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• An Oregon man said his property manager illegally searched an IRS system to see if his tenants received stimulus checks

  20-04-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Austin Goodrich of Forest Grove, Oregon, said he lost his job as a security guard due to COVID-19 and told his landlord he couldn't pay rent.
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: States reveal reopening plans; Lockdown protests heat up; New York City cancels major June events

  20-04-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In Monday's coronavirus news, states reveal reopening plans; lockdown tensions grow and New York City has canceled all of its major June events.
  
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• China Daily Bureau Chief: Trump a ‘Racist A**hole’ for Suggesting China Has More Coronavirus Deaths than U.S.

  20-04-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The European bureau chief of China’s state-run publication China Daily has called President Trump a “racist a**hole” for claiming China “must have the most” deaths from the global coronavirus pandemic.“We don’t have the most-in-the-world deaths — the most in the world has to be China,” Trump said during Friday’s White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing. “It’s a massive country. It’s gone through a tremendous p
  
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• Richard Quest reveals positive coronavirus test during his show

  20-04-2020 23:46 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Richard Quest shares that he has tested positive for coronavirus, expressing why he plans to continue hosting his show.
  
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• Coronavirus lockdown protest: What's behind the US demonstrations?

  20-04-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Why these Americans protesting during a pandemic - explained.
  
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• Trump and Pelosi spar as Congress nears coronavirus stimulus deal

  20-04-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi engage in heated personal attacks; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• Coronavirus: Are hospital cleaners forgotten heroes in this crisis?

  20-04-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hygiene has never seemed more important. Here's how a woman who cleans wards in Chicago is being affected.
  
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• 'Don't shoot him no more!' California police face backlash over killing of man in Walmart

  20-04-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Steven Taylor was experiencing mental health crisis when he wielded a baseball bat inside San Leandro store, family lawyer saysThe police shooting of a 33-year-old man in a California Walmart over the weekend has led to intense backlash from civil rights activists, calls for protests and a Facebook video from the local police chief to “dispel some rumors” about the incident.Police in San Leandro in the Bay Area shot Steven Taylor on Saturday afternoon after he wielded a baseball bat
  
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• Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee are already about to let businesses reopen

  20-04-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Southern states are rushing to get back to business against the advice of medical experts and the federal government.Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) announced Monday that he'd allow some types of shut-down businesses to reopen by next week. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) topped that by saying some businesses could even reopen this Monday at 5 p.m., and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) finished by saying the state's stay-at-home mandate would run out for good at the end of April.Hair salons, barbe
  
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• Dermatologists Highlight Skin Rash as Potential COVID-19 Symptom

  20-04-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The American Academy of Dermatology started a registry to collect potential evidence of skin rashes from COVID-19 after evidence suggests the coronavirus may cause skin symptoms.
  
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• Schumer urges Fed's Powell to open loan programs to nonprofits, local governments

  20-04-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he had urged Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in a phone call on Monday to open Fed's Main Street Lending program to nonprofits and local governments.In a statement, Schumer said Powell "indicated to me that the Fed is actively working on solutions, and nonprofits will very likely be included."Schumer also said Powell "assured me that the Fed was similarly working to make the program directly accessible to more cities and counties."
  
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• Nearly all abortions in Texas must stop, appeals court rules

  20-04-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The vast majority of abortion services will again be halted in Texas.
  
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• This 12-year-old can teach you how to cook

  20-04-2020 23:12 via cnn.com
  
  Dylan Smith, a seventh grader in El Dorado Hills, California, has found a delicious way to pass the time during the coronavirus pandemic by writing and publishing a family-friendly cookbook with his mother.
  
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• Meet the 12-year-old who can teach you how to cook

  20-04-2020 23:12 via cnn.com
  
  Dylan Smith, a seventh grader in El Dorado Hills, California, has found a delicious way to pass the time during the coronavirus pandemic by writing and publishing a family-friendly cookbook with his mother.
  
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• 'Everyone Was Screaming at Them.' The Story Behind Those Photos of the Counter-Protesting Health Care Workers

  20-04-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Photographer Alyson McClaran shares the story behind the viral photos of the healthcare workers blocking the coronavirus lockdown protesters.
  
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• Peru: riot police block highway as people attempt to flee amid lockdown

  20-04-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police also fired teargas into crowds of people as country’s coronavirus lockdown entered sixth week* Coronavirus – latest updates* See all our coronavirus coverageRiot police in Peru have blockaded a major highway and fired teargas into crowds of people attempting to flee the capital city and return on foot to their rural hometowns as the country’s strict coronavirus lockdown entered its sixth week.Local television images on Monday showed hundreds of families, including young
  
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• 24 things that have been selling out online during the coronavirus pandemic

  20-04-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  From household essentials like toilet paper and hand sanitizer to things to keep you entertained, these are the most popular products selling out during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Sweden has nearly 10 times the number of COVID-19-related deaths than its Nordic neighbors. Here's where it went wrong.

  20-04-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sweden, which has yet to order any lockdown amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, has seen 14,777 COVID-19 cases and 1,580 deaths from the virus.
  
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• Georgia Governor Allows Gyms, Salons, and Bowling Alleys to Reopen Friday as Coronavirus Cases Climb

  20-04-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced on Monday that gyms, hair salons, nail salons, barbershops, and bowling alleys will be allowed to reopen in the state on Friday—even as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise. During an afternoon press conference, Kemp said that the statewide shelter-in-place order will expire on April 30, however he urged the “medically fragile” to continue to hunker down until May 13. The governor, who cited the pandemic’s heav
  
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• In Surprise, Air Force Picks Raytheon to Build New Cruise Missile

  20-04-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The service wasn't expected to choose a final contractor for the Long Range Stand Off weapon until fiscal 2022.
  
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• Trump news – live: President reels off coronavirus headlines after attacking Republican governor, as Georgia plans to begin reopening state Friday

  20-04-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has been accused of lying about the availability of coronavirus test kits following his latest fractious White House press briefing, at which he duelled with journalists and soothed his wounded ego by lashing out at “wise guy” governors and blaming his predecessor Barack Obama for leaving him with a stockpile of “garbage” ventilators.The president also used the session to express sympathy for the armed anti-lockdown protesters who continued to demonstrate at
  
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• President reels off coronavirus headlines after attacking Republican governor, as Georgia plans to begin reopening state Friday

  20-04-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has reeled off coronavirus-related headlines during his White House press briefing in a bid to show viewers what his administration has done amid the pandemic.At the start of the press briefing, the president help up a number of articles focused on the lack of ventilators the states needed compared to what was originally anticipated. He claimed testing was now becoming the new ventilator situation where governors and the media claimed more was needed than in reality.
  
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• Poisonings linked to cleaning supplies spike in US during pandemic

  20-04-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Calls to US poison centers have risen 20 percent this year because of exposure to bleach and other disinfectants, health authorities said Monday, linking the surge to COVID-19 cleaning recommendations.From January to March 2020, poison centers received 45,550 calls about dangerous exposure to cleaning chemicals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report, up from 37,822 the year before.Exposure to bleaches, non-alcoholic disinfectants and hand sanitizers all saw sharp
  
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• Trump berates female reporter: Keep your voice down

  20-04-2020 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  President Trump told CBS reporter Weijia Jiang to "just relax" and "keep your voice down" after she pressed him at the coronavirus task force briefing about his travel restrictions on China.
  
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• Three dead as severe storms, tornadoes lash South

  20-04-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Severe storms and tornadoes pounded a wide area of the South on Sunday and Monday.
  
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• Facebook is removing some posts promoting anti-lockdown protests

  20-04-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Facebook has started removing certain posts promoting anti-lockdown protests, saying events that violate social distancing guidelines won't be allowed.The social media platform, CNN reported on Monday, is removing some posts on protests against stay-at-home orders in California, New Jersey and Nebraska "after consulting with officials in those states." Protests of this kind against stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic have recently arisen in some cities, although polls have shown th
  
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• US state obtains 'game-changing' virus tests from South Korea

  20-04-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US state of Maryland has received 500,000 coronavirus tests ordered from South Korea, a shipment Governor Larry Hogan said would be "game-changing" to efforts to implement widespread testing.The governor said the tests were bought from a company called LabGenomics, and a Korean Airlines plane arrived at Baltimore-Washington airport on Saturday with the shipment.The administration of US President Donald Trump has said there are enough tests for each state to move in to "phase one", ending som
  
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• WHO director says politicians who have 'had an easy ride in life' don't understand the gravity of the coronavirus pandemic

  20-04-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  "Don't use this virus as an opportunity to fight against each other or score political points," the WHO director said. "These are real people dying."
  
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• Under cover of pandemic, China arrests protest leaders

  20-04-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fifteen of Hong Kong's highest-profile opposition figures linked to the 2019 pro-democracy protests were arrested.
  
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• NYC nixes June events, including 3 major parades

  20-04-2020 22:21
  
  New York City won’t allow public events in June, including three of the city’s major annual celebrations: the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, the Celebrate Israel parade, and the Pride parade on its 50th anniversary
  
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• CNN anchor on Covid-19: My body gave me the middle finger

  20-04-2020 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brooke Baldwin, who tested positive for the Covid-19 earlier this month, shares some of the lessons she learned coping with the coronavirus.
  
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• Cautious Pentagon extends troop travel limits through June

  20-04-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Pentagon is extending military travel restrictions through June, indicating a concern that the coronavirusremains a threat to troops even as the Trump administration pushes for some states to begin opening up in May.The military travel limits, which Defense Secretary Mark Esper ordered in March, had been set to expire May 11.“While the Department acknowledges that this order will have great impact on our service members and their families who are looking to proceed with their lives, th
  
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• Brooke Baldwin on Covid-19: My body gave me the middle finger

  20-04-2020 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brooke Baldwin, who tested positive for the Covid-19 earlier this month, shares some of the lessons she learned coping with the coronavirus.
  
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• People are going viral with 'pet fail' videos, but vets say the stunts could cause long-term damage to an animal's health

  20-04-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Major online platforms explicitly ban animal cruelty, but "pet fails" rarely seem to violate platforms' guidelines.
  
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• MSNBC Host Blasts Protesters Comparing Coronavirus to Flu: ‘Just Plain Dumb’

  20-04-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MSNBC host Katy Tur did not mince words on Monday when reacting to anti-stay-at-home protesters claiming the deadly novel coronavirus is no more contagious than the flu. Such comments are “dumb,” the daytime news anchor repeatedly pointed out.Reporting from an anti-quarantine protest in Arizona, NBC News reporter Vaughn Hillyard told Tur that the demonstrators he spoke with—most of whom did not wear masks or gloves—expressed frustration with the governor and many within t
  
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• Families mourn as police seek motive for Canada gun rampage

  20-04-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investigators on Monday scoured crime scenes from the worst mass shooting in Canadian history to try to understand why a dental worker with no criminal past killed at least 18 people.The gunman, identified by police as 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, began his rampage late Saturday in the seaside village of Portapique, Nova Scotia, dying 14 hours later in a hail of police gunfire outside Halifax, 100 kilometers (62 miles) away."Just how could this happen, we may never know why," Prime Minister Just
  
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• Vietnamese refugee went from 7-Eleven cashier to resettling thousands

  20-04-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  2020 is the 45th anniversary of Southeast Asian American refugees' arrival in the U.S., still the largest group to be resettled since then.
  
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• Mortgage payments paused or reduced for 3 million U.S. households, survey suggests

  20-04-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some 3 million U.S. households have won at least a measure of relief on mortgage payments as efforts to squelch the coronavirus pandemic throw millions out of work and stretch household balance sheets, a survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed on Monday.About 5.95% of mortgage loans were in forbearance during the survey week of April 6-12, up from 3.74% a week earlier and from just 0.25% the week of March 2, the industry lobbying group said on Monday.Congress did not include any such
  
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• Ohio and Kentucky have their largest daily increases in COVID-19 cases as people in the 2 states call for lockdowns to end

  20-04-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protesters in both states have demanded state leaders re-open businesses that have been closed due to state-mandated social distancing orders.
  
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• Senators propose a $500 billion rescue package

  20-04-2020 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A U.S. Senate Republican and a Democrat proposed a $500 billion rescue package for state and municipal governments on Monday, as it became increasingly clear that the next coronavirus relief bill would not include money for reeling local authorities.
  
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• UAW, Detroit automakers in talks over safety rules to reopen U.S. plants

  20-04-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Detroit's automakers and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union are in talks about safely restarting U.S. production halted by the coronavirus pandemic, but local union leaders said on Monday any workers who feel sick must be allowed to self quarantine without losing pay.The safety practices and sick leave policies the automakers and the UAW agree to would offer a template for auto suppliers and potentially other manufacturing industries.
  
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• US oil prices crash to negative territory amid devatating glut

  20-04-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - US oil prices crashed to unprecedented lows Monday as futures in New York ended in negative territory for the first time amid a devastating supply glut that has forced traders to pay others to take the commodity.
  
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• ‘I’m A Pregnant Nurse With COVID-19—And I Have No Clue If My Twins Will Make It Out Okay’

  20-04-2020 21:58 via oprahmag.com
  
  “I feel like I'm walking on eggshells right now.”
  
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• New Yorkers are now required to cover their faces in public, but the governor's executive order overlooks a penal code that says wearing masks counts as loitering

  20-04-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's illegal to congregate in public places with others who have facial coverings, except at masquerades and entertainment events, the statute says.
  
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• Russia quarantines thousands of troops over coronavirus concerns; Red Square parade canceled

  20-04-2020 21:51 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Russia has ordered thousands of troops to be quarantined for two weeks after possible exposure to the coronavirus, following the postponement of a large military parade in Moscow. 
  
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• WATCH: Coronavirus daily update: April 20, 2020

  20-04-2020 21:50
  
  The latest news and biggest developments to keep you informed about the deadly pandemic.
  
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• U.S. crude oil futures for May plummet to minus $37 — lowest price in history

  20-04-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With demand at near-paralysis, oil and fuel tanks around the world are close to brimming.
  
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• US oil industry faces a doomsday scenario

  20-04-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  The American oil industry is facing a doomsday scenario.
  
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• Trump claimed OPEC+ production cuts would save US jobs. But a historic collapse has continued, and now many companies may not survive

  20-04-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  The American oil industry is facing a doomsday scenario.
  
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• America's oil industry is facing a doomsday scenario

  20-04-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  The American oil industry is facing a doomsday scenario.
  
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