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• How Democratic governors and mayors are bucking Trump on stimulus benefits for immigrants

  22-04-2020 23:41 via politico.com
  
  Millions of taxpaying immigrants were excluded from the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package.
  
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• Coronavirus: Harvard says it won't accept relief funds

  22-04-2020 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Trump spoke out when the wealthy Ivy League college was allocated stimulus money.
  
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• Coronavirus: McConnell says he supports states using 'bankruptcy route' over federal assistance

  22-04-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  State governments hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic have pleaded for more federal assistance to help them provide essential services.
  
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• Trump administration allegedly removed doctor developing COVID-19 vaccine for refusing to back hydroxychloroquine

  22-04-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Rick Bright, the federal official formerly leading coronavirus vaccine development, says he was ousted this week for putting science over "politics and cronyism."Bright was removed from his post as director of the Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Stat News reported earlier this week. Bright confirmed the news on Wednesday with a scathing statement, specifically saying he was ousted for not backing President Trump's preferred yet
  
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• Head of Coronavirus Vaccine Research Says He Was Demoted for Questioning Drug Favored by Trump

  22-04-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The doctor in charge of the federal agency overseeing research into a coronavirus vaccine said on Wednesday he was forced out of the job after questioning the efficacy of an anti-malarial drug favored by the president.Dr. Rick Bright was “involuntarily transferred” last week from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to a role with fewer responsibilities at the National Institute of health after advocating fo
  
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• Fact Check: Trump says the US coronavirus mortality rate is 'one of the lowest' in the world

  22-04-2020 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump claims the U.S. has "one of the lowest" coronavirus mortality rates in the world. Here's what the numbers say.
  
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• Las Vegas mayor says 'free enterprise' will allow restaurants to reopen safely

  22-04-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The mayor of Las Vegas, pressing to reopen businesses in her city, said “competition” would ensure that they operated safely during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Can plastic face shields prevent the spread of coronavirus?

  22-04-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experts are split on whether plastic face shields typically worn by health care professionals should be worn in everyday life.
  
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• I've only been using Apple's new iPhone SE for a few hours, but it already feels like exactly what the company needs to upstage Android rivals

  22-04-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple's new iPhone SE is a big move to stay competitive as rivals like Google and Samsung release compelling, low-cost Android phones.
  
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• American Airlines just raised its checked bag fees, even though hardly anyone is flying right now

  22-04-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  American Airlines said it was raising its checked bag fees on certain tickets to better align with its airline joint venture partners.
  
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• Red Sox punished for sign-stealing in 2018 season

  22-04-2020 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Boston Red Sox are stripped of a second-round draft pick after an MLB investigation into a sign-stealing scandal.
  
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• Hot Pockets heir seeks to avoid prison time, citing virus

  22-04-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune who was sentenced to five months in prison in the college admissions bribery scheme asked a judge Wednesday to allow her to serve her punishment at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.Lawyers for Michelle Janavs, who is supposed to report to prison next month, said in a legal filing that she has a health condition that makes her particularly vulnerable if she were to get the virus behind bars.Instead, she should spend five months in home confinement, her a
  
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• How to identify and remove a skin tag

  22-04-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Skin tags are benign skin growths that you may find annoying and unsightly. Though you don't have to remove a skin tag, a doctor can get rid of it.
  
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• Under pressure, Harvard says it will reject US relief aid

  22-04-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Harvard University announced Wednesday it will turn down $8.7 million in federal coronavirus relief, a day after President Donald Trump excoriated the wealthy Ivy League school over taxpayer money it stood to receive.Similar action was taken at Stanford, Princeton and Yale universities, which said they too will reject millions of dollars in federal funding amid growing scrutiny of wealthy colleges.Officials at Harvard said the school still faces significant financial challenges due to the pandem
  
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• Ex-US vaccine agency chief says abrupt dismissal was retaliation for Trump pushback

  22-04-2020 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  The director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine says he was abruptly dismissed from his post in part because he resisted efforts to widen the availability of a coronavirus treatment pushed by President Donald Trump.
  
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• 'Merge tennis' governing bodies,' says Roger Federer

  22-04-2020 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer says "it is time for men's and women's tennis to be united" and calls for the merger of both governing bodies.
  
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• Hydroxychloroquine: US medical chief claims he was removed for questioning Trump's miracle drug, report says

  22-04-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A doctor who oversaw a federal agency charged with developing a coronavirus vaccine says he was removed from his job for raising concerns about using a popular malaria drug endorsed by Donald Trump to treat Covid-19."I believe this transfer was in response to my insistence that the government invest the billions of dollars allocated by Congress to address the Covid-19 pandemic into safe and scientifically vetted solutions, and not in drugs, vaccines and other technologies that lack scientific me
  
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• Delta sees few signs travelers are itching to fly even as coronavirus restrictions ease

  22-04-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Delta CEO Ed Bastian says travel demand won't bounce back until travelers feel physically and financially safe.
  
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• Delta warns of need to 'resize' after big loss on virus shutdowns

  22-04-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Delta Air Lines will need to "resize" the company in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, executives said Wednesday, as they sketched out a picture of airline industry recovery that is expected to be slow and choppy.The message from Chief Executive Ed Bastian was grim.Delta lost $534 million in the first quarter, compared with profits of $730 million in the same period a year ago.
  
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• Las Vegas mayor leaves CNN's Anderson Cooper baffled while pushing for reopening

  22-04-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a wild interview Wednesday afternoon, CNN's Anderson Cooper grew increasingly bewildered as the mayor of Las Vegas pushed for the city to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, dismissing health concerns.Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman told Cooper on Wednesday she'd call for casinos, hotels, restaurants, and more to reopen after previously describing Nevada's stay-at-home order as "insanity.""I'd love everything open," Goodman told Cooper, "because I think we've had viruses for years."Cooper s
  
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• Results expected soon on experimental coronavirus drug trial

  22-04-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Investigators studying remdesivir say they're working as quickly — and as accurately — as possible.
  
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• 'Wow, that's really ignorant,' Anderson Cooper reacts to mayor's 'China' remark

  22-04-2020 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks with Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman about the decision to reopen casinos in her city amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• 'That's really ignorant:' Cooper reacts to mayor's 'China' remark

  22-04-2020 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks with Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman about the decision to reopen casinos in her city amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Reopening after coronavirus is a 'much bigger' job than most Americans realize, Harvard study finds

  22-04-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Despite President Trump’s assurances that the U.S. is “winning” its war against the coronavirus, and moves by some governors to end stay-at-home measures, a new Harvard University study paints a stark picture of what will be required for the country to emerge from the pandemic.
  
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• A canceled state dinner highlights a fading White House tradition

  22-04-2020 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  In a time of so many would-have-been, could-have-been calendar appointments, this week should have seen an official White House state dinner. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump had invited royalty to the White House: the King and Queen of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia. The former is part of one of Europe's oldest lines of nobility, and the latter, a glamorous former journalist with a standing spot on several international best-dressed lists.
  
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• Las Vegas Mayor Embarrasses Herself During Absolutely Batshit Coronavirus CNN Interview

  22-04-2020 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Independent Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, in what can graciously be called an utterly insane performance, frustrated and flummoxed CNN anchor Anderson Cooper during a marathon Wednesday afternoon interview that featured her calling for casinos and hotels to be completely opened up—despite having no plan to do so safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.Goodman recently called for casinos to open, saying the ones with the most coronavirus infections can then close, adding that she assumes 100
  
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• Time Out: Andy Murray using lockdown to see his kids grow up

  22-04-2020 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  Three-time grand slam champion Andy Murray suspects that tennis will be "one of the last sports to get back to normality" and revels in the fact that the lockdown allows him to see his kids grow up.
  
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• Andy Murray using lockdown to watch his kids grow up

  22-04-2020 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  Three-time grand slam champion Andy Murray suspects that tennis will be "one of the last sports to get back to normality" and revels in the fact that the lockdown allows him to see his kids grow up.
  
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• Neymar would have to take pay cut for Barca return - gossip

  22-04-2020 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Neymar to take pay cut to force Barcelona move, Beckham wants James, Newcastle eye Cavani, Karius to join Wolves, plus more.
  
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• Five things to know about Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

  22-04-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has called Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer one of the most talented people in the country and is on his list of potential running mates. Here are five things to know about one of the contenders in the 2020 veepstakes.
  
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• 'That's really ignorant:' Anderson Cooper reacts to mayor's 'China' remark

  22-04-2020 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks with Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman about the decision to reopen casinos in her city amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Common Questions About Stimulus Payment Problems, Answered

  22-04-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  We got answers for some of your most pressing questions about your stimulus payment
  
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• 3 US soldiers punished for sneaking off to a bar in South Korea and returning through a hole in a fence despite coronavirus restrictions

  22-04-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three US Army soldiers were caught and punished for breaking the rules by going to an off-post bar in South Korea.
  
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• Coronavirus: Lifting lockdowns could see virus 'reignite', WHO warns

  22-04-2020 21:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The head of the UN health agency warns most of the world's population "remains susceptible".
  
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• Biden campaign says it has refunded donation from Louis C.K.

  22-04-2020 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Wednesday that it has refunded a $2,800 donation from Louis C.K., a comedian and writer whose career was derailed after five women accused him of sexual misconduct.The comedian, whose real name is Louis Szekely, donated to Biden on March 4, according to Federal Election Commission records.The donation was made the day after the former vice president's commanding win in more than a dozen Super Tuesday contests put him on the path to becoming the presumptive
  
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• N.J. Governor Calls McConnell Bankruptcy Comment ‘Irresponsible’

  22-04-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for saying he favors allowing states struggling with high pension costs amid the burdens of the pandemic response to declare bankruptcy rather than giving them a federal bailout.“I’m taken aback -- my breath is taken away -- I have almost nothing to say to what Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said -- that it wouldn’t necessarily be a bad idea for states to go bankrupt. It’s a
  
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• Cuomo: I will not be pressured into reopening New York - video

  22-04-2020 21:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Andrew Cuomo has said he would not allow political pressure to determine the timetable on when to lift the state's lockdown. The New York governor acknowledged the current situation is 'unsustainable', but added: 'I also know more people will die if we are not smart.'Coronavirus US live: majority of Americans support stay home orders, poll shows Continue reading...
  
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• 'Will we have enough food?:' Millions of Americans are now unemployed and hungry. Food banks worry they can't feed them.

  22-04-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A San Antonio food bank CEO said Americans are waiting 12 hours before they distribute food in "lines that are longer than I've ever seen in my life."
  
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• Trump tweets order to 'destroy' Iranian boats. Pentagon calls it a warning.

  22-04-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three U.S. defense officials said they were caught off guard by Trump's tweet because he had not ordered a change in policy.
  
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• Trump is fixated on his coronavirus briefing ratings

  22-04-2020 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump, despite claiming otherwise, has fixated on the television ratings of his daily coronavirus briefings, comparing the numbers to television shows such as ABC's "The Bachelor." And like the dating competition he's cited five times on Twitter to boast about his viewership, the casting of his program is key.
  
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• 'That makes no sense': Anderson Cooper stunned by Las Vegas mayor during wild CNN interview

  22-04-2020 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At one point, Anderson Cooper had to remove his glasses, rub his eyes, and take a breath before continuing.
  
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• New York cats become 1st pets to test positive for coronavirus in the U.S.

  22-04-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The first known instances of pets contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus in the United States have been confirmed.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratories said on Wednesday that two pet cats in separate areas of New York tested positive for the coronavirus, Axios reports. In the case of the first cat, no one in the household had tested positive for COVID-19, although in the second case, the owner did test positive.
  
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• Delta's CEO said he would support an 'immunity passport' program or other steps to jumpstart travel as the airline reports its first quarterly loss in more than 5 years

  22-04-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Delta reported a $534 million loss in the first quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and warned of a worse second quarter.
  
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• Coronavirus to accelerate Social Security, Medicare depletion dates, U.S. officials say

  22-04-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Job and revenue losses prompted by the coronavirus will likely accelerate the depletion of Social Security and Medicare reserves, U.S. officials said on Wednesday as they released reports showing little change in the federal benefit programs' pre-pandemic finances.The 2020 Social Security and Medicare trustees reports released on Wednesday did not reflect projections from the coronavirus pandemic but showed continued long-term funding shortfalls for retirement, disability and seniors' healthcare
  
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• Why are people from BAME groups dying disproportionately of Covid-19?

  22-04-2020 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Co-morbidities, demographics and societal imbalances all play a part, says UCL professor Nishi ChaturvediEthnic minorities dying at higher rate from Covid-19Case study: ‘What’s happening is not normal’ One explanation for why people from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are dying in disproportionately high numbers is demography. The virus hit London first and hit it hardest. But even when you take these regional differences into account there is a mismatch. In parti
  
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• Chinese city ramps up coronavirus restrictions in country's biggest known outbreak since pandemic began

  22-04-2020 21:34 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  China has imposed strict measures on a northeastern city of 10 million people, including banning non-residents and vehicles registered elsewhere, after a wave of coronavirus infections.
  
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• Cuomo Pushes Back On Lockdown Protesters: ‘Economic Hardship Doesn’t Equal Death’

  22-04-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York governor Andrew Cuomo pushed back on claims that state lockdowns were creating more harm than the COVID-19 pandemic, saying “how can the cure be worse than the illness if the illness is potential death?”Speaking to reporters as protestors demonstrated outside New York’s state capitol in Albany, Cuomo denied that his measures, which closed nonessential businesses and banned unnecessary gatherings, “equal death.”"Economic hardship — yes, very bad &mdash
  
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• Coronavirus FAQ and What You Really Need to Know

  22-04-2020 21:28 via popularmechanics.com
  
  The virus has been deemed a global health emergency as it continues to spread.
  
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• Virus-hit South Dakota pork workers say health was on chopping block

  22-04-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Andom Yosef spent his nights butchering unlucky pigs in the state of South Dakota for years, but now, he and more than 700 colleagues -- most of them immigrants -- have found their own luck ran out: infected with coronavirus.The night shifts, cold temperatures and overcrowding on the meat processing lines were small prices to pay to escape the refugee camp where he had spent seven years.
  
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• This woman's trick to cutting dog nails? Peanut butter and plastic wrap on her forehead.

  22-04-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “I look like a dork,” Lindsey Shelton of Oklahoma said in the TikTok video while laughing. “I’m about to look like a genius!” She may have been right.
  
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