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• 'It is everywhere already': Fox News hosts amp up the pressure on Trump to give up on coronavirus lockdowns and reopen the economy

  03-04-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Primetime host Tucker Carlson attacked "the public health establishment," which he argued "failed us badly" by recommending stay-home orders that are hurting the economy.
  
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• San Francisco police have begun ticketing people who are violating the shelter-in-place order to contain the coronavirus

  03-04-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  San Francisco police have now ticketed a business and at least one person for violating the city's shelter-in-place order.
  
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• McGrath offers quick response to McConnell virus-related ad

  03-04-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrat Amy McGrath has punched back at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accusing him of seeking a political windfall from an economic aid package while the coronavirus crisis worsens.McGrath's campaign released a TV ad Friday lambasting the Kentucky Republican for “taking a victory lap against the coronavirus."It's a quick response by his most well-funded Democratic challenger to a McConnell commercial in which he trumpeted his key role in passing the $2.2 trillion rescue package.
  
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• Coronavirus task force puts Pence — and his future — on the line

  03-04-2020 23:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  The vice president didn't hesitate when asked to take on the politically perilous role of leading the administration's response.
  
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• Delta CEO: We're losing $60 million a day as the coronavirus pandemic rages on

  03-04-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Delta flew 95% fewer passengers last Sunday than one year previously. The airline has canceled more than 80% of its flights for April.
  
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• How to Protect Yourself From Coronavirus When Grocery Shopping

  03-04-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When you shop through retailer links on our site, we may earn affiliate commissions. 100% of the fees we collect are used to support our nonprofit mission. Learn more. During the coronavirus outb...
  
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• Fact check: No, coronavirus did not lower the death rate in Chicago

  03-04-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A widely shared Facebook post claims COVID-19 has lowered the death rate in Chicago. But that's not what the data show.
  
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• Defense Secretary Esper backed firing of carrier captain Crozier

  03-04-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper backed the Navy's firing of the commander of a coronavirus-striken aircraft carrier, the Pentagon said on Friday, amid a backlash from Democrats in Congress as well as the crew of the vessel, who hailed their captain as a hero.Captain Brett Crozier was relieved of command of the Theodore Roosevelt on Thursday after a scathing letter was leaked to the public in which he called on the Navy for stronger action to halt the spread of the virus aboard the vessel."The
  
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• Bernie Sanders calls for guaranteed paid medical leave, $2,000 monthly checks in new coronavirus relief proposal

  03-04-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is looking ahead to the next few steps in the coronavirus pandemic response.On Friday, Sanders unveiled his "Priorities for the Next Coronavirus Relief Package," proposing a number of relief measures from guaranteeing paid medical and sick leave to all workers to expanding food programs like Meals on Wheels.The proposal unsurprisingly includes a major expansion of Medicare. "We were facing a catastrophic health care crisis before the pandemic, and now that crisis has
  
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• Robert F Kennedy: Search for granddaughter and her young son

  03-04-2020 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maeve Kennedy McKean and her son were last seen in a canoe off Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
  
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• Wisconsin's governor flip-flops on Tuesday primary, calls legislature into special session to cancel it

  03-04-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) has taken "last minute" to a whole new level.Evers declared a mandatory shelter-in-place in his state on March 25 to reduce COVID-19 spread, taking the crisis seriously more than a week earlier than some states with larger populations. But he waited until Friday to take executive action to get the state's upcoming Democratic presidential primary canceled even though it's just four days away.In a Friday video conference, Evers called a special session of the state's
  
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• Bill Withers, 'Ain't No Sunshine' singer, dies

  03-04-2020 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Bill Withers, the singer-songwriter whose soulful hits "Lean On Me," Ain't No Sunshine" and "Lovely Day" became part of the soundtrack for a generation, has died.
  
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• My Money: 'People have started leaving their houses again'

  03-04-2020 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As part of a BBC blog series, Jen Smith talks us through one week as pandemic restrictions ease in Shenzhen.
  
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• Police cite woman for going on leisurely drive during Pennsylvania stay-at-home order

  03-04-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's the first time a person has been cited under the state's disease control and prevention act of 1955, police say.
  
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• Security camera footage shows Florida couple’s home on the night of a violent confrontation

  03-04-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Home security camera footage played in court captured some of the movements of Mike and Sue Reuschel inside their Gainesville, Florida, home on the night of February 2, 2018. Prosecutors allege Mike Reuschel attempted to murder his wife that night. Mike says Sue attacked him and he acted in self-defense.
  
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• Fired Navy captain is a 'hero' and 'chose the honorable course': The great-grandson of aircraft carrier's namesake says President Roosevelt would've also raised coronavirus alarms

  03-04-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "But it is probably too late to save Captain Crozier's career," President Roosevelt's great grandson, Tweed, wrote in a NYT column.
  
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• Republican leader McConnell says another coronavirus bill is coming

  03-04-2020 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday the U.S. Congress will work on another coronavirus relief bill, with healthcare topping the list of priorities.Previously McConnell had shown little interest in joining Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in working on another coronavirus measure, saying lawmakers should wait to see whether more aid is needed after the Trump administration implements the three response bills already passed by Congress, including an unprecedented $2.3 t
  
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• AP Sources: Shipping tycoon helps Venezuela in quest for gas

  03-04-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With gas lines across Venezuela growing, a controversial shipping magnate has stepped in to prevent the country from running out of fuel amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press has learned.The fuel shortage, in the nation that sits atop the world largest crude reserves, is the latest threat to Nicolas Maduro's rule at a time he is under intense U.S. pressure to resign.Wilmer Ruperti’s Maroil Trading Inc. billed state-owned oil monopoly PDVSA 12 million euros last month for the
  
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• Report: Federal Agency Shipped Face Masks Overseas as Veterans Affairs Hospital Rationed Them

  03-04-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal agency reportedly shipped face masks overseas from a Miami warehouse even as a nearby Veterans Affairs hospital was rationing them due to the coronavirus outbreak.The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) had a warehouse of face masks sitting unused in Miami while a Veterans Affairs hospital in the city was telling its health care workers to use the same face mask for an entire week, Fox News reported.Later, USAID exported the masks overseas. Since then, howev
  
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• Progressive Group Releases New Ad Blasting Trump on Coronavirus in Michigan, Wisconsin

  03-04-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Progressive group American Bridge is escalating its attack against President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic with new digital efforts in Wisconsin and Michigan, two critical general election battlegrounds, according to details shared exclusively with The Daily Beast.  In Wisconsin, the Democratic super PAC is releasing a five-figure digital ad buy targeting “potential Trump defectors” as well as undecided voters across the state. The 35-second spot
  
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• Putin says Russia ready to cooperate on cutting oil production

  03-04-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russia is ready to cooperate with Saudi Arabia and the United States to cut oil production, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.Putin said Russia was willing to make agreements within the framework of the OPEC+ group and that "we are ready for cooperation with the United States of America on this issue," according to a statement published by the Kremlin.Oil prices have tumbled in recent weeks in the face of a drop in demand and global economic uncertainty over the new coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Social distancing plays a role in flu-like illness activity in the US

  03-04-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  People are taking social distancing seriously - even when it comes to their health care decisions.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Friday that influenza-like illness (ILI) activity decreased by 14 percent for the week ending March 28 compared to the prior week. This comes after three straight weeks of increased ILI activity, driven in part by COVID-19.The reason for the decline?"Recent changes in health care-seeking behavior, including increasing use o
  
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• The most shopped products we recently covered

  03-04-2020 22:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  From UV light sanitizers and wireless Wi-Fi routers to exercise bikes and ANC headphones, these were the top items readers purchased last month.
  
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• As coronavirus ravages Spain, doctors get a grim order on 'futility of care' for the very old and very sick

  03-04-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A document circulated by the health department of Catalonia recommends that emergency teams and health care workers stop using ventilators for patients older than 80, and further recommends that extremely ill victims of COVID-19 be allowed to die at home rather than being taken to the hospital.
  
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• Contractors cleared to work during pandemic

  03-04-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Contractors in many parts of the country have been deemed essential so they can continue to repair homes damaged by storms during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Supreme Court cancels oral arguments for rest of the term

  03-04-2020 22:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nine cases were to be argued during the two-week session beginning April 20, including a challenge to the current system used for electing the president.
  
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• Attempts for Middle East ceasefires amid the coronavirus crisis have not stopped the fighting

  03-04-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Calls for coronavirus ceasefires have not halted Middle East battles
  
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• Which states have done the least to contain coronavirus?

  03-04-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some states are stubbornly defying expert advice to order residents to stay home – even as cases rise* Coronavirus – latest US updates* Coronavirus – latest global updates* See all our coronavirus coverageWhile most states in the US have ordered their citizens to stay home as they deal with the coronavirus outbreak, some are stubbornly defying expert advice – even as cases continue to rise.The urgent need for action was made clear on Thursday, when Dr Anthony Fauci, the g
  
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• Two cats have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but experts still don't think pets infect humans

  03-04-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cats have tested positive for coronavirus and shown symptoms, but experts say there's not reason to think pets can infect owners with the coronavirus.
  
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• Government secrecy is growing during the coronavirus pandemic

  03-04-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Students at the University of Florida who want to know how they are being protected from the COVID-19 pandemic can’t find out.The university is hiding its emergency response plan under a legal loophole intended to keep terrorists and enemy combatants – not viruses – from exploiting government weaknesses.Since the spread of coronavirus accelerated in recent weeks, local, state and federal officials throughout the United States have locked down information from the public. Exampl
  
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• Coronavirus: US 'wants 3M to end mask exports to Canada and Latin America'

  03-04-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mask manufacturer 3M says the move would have "significant humanitarian implications".
  
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• Two members of Kennedy family missing after canoeing in Maryland

  03-04-2020 22:02 via cnn.com
  
  Two members of the Kennedy family, Maeve Kennedy McKean and her 8-year-old son, Gideon, have been reported missing in the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland, since Thursday.
  
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• Can homemade face masks help limit the spread of the coronavirus? Scientists can't agree, but here's what you need to know.

  03-04-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House is now recommending that people wear face masks. Research suggests DIY cloth masks aren't as effective as surgical masks or N95.
  
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• This Spanish town is taking isolation to another level

  03-04-2020 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  Zahara de la Sierra is a small town of 1,400. In response to the novel coronavirus spread around the world, it is taking isolation very seriously.
  
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• Students who canceled ill-fated spring break trip say they aren't getting refunds

  03-04-2020 21:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  The trip was arranged by JusCollege, which reassured students they would be safe on the trip despite the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Students who canceled ill-fated spring break trip say they aren't getting refunds

  03-04-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The trip was arranged by JusCollege, which reassured students they would be safe on the trip despite the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• MD Gov. confirms Kennedy family members missing

  03-04-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says that rescuers are searching for two missing boaters - the daughter and grandson of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend - after their canoe was found in Chesapeake Bay. (April 3)
  
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• Panama transgender community worried over virus gender rules

  03-04-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Panama has implemented gender-based social distancing regulations to help tackle the coronavirus crisis, but the move has raised "dread" among members of the transgender community.Before that, Panama had already closed its borders, suspended school classes, banned foreigners from entering the country and imposed a lockdown that left open a two-hour window allowing people to leave their homes to purchase essential items.The Association of New Men and Women of Panama, which defends LGBT+ rights in
  
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• Gabon bans eating of pangolin and bats amid pandemic

  03-04-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gabon on Friday banned the sale and eating of bats and pangolins, which are suspected of sparking the novel coronavirus in China where they are highly prized in traditional medicine.President Ali Bongo Ondimba also announced the government was planning to lock down the capital Libreville and unveiled an emergency package for those hard hit by the pandemic.The novel coronavirus is believed to have come from bats, but researchers think it might have spread to humans via another mammal.
  
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• Coronavirus: New York forced to redistribute ventilators

  03-04-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York state - the centre of the US outbreak - had its largest single-day jump in virus deaths.
  
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• 'Never say never': Mark Cuban considering 2020 presidential run

  03-04-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Billionaire Shark Tank investor and basketball team owner Mark Cuban hasn't ruled out running for president in 2020 after claiming that the coronavirus pandemic has created a "reset" that could open the field for his campaign.He said he "doubts" he would make a legitimate run this late in the race, with a Democratic field that has whittled down to former vice president Joe Biden and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders seeking the party's nomination to face Donald Trump in the general election, but "y
  
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• VA Removes Disability Benefits Questionnaires from Public View

  03-04-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Citing abuse of the system, the VA clamps down on the popular disability checklists.
  
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• Out of work because of coronavirus, struggling to file for unemployment

  03-04-2020 21:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Some dial their state offices hundreds of times while others are met with frozen websites.
  
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• Biden Tells Trump: Stop the ‘Pettiness’ and Reopen Obamacare

  03-04-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden demanded that the Trump administration reopen enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges, as millions of Americans—many of them newly unemployed—face the prospect of enduring the coronavirus pandemic without access to healthcare. “During this outbreak, when health care coverage is more important than ever, Donald Trump is refusing to give those who have been uninsured acce
  
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• Wisconsin Republicans reject governor's call to delay Tuesday's primary and vote by mail

  03-04-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Evers, who had been criticized for not seeking a delay earlier, called for a special session of the legislature to make Tuesday's primary an all-mail election and extend the time to return ballots until late May."Our Republic must continue to function, and the many local government positions on the ballot must be filled so that municipalities can swiftly respond to the crisis at hand," Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said in a joint statement.
  
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• US coronavirus live: Pelosi calls for another stimulus bill amid soaring job losses

  03-04-2020 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Fauci says all US states should have stay-home orders
  US unemployment rose to 4.4% in March
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  See all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 8.31pm BST The description of the Strategic National Stockpile on a government website was changed after Jared Kushner mischaracterized the program.Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, said yesterday, “And the notion of the federal stockpile was it&rsq
  
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• Coronavirus: Europe's care homes struggle as deaths rise

  03-04-2020 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  France reveals 884 deaths linked to coronavirus and more cases emerge in Spain and Italy.
  
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• Canada: Ontario warned to expect 15,000 deaths from coronavirus

  03-04-2020 21:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Health officials in Canada’s most populous province say extreme measures have probably prevented far higher death tollLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth officials in Ontario have warned that as many as 15,000 will die from the coronavirus in Canada’s most populous province in the coming months, but said extreme measures already in place have probably saved many more lives.The province released its coronavirus projections on Friday, as it prepares for a surge in
  
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• Supreme Court postpones April oral arguments over coronavirus

  03-04-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday postponed oral arguments scheduled for April as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and is considering alternative options for handling the various outstanding cases.Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said that the nine justices - including oldest member Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87 - are all healthy.Among the April cases to be delayed is a dispute over the complex U.S. presidential election system focusing on whether Electoral College electors are free to break their pl
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: US death toll tops 6,000; 701K jobs lost in March; NY sending National Guard to seize ventilators

  03-04-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Friday's news includes expected guidance from the White House on face masks, a dismal jobs report and the US surpassing 6,000 coronavirus deaths.
  
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