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• Florida: endangered sea turtles thriving thanks to Covid-19 restrictions

  19-04-2020 23:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers are seeing an increase in nests as restrictions keep humans and harmful waste off beachesMarine life researchers in Florida say that coronavirus restrictions keeping humans and harmful waste off beaches are having a beneficial effect on the numbers of endangered leatherback sea turtles in the state.With the summer nesting season barely two weeks old, staff from the Loggerhead MarineLife Center in Juno Beach have already found and marked 76 nests of the world’s largest species o
  
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• New York mayor De Blasio asks if Trump is telling city to 'drop dead' over Covid-19

  19-04-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mayor of city at center of coronavirus outbreak says not enough is being done to help finances of areas struck by pandemicThe New York mayor, Bill de Blasio, has stepped up his campaign for increased federal funding for US cities during the coronavirus crisis, asking Donald Trump whether his administration was “going to save New York City or are you telling New York City to drop dead?”De Blasio’s dramatic language came during his press conference on Sunday, after he warned last
  
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• Canadian authorities say at least 10 people, including officer, killed in mass shooting

  19-04-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “The impact of the incident will extend from one end of the province to the other,” an officer said.
  
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• Peyton Manning tells Joe Burrow that rookie season in NFL will be important for development

  19-04-2020 23:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, the presumptive No. 1 pick in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft, recently called soon-to-be Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning to talk about what it was like being a rookie signal-caller in the league.
  
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• Gunman shoots as many as 10 people in rampage across Nova Scotia

  19-04-2020 23:32 via cnn.com
  
  A gunman may have injured up to 10 people in Novia Scotia, including at least one Mountie, in a shooting rampage before he was taken into custody after a manhunt, according to a Canadian law enforcement official.
  
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• Mekhi Becton's drug test won't hurt stock in upcoming NFL Draft: report

  19-04-2020 23:28 via foxnews.com
  
  If former Louisville offensive lineman Mekhi Becton drops further than expected in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft, it doesn’t seem like the flagged drug test from the NFL Combine would be the reason why.
  
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• 'They're killing us,' Texas residents say of Trump protections rollbacks

  19-04-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Residents of the mostly black and Latino communities closest to the oil refineries and chemical plants in Texas say it puts them on the front line of the Trump administration’s rollbacks of decades of public health and environmental protections.
  
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• Jennifer Lopez sings 'People,' classic Barbra Streisand song, during star-studded virtual concert

  19-04-2020 23:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Jennifer Lopez has performed a classic.
  
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• Trump Escalates Culture War as Virus Response Hits Campaign

  19-04-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump is fighting back against the public health and economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic in the same way he’s navigated other political perils -- by stoking the nation’s partisan divide.But the scale of the crisis the U.S. is facing -- over 39,000 people dead and tens of millions out of work -- is bigger than anything Trump has faced. Even some Republican strategists doubt that his standard campaign playbook will work in November.With the &l
  
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• Katy Perry's cat, Kitty Purry, has died, singer says: 'Thanks for the cuddles'

  19-04-2020 23:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Katy Perry is mourning her cat.
  
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• Rachel McAdams shares what’s keeping her busy during quarantine

  19-04-2020 23:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Rachel McAdams has her hands full during the coronavirus quarantine.
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: US death toll hits 40,000; New York set for aggressive antibody testing; more cash soon for small businesses

  19-04-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S death toll hits 40,000, negotiators were close in on deal for struggling small businesses. Some states are relax restrictions. The latest news.
  
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• Salma Hayek says directors told her to 'sound dumber and speak faster'

  19-04-2020 23:16 via foxnews.com
  
  With Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy nominations under her belt, it's no question that Salma Hayek is a talented actress.
  
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• Florida teacher on front lines of coronavirus fight: 'We're here to help'

  19-04-2020 23:16 via foxnews.com
  
  A fifth-grade teacher in Florida described Sunday on “Fox & Friends Weekend” what it’s been like to switch gears from the classroom to the front lines as he serves with the Florida National Guard during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Mike Singletary on 1981 NFL Draft: 'Please let me get drafted by the Chicago Bears'

  19-04-2020 23:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Mike Singletary remembers the 1981 NFL Draft as if it were yesterday.
  
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• Nunes claims media double standard over Pelosi ice-cream incident: McConnell would be 'thrown out' as leader

  19-04-2020 23:10 via foxnews.com
  
  California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Sunday for showcasing her gourmet ice cream while stalling the replenishment of the Small Business Administration's (SBA) emptied fund allocated to help businesses shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Chicago Bears legend Mike Singletary: 'I wish we won more Super Bowls'

  19-04-2020 23:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Hall of Famer and Chicago Bears legend Mike Singletary is one of the greatest middle linebackers in the history of the National Football League.
  
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• Sea turtles are thriving on closed beaches

  19-04-2020 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  With many beaches closed in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19, sea turtles in Florida are nesting in peace.
  
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• New Yorkers compete for the title of best accent

  19-04-2020 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  Filmmaker Nicolas Heller took social media by storm with his #BestNYAccent challenge, getting submission from locals and celebrities alike
  
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• Putin says Russia has coronavirus pandemic under control, despite rising cases

  19-04-2020 23:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday claimed that authorities have the coronavirus pandemic under control, despite evidence showing a rising number of cases within the country.
  
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• Fact Check: Support for $5 billion in Iran aid isn't holding up additional stimulus money

  19-04-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked President Donald Trump to back coronavirus aid to Iran. It's unrelated to congressional disputes over more stimulus money.
  
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• Coronavirus hits global drug trade, experts say

  19-04-2020 22:54 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic is reportedly crippling the illegal drug trade, as borders shut down and supply chains linking Mexico to China are severed. 
  
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• Sweden left schools, bars, restaurants, and gyms open during the coronavirus pandemic. Experts say the strategy might be working.

  19-04-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Anders Tegnell, Sweeden's top state epidemiologist told local media the number of new infections was "sort of plateau."
  
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• Biden picks up more delegates with Wyoming caucus win

  19-04-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, remains over 700 delegates away from the 1,999 needed to clinch the nomination.
  
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• N.Y. on the ‘Descent,’ Casino CEO Pushes to Reopen: Virus Update

  19-04-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- New York may have begun “a descent” as coronavirus cases and deaths slow in the state in the epicenter of the outbreak. The death tally in the U.S. topped 40,000. A deal on new U.S. aid for small businesses could be days away.The first sign of easing emerged in Europe as hard-hit Italy, Spain and France reported the smallest increases in fatalities in weeks.The top executive of casino operator Wynn Resorts is pushing for an early reopening of Nevada. Germany is letting
  
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• Trump announces U.S. funding for WHO will be withheld

  19-04-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president claimed the organization's failures caused many deaths.
  
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• Fact check: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer did not ban sale of U.S. flags, plants, seeds

  19-04-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michigan's stay-at-home order has spawned false allegations that it bans the sale of American flags, baby supplies, gardening needs and more.
  
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• US and Canada border restrictions have been extended for another 30 days, and Trudeau expects them to continue for weeks

  19-04-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump said the U.S.-Canada border could be one of the first to fully reopen, but Canadian officials say restrictions will remain for weeks.
  
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• Death sparks unrest at major migrant camp in Greece

  19-04-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A fire ripped through one of Greece's largest migrant camps leaving widespread damage and many people homeless after the death of an Iraqi woman sparked unrest, officials said Sunday.The blaze late Saturday at Vial camp on Chios island destroyed the facilities of the European asylum service, a camp canteen, warehouse tents and many housing containers, Migration Ministry Secretary Manos Logothetis told AFP.Anissa, a 22-year-old asylum-seeker from Somalia who declined to give her last name out of
  
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• Mnuchin, Democrats Says Aid Package May Be Passed in Days

  19-04-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Democratic leaders and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said they’re close an an agreement to top up funds for a loan program aimed at helping small businesses stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, and to provide funds for hospitals. Mnuchin said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he’s hopeful the deal can be passed in the Senate on Monday and the House on Tuesday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered no specific timetable but said the sides are
  
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• Reopening America could be done in 2 to 3-week phases, with certain aspects of society resuming sooner than others

  19-04-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security laid out how governors might reopen states gradually amid the pandemic.
  
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• 100,000 gather for funeral in Bangladesh, defying lockdown and sparking outbreak fears

  19-04-2020 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  More than 100,000 people defied Bangladesh's lockdown order on Saturday to attend the funeral of a senior leader of the Islamist party in the district of Brahmanbaria, authorities said.
  
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• Ohio governor says anti-lockdown protests are OK if protestors adhere to social distancing

  19-04-2020 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Photos show hundreds of protestors turned out to the Ohio Statehouse to protest DeWine's stay-at-home order on Saturday.
  
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• U.S. lawmakers make push to assist local newspapers, broadcasters

  19-04-2020 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers called on Sunday for expanding payroll assistance to struggling local newspapers and broadcast stations that have seen advertising revenue plummet during the coronavirus pandemic.Democratic Senators Maria Cantwell and Amy Klobuchar and Republicans John Kennedy and John Boozman urged Senate leaders to revise the rules to make thousands of local newspapers, TV and radio stations eligible for assistance under the Paycheck Protection Program.
  
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• A bizarre conspiracy theory puts Bill Gates at the center of the coronavirus crisis — and major conservative pundits are circulating it

  19-04-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  From fringe conspiracy theorists to mainstream conservative pundits, this is how Bill Gates became the scapegoat for the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• NY says over peak, as Trump's lockdown exit plan draws fire

  19-04-2020 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hard-hit New York state cautiously declared Sunday that it may be over the peak of its coronavirus outbreak as President Donald Trump clashed with state governors over ending lockdowns.The United States has so far recorded more than 742,000 coronavirus cases and 40,000 deaths, with Trump's response to the tragedy dividing critics.New York has borne the brunt of the virus, which has so far killed more than 13,000 people in the state.
  
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• Poland records spike in coronavirus cases day ahead of easing some restrictions

  19-04-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Poland saw its biggest spike in coronavirus cases on Sunday with 545 new infections recorded, according to health ministry data, a day before the country plans to ease some of its pandemic-related restrictions.Parks and forests will be reopened on Monday and limits on the numbers of people allowed in shops will be eased, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday.As of Sunday, Poland had 9,287 confirmed cases and 360 deaths.
  
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• 'Delusional': Governors call out White House on dearth of coronavirus testing as protests grow

  19-04-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump is pushing for the the U.S. to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. But state leaders say coronavirus testing lags too far behind.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely blames governors for virus test

  19-04-2020 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump is wrongly casting blame on governors and the Obama administration for shortages in coronavirus testing and declaring victory over what he calls relatively low death rates in the U.S. That's too soon to tell.THE FACTS: Trump's assertion that governors are not using already available testing capacity is contradicted by one of his top health advisers.
  
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• Elton John livestreams performance of 'I'm Still Standing' from his backyard

  19-04-2020 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  While the coronavirus pandemic has forced most of us into our homes, health care workers are still standing on the front lines battling this crisis.
  
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• U.S. coronavirus death toll rises as cases hit 750,000: Reuters tally

  19-04-2020 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It took the United States 38 days after recording its first fatality on Feb. 29 to reach 10,000 deaths on April 6, but only five more days to reach 20,000 dead, according to a Reuters tally.The United States has by far the world's largest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, with more than 750,000 infections -- a number that has doubled in 13 days.New cases on Saturday rose by nearly 29,000, the lowest increase in three days.
  
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• Canada shooting rampage kills at least 16 including policewoman; deadliest such attack in country's history

  19-04-2020 20:09 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A horrific shooting rampage Sunday in Nova Scotia, Canada, killed at least 16 people including a policewoman, investigators said, in the deadliest attack of its kind inside that country in history.
  
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• Gov. Cuomo announces plan to start 'most aggressive' antibody testing of New Yorkers to see just how widely the coronavirus has spread

  19-04-2020 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that the state is set to start antibody testing to see how many people have been exposed to the coronavirus.
  
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• John King breaks down which states bend the Covid-19 curve

  19-04-2020 20:03 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's John King looks at flattening the curve of coronavirus cases across a number of states while some governors are opting to form coalitions with their neighboring states.
  
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• Biden wins mail-in Wyoming Democratic presidential caucus

  19-04-2020 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden has won Wyoming’s Democratic presidential caucus, which had been postponed for two weeks and scaled back to just mail-in ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic, state party officials said Sunday.The results come less than two weeks after Bernie Sanders dropped out and endorsed Biden, who is the only candidate still actively seeking the Democratic nomination.Biden beat Sanders 72% to 28%.
  
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• Taylor Swift performs 'Soon You'll Get Better' for the first time

  19-04-2020 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  Taylor Swift performed an emotional song about her mother's battle with cancer during the "One World: Together at Home" live broadcast Saturday night.
  
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• Taylor Swift performs emotional song detailing her mother's cancer battle during home concert

  19-04-2020 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  Taylor Swift performed an emotional song about her mother's battle with cancer during the "One World: Together at Home" live broadcast Saturday night.
  
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• Cuomo says N.Y. will begin aggressive statewide antibody testing

  19-04-2020 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said his state will undertake aggressive antibody testing measures over the upcoming week.
  
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• Latinos disproportionately dying, losing jobs because of the coronavirus: 'Something has to change'

  19-04-2020 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Latinos are disproportionately suffering from the coronavirus because of a combination of factors, including working in low-paying front-line jobs.
  
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• New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey have reopened marinas and boatyards as Gov. Cuomo reports coronavirus may have passed its peak

  19-04-2020 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The three states reopened their waterfront areas with social distancing guidelines as New York Gov. Cuomo announced that COVID-19 may have peaked.
  
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