers died and more than 130 others developed influenza-like symptoms, including at least two with the coronavirus, will be allowed to proceed through the Panama Canal, the government said on Saturday.Holland America Line's 238-meter (781-foot) MS Zaandam vessel can now continue its trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but Panama's government underscored that no passengers or crew members would be allowed to set foot on Panamanian soil.
  
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• New York hospitals must allow partners in the delivery room for birth, Department of Health says

  28-03-2020 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The new policy disputes controversial rules announced by some of the state's top hospitals banning visitors in response to the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• Coronavirus: NHS turns to big tech to tackle Covid-19 hot spots

  28-03-2020 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amazon, Google, Palantir, Microsoft and Faculty AI will help decision-makers better understand the crisis.
  
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• Rosneft sells Venezuelan assets to Russia after U.S. sanctions ramp up

  28-03-2020 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia's largest oil producer, Rosneft , said on Saturday it had terminated operations in Venezuela and sold the assets linked to its operations in the South American nation to an unnamed company owned by the Russian government.The impact of the move, announced at a time when oil prices are languishing at around $25 per barrel, on Rosneft's upstream joint ventures with Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela was not immediately clear.The U.S. government has ramped up pressure on Vene
  
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• Rosneft sells Venezuela operations to Russian state firm

  28-03-2020 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia's largest oil producer, Rosneft , said on Saturday it had terminated operations in Venezuela and sold the assets linked to its operations there to an unnamed company owned by the Russian government.It was not immediately clear if the move, announced at a time when oil prices are languishing at around $25 per barrel, would change much in practice or whether it was a legal move to protect Rosneft from U.S. sanctions.The United States earlier this year imposed sanctions on two Rosneft subsid
  
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• Trump calls USNS Comfort leaving for New York a 'message of hope and solidarity'

  28-03-2020 20:01
  
  President Donald Trump on Saturday gave remarks as the USNS Comfort, loaned to the novel coronavirus cause by the U.S. Navy, departed for New York.
  
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• Cuomo responds to idea of an 'enforceable' New York quarantine

  28-03-2020 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded during a Saturday news conference to President Trump's idea of an "enforceable" quarantine in the New York tri-state area.
  
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• Coronavirus: Trump 'considering quarantine on New York'

  28-03-2020 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president says he is considering quarantining the state, but its governor expresses concern.
  
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• Trump considering 'enforceable quarantine' for N.Y., N. J. and parts of Connecticut

  28-03-2020 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I don’t know how that could be legally enforceable,” New York Gov. Cuomo said, adding, “I don’t even like the sound of it.”
  
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• Iran to use 20% of state budget to fight coronavirus

  28-03-2020 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran is to allocate 20% of its annual state budget to fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the country, one of the worst-hit in the world, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday.Iran's death toll from coronavirus rose to 2,517 on Saturday, with 139 fatalities in the past 24 hours, as cases rose 3,076 to 35,408, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on state television."We are in difficult conditions, in conditions of sanctions but we have allocated 20% of our budget this year to c
  
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• 'A game changer': FDA authorizes Abbott Labs' portable, 5-minute coronavirus test the size of a toaster

  28-03-2020 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The FDA has authorized Abbott Labs' coronavirus test that the company says delivers results in five to 13 minutes.
  
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• As Italy hits 10,000 deaths, many are asking why the country's fatality rate is so high

  28-03-2020 19:15 via cnn.com
  
  When Milan resident Antonia Mortensen was pulled over by police while driving recently, it wasn't for a traffic offense. It was to instruct her fellow passenger to sit in the back of the car and to check that both were wearing face masks.
  
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• Sanders is still running, and he may not stop anytime soon

  28-03-2020 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Vermont independent faces long odds of winning the Democratic nomination, but in the pandemic, allies see a moment for his message.
  
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• Ex-Venezuela general charged with drug trafficking surrenders to US

  28-03-2020 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A retired Venezuelan general has turned himself over to Colombian authorities after the United States charged him with drug-trafficking and offered a reward for his capture, local media said on Saturday.Cliver Alcala turned himself in on Friday to the Colombians, who in turn handed him over to US authorities, the El Tiempo de Bogota newspaper said.Washington on Thursday indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and several current and former top government officials for "narco-terrorism" and
  
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• Biden could reportedly soon embrace 'key planks' of more progressive agenda

  28-03-2020 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden may have emerged as the leading Democratic presidential candidate because the party's more moderate bloc rallied around him, but now that the nomination looks likelier than ever, his campaign is making sure they don't lose support from the progressive wing come November, Politico reports."The dirty little secret is everyone's talking to Biden's campaign," said Sean McElwee, co-founder of liberal think tank Data for Progress. "There will be fights, but at the end o
  
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• Principal surprises valedictorian at job in drive-thru

  28-03-2020 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, a Michigan high school principal wanted to keep with tradition and notify the valedictorian and salutatorian in person.
  
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• How the U.S. government is starting to keep tabs on people's movement amid pandemic

  28-03-2020 18:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. government has begun to use cellphone data to get a better sense of people's movement in up to as many as 500 cities amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reports.The tactic is not meant to track individuals, and names aren't included in the data, but instead is geared toward figuring out where people might be congregating in large numbers as calls for social distancing and lockdowns become the norm across the country. In doing so, the Centers for Disease Control
  
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• Italy's coronavirus death toll passes 10,000. Many are asking why the fatality rate is so high

  28-03-2020 18:39 via cnn.com
  
  When Milan resident Antonia Mortensen was pulled over by police while driving recently, it wasn't for a traffic offense. It was to instruct her fellow passenger to sit in the back of the car and to check that both were wearing face masks.
  
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• So many missed warnings: How Spain became coronavirus hotspot

  28-03-2020 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  Unseasonably warm weather, Champions League football and other major events, homes on the beach and the café culture: just a few of the factors that may have helped carry an insidious virus across southern Europe -- from country to country and city to city, from Italy to Spain and Portugal.
  
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• How Spain became a hotspot for coronavirus

  28-03-2020 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  Unseasonably warm weather, Champions League football and other major events, homes on the beach and the café culture: just a few of the factors that may have helped carry an insidious virus across southern Europe -- from country to country and city to city, from Italy to Spain and Portugal.
  
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• Black marketeers cash in on the coronavirus crisis

  28-03-2020 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  Unseasonably warm weather, Champions League football and other major events, homes on the beach and the café culture: just a few of the factors that may have helped carry an insidious virus across southern Europe -- from country to country and city to city, from Italy to Spain and Portugal.
  
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• Trump Backs Down on Quarantine After Cuomo Warns It Would Be ‘Declaration of War’

  28-03-2020 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump appeared to back down late Saturday on the idea of imposing an enforceable quarantine on coronavirus hot spots like New York, deeming the measure “not necessary” just hours after he sparked criticism for floating it as an option. “On the recommendation of the White House CoronaVirus Task Force, and upon consultation with the Governor’s of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, I have asked the @CDCgov to issue a strong Travel Advisory, to be administered by
  
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• President Trump Considers Enforced Quarantine on New York, Parts of New Jersey and Connecticut

  28-03-2020 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he may implement a short-term enforced quarantine on “hotspots” of the novel coronavirus, including New York state, New Jersey, and some parts of Connecticut—though it’s not clear he has the power to do so.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo quickly hit back Saturday, saying “I don’t know what that means,” and asserting that the president had not discussed the matter with him when they spoke on Saturday morning.“
  
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• Andrew Cuomo Says Trump’s Proposed New York Quarantine Would Be ‘Declaration of War’

  28-03-2020 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has warned against a quarantine of “hot spots” that President Donald Trump floated on Saturday, saying it would be nothing short of a “federal declaration of war” that would pit state authorities against the federal government. “It wouldn’t just be New York, New Jersey, Connecticut. Next week it would be Louisiana with New Orleans, and the week after that it would be Detroit, Michigan, and it would run all across the nation. I don&rs
  
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