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• ‘Very, Very Scary’: Officials Dumbfounded as Florida Beaches Reopen, 3 Days After Death Spike

  18-04-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The state of Florida passed two milestones in the coronavirus pandemic this week: its deadliest day yet, and the reopening of several public beaches.Hundreds of people flocked to the newly opened beaches in northern Florida on Friday evening, just two weeks Gov. Ron DeSantis’ month-long stay-at-home order began. The state is the first of several to start slowly reopening public spaces even as the novel coronavirus continues to spread.DeSantis announced Saturday that K-12 schools would rema
  
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• Florida, South Carolina reopen beaches as states begin to loosen restrictions

  18-04-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The governors are giving the green light despite concerns over the continuing coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• White House adviser Stephen Moore has repeatedly compared those protesting coronavirus lockdowns to Rosa Parks

  18-04-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protestors have railed against temporary measures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus, which Moore called "injustice and a loss of liberties."
  
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• John Krasinski DJs virtual prom for class of 2020

  18-04-2020 23:41 via cnn.com
  
  "The Office" actor John Krasinski hosted a virtual prom on his YouTube channel for the class of 2020.
  
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• 4 family members battling coronavirus after Virginia bishop's death

  18-04-2020 23:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Bishop Gerald Glenn of New Deliverance Evangelistic Church died from the virus. Now his wife, two daughters and son-in-law are sick.
  
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• 4 family members battling coronavirus after Virginia bishop's death

  18-04-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bishop Gerald Glenn of New Deliverance Evangelistic Church died from the virus. Now his wife, two daughters and son-in-law are sick.
  
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• Protesters decry stay-at-home orders in Maryland, Texas and Ohio capitals

  18-04-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rightwing media and Donald Trump have supported demonstrators but they appear to represent a minority opinion* Thousands of Americans backed by rightwing donors gear up for protestsA day after Donald Trump encouraged Americans to protest against strict public health measures aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus, rallies were held in state capitals in Maryland, Texas and Ohio, with more planned for next week in other states.Hundreds of people stood shoulder-to-shoulder at the Texas Capitol
  
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• 'This is tyranny': Protesters in Texas, other states demand end to lockdowns

  18-04-2020 23:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Demonstrators are calling for states to "open now."
  
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• 'This is tyranny': Protesters in Texas, other states demand end to lockdowns

  18-04-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Demonstrators are calling for states to "open now."
  
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• Horrors revealed at virus-hit Canada nursing home

  18-04-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Elderly residents left soiled and unfed after their caregivers fled the premises, 31 deaths in the space of a few weeks: a nursing home in Montreal has become the symbol of the terrible toll coronavirus is taking in Canada's long-term care homes.The bleak situation discovered at the Residence Herron, in the Montreal suburb of Dorval, has triggered an investigation for gross negligence and a national reckoning about the conditions in long-term care homes which account for half the country's more
  
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• Spanish virus lockdown prolonged as toll tops 20,000

  18-04-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday announced the nationwide coronavirus lockdown would be extended two weeks to May 9, hours after the official death toll passed 20,000."We have done the hardest part through responsibility and social discipline... we are putting the most extreme moments behind us," Sanchez said.Spain, which has been under confinement since March 14, has recorded 20,043 deaths from the virus, the latest health ministry figures showed -- the third-highest official to
  
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• Sheriff threatened to jail teen's family if she did not delete Instagram posts about coronavirus, lawsuit says

  18-04-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Marquette County sheriff maintained the girl did not have the right to make her Instagram posts, the lawsuit says.
  
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• ECB Is Flexible and Could Do More If Needed, Officials Say

  18-04-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The European Central Bank could take further action if needed to support the euro area through the economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus outbreak, policy makers at the institution said.The central bank has already unleashed a barrage of support over the past few weeks to cushion countries across the bloc, including committing to spend more than 1 trillion euros ($1.1 trillion) on public and private debt this year. Yet even with such an unprecedented monetary boost, tensions a
  
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• Gilead’s Coronavirus Treatment Has Investors Excited, but the Latest Study Looks Inconclusive

  18-04-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Thursday, STAT News reported positive results from a clinical trial of remdesivir (RDV), a potential antiviral treatment for the coronavirus. Leaked data from a University of Chicago clinic participating in the study showed marked improvements in 113 COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms. Markets rallied on the news, with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 stock indexes jumping more than 2 percent. Shares of Gilead Sciences, the pharmaceutical company developing remdesivir, gained 10 percent when
  
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• Fewer Deaths in N.Y., Italy; New U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update

  18-04-2020 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- New York reported the fewest new coronavirus deaths in almost two weeks. Italy announced the least in almost a week. France had the smallest increase in five days.Spain will extend a lockdown for two weeks after joining the U.S. and Italy with more than 20,000 deaths. U.S. cases rose 3.4%, slower than the average over the last week. As the U.S. and Canada agreed to extend border limits to May 20, Israel planned to ease some limits.Key DevelopmentsVirus Tracker: Cases top 2.3 milli
  
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• An anti-lockdown protest in Austin, Texas, drew anti-vaxxers and Trump supporters chanting 'Fire Fauci'

  18-04-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Despite not having adequate testing in place, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday announced he would begin reopening Texas businesses by May.
  
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• Fact check: Herd immunity would not fully stop the spread of coronavirus

  18-04-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Although herd immunity may eventually be achieved, through vaccination or outbreak, other factors help stop respiratory diseases like COVID-19.
  
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• Brazil's economy could recover in fourth quarter, says central bank president

  18-04-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazil's central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Saturday that Latin America's largest economy will begin to recover from the coronavirus crisis in the fourth quarter, according to an interview in local media.Brazil has more coronavirus cases than any other country in Latin America.Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly dismissed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak and criticized social isolation guidelines, arguing that the economic toll will kill more people than the
  
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• 'America is being tested': Pence delivers commencement address to Air Force Academy class of 2020 and its first cadets to join Trump's Space Force

  18-04-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A wide shot of the event showed the academy graduates seated eight feet apart to comply with social distancing guidelines.
  
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• Over 200 people gathered in California to protest the state's stay-at-home order

  18-04-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 200 protesters defied public health expert advice, ignoring social distancing guidelines to remain six feet apart and crowded without face masks.
  
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• Israel to ease some coronavirus restrictions, Netanyahu says

  18-04-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel will gradually ease its coronavirus lockdown from Sunday by letting some businesses reopen and relaxing curbs on movement after a slowdown in infection rates, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.Authorities have steadily tightened a partial lockdown imposed on March 14, shuttering offices, closing schools and ordering people to stay mostly at home.The measures have battered Israel's economy, forced many businesses to close and sent unemployment above 25%.
  
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• Michigan residents sue governor over coronavirus pandemic orders

  18-04-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer faces at least two federal lawsuits challenging her April 9 executive order to fight the coronavirus outbreak, including requirements that residents stay at home and that most businesses close.
  
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• Landmark Lebanese hotel folds amid virus, economic crisis

  18-04-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of Lebanon’s landmark hotels that survived the country’s bloody 15-year civil war and various other bouts of fighting is shutting down amid the country's economic crisis and coronavirus pandemic, a hotel executive said Saturday.The prestigious, nearly 70-year-old Le Bristol was closed temporarily as part of national measures to combat the spread of the virus.It is owned by the Doumet family, one of Lebanon’s richest.
  
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• Biden campaign launches general election ad in battleground states

  18-04-2020 21:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Biden campaign released a new digital ad focusing on President Trump's preparedness for the coronavirus in key battleground states.
  
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• Judge doubts Kansas COVID-19 rule, blocks it for 2 churches

  18-04-2020 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge signaled that he believes there's a good chance that Kansas is violating religious freedom and free speech rights with a coronavirus-inspired 10-person limit on in-person attendance at religious services or activities and he blocked its enforcement against two churches that sued over it.The ruling Saturday from U.S. District Judge John Broomes in Wichita prevents the enforcement of an order issued by Gov. Laura Kelly against a church in Dodge City in western Kansas and one in Jun
  
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• Federal judge blocks Kansas limits on religious gatherings

  18-04-2020 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge on Saturday blocked Kansas from limiting attendance at in-person religious worship services or activities to 10 people or fewer to check the spread of the coronavirus, signaling that he believes that it's likely that the policy violates religious freedom and free speech rights.The ruling from U.S. District Judge John Broomes in Wichita prevents the enforcement of an order issued by Gov. Laura Kelly if pastors and congregations observe social distancing.The judge's decision will r
  
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• Tornadoes, storms possible Sunday in Deep South

  18-04-2020 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A chance of severe weather is again in the forecast for the Deep South a week after a tornado outbreak killed at least 36 people in the region.“Numerous severe storms appear likely Sunday from east Texas to South Carolina,” the National Weather Service said in an alert.Forecasters said several strong tornadoes may occur from parts of northeastern Louisiana into central and southern Mississippi and Alabama Sunday afternoon and evening.
  
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• Contamination at CDC lab was likely cause of critical early delays in rolling out coronavirus testing in US

  18-04-2020 20:56 via cnn.com
  
  Contamination in manufacturing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention test for the coronavirus caused weeks of delays that slowed the US response to the pandemic, multiple health officials have told CNN, a problem that stemmed in part from the CDC not adhering to its own protocols, according to a US Food and Drug Administration spokesperson.
  
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• Spain's PM to ask for extension of coronavirus lockdown to May 9

  18-04-2020 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday he would ask parliament for a third 15-day extension of the lockdown imposed to curb one of the world's worst outbreaks of the new coronavirus, taking the restrictions up to May 9.Sanchez said he wanted to relax restrictions on children, who would be allowed out of their homes after April 27, though that allowance would be "limited and subject to conditions to avoid contagion".Spain has begun to ease a strict lockdown imposed on March 14 and
  
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• The Federal Bureau of Prisons has confirmed the first staff death linked to the coronavirus, report says

  18-04-2020 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The bureau said Robin Grubbs, who worked at the US Penitentiary in Atlanta, is the "first potential" staff death due to COVID-19, CBS News reported.
  
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• Vanessa Bryant wishes Kobe a happy 19th wedding anniversary on Instagram

  18-04-2020 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vanessa Bryant celebrated the anniversary of her wedding to her late husband Kobe by posting a photo and a heartfelt message on Instagram.
  
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• 20 of Afghan president's palace staff have virus: officials

  18-04-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  About 20 workers in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's palace have tested positive for the coronavirus, two officials told AFP on Saturday, but so far, there is no indication the president himself has been infected.A second official confirmed the number, and said an additional 12 people from the president's administrative office had also contracted the virus.Ghani's spokesman Sediq Sediqqi declined to comment and referred questions to the health ministry, which also would not comment, saying it did
  
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• Crowds flock to Jacksonville beaches amid record COVID-19 cases

  18-04-2020 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Florida morons" trended on Twitter as people around the country criticized the decision to reopen beaches.
  
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• Italian church-turned-morgue 'finally empty' of coffins

  18-04-2020 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A church in Bergamo that served as an overspill morgue at the height of Italy's coronavirus epidemic "is finally empty", the mayor said Saturday.Where dozens of coffins once stood, nothing but flowers are left to be seen in a photograph tweeted by mayor Giorgio Gori that symbolises the easing of a crisis that has killed over 23,000 people in Italy.Bergamo is in the wealthy northern region of Lombardy, which accounts for over half Italy's virus victims.
  
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• Cuomo says New York is 'past the plateau' as coronavirus hospitalizations continue to fall

  18-04-2020 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Despite the good news, another 540 New Yorkers died as a result of the virus on Saturday, and 2,000 more were admitted to hospitals in the state.
  
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• Trump hopes to resume rallies as campaign vows their return

  18-04-2020 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I hope we're going to have rallies. I think they're going to be bigger than ever," president said Friday.
  
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• Longstanding issues put Native American communities at high COVID-19 risk

  18-04-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With limited resources, tribal leaders are improvising ways to stop the virus' spread.
  
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• Every deportation flight from the U.S. is an 'alarm bell' as Central American countries brace for coronavirus

  18-04-2020 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Central American countries are on edge as deportation flights from the United States arrive in the region with passengers who have tested positive for the novel COVID-19 coronavirus, The Associated Press reports.Because the United States has only tested a limited number of detained immigrants for the virus, there are fears that its spread throughout the U.S. detention centers is much wider than has been reported. Subsequently, that could mean that countries like Guatemala, where more than 1,600
  
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• Turkey's coronavirus cases overtake Iran, highest in Middle East

  18-04-2020 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey's confirmed coronavirus cases have risen to 82,329, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday, overtaking neighbouring Iran for the first time to register the highest total in the Middle East.An increase of 3,783 cases in the last 24 hours also pushed Turkey's confirmed tally within a few hundred of China, where the novel coronavirus first emerged.Koca said 121 more people have died, taking the death toll to 1,890.
  
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• Murder of UNC student bludgeoned to death in 2012 remains unsolved

  18-04-2020 19:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Faith Hedgepeth was beaten to death with an empty liquor bottle in the early morning hours of September 7, 2012, at her off-campus apartment near Chapel Hill, North Carolina after returning from a nightclub. She was a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a member of the Haliwa-Saponi Native American tribe. Male DNA was found at the scene, but her killer has never been found. The Chapel Hill Police Department is investigating.
  
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• Fauci guided US through AIDS crisis, too. Survivors say it's a roadmap for coronavirus.

  18-04-2020 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Survivors of the AIDS crisis are eager to share lessons they learned decades ago to guide U.S. through coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Country of 12 million has only 4 ventilators

  18-04-2020 19:29 via cnn.com
  
  Covid-19 cases have topped 2.2 million globally and countries around the world are scrambling to buy life-saving equipment as the pandemic places unprecedented demand on hospitals.
  
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• Trump says US investigating whether coronavirus spread after China lab mishap but cites no evidence

  18-04-2020 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump said U.S. officials are investigating whether the coronavirus began spreading after an accident at a Chinese lab. He did not offer evidence.
  
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• In nod to normalcy, Pence celebrates Air Force Academy grads

  18-04-2020 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a symbolic nod to normalcy, Vice President Mike Pence delivered a commencement address to the U.S. Air Force Academy's graduating class on Saturday, telling the cadets that by setting off on their mission to defend the nation they “inspire confidence that we will prevail against the invisible enemy in our time as well.”“I know we gather at a time of great challenge in the life of our nation,” Pence said as he began his remarks.
  
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• Fact check: Trump did host rallies, play golf as as COVID-19 outbreak ramped up

  18-04-2020 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A social media post implied that President Donald Trump was golfing or campaigning as the coronavirus spread. We find this to be true.
  
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• Spain's coronavirus death toll tops 20,000

  18-04-2020 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  The Spanish Ministry of Health confirmed Saturday that more than 20,000 people have now died from coronavirus in the country.
  
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• Spain's coronavirus death toll rises to over 20,000

  18-04-2020 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  The Spanish Ministry of Health confirmed Saturday that more than 20,000 people have now died from coronavirus in the country.
  
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• Spain reaches a grim milestone

  18-04-2020 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  The Spanish Ministry of Health confirmed Saturday that more than 20,000 people have now died from coronavirus in the country.
  
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• Off-duty officer shoots 14-year-old boy in head outside cop's home

  18-04-2020 18:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  "We're treating him as a victim and a suspect," the sheriff said of the off-duty officer, who opened fire after he woke up to find several juveniles outside his home.
  
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• Another tornado outbreak is possible in the southern U.S. on Sunday

  18-04-2020 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A week after one of the biggest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history, more tornadoes are likely again on Sunday.
  
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