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• Pelosi, Schumer demand small business carve-out as SBA restrains loans

  26-04-2020 23:50 via politico.com
  
  The request underscored concerns that hundreds of billions of dollars in aid would fail to reach some of the most vulnerable small businesses.
  
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• 'The Food Supply Chain Is Breaking.' Tyson Foods Warns of Meat Shortage as Plants Close Due to COVID-19

  26-04-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "As pork, beef and chicken plants are being forced to close, even for short periods of time, millions of pounds of meat will disappear from the supply chain," John Tyson, Chairman of the Board of Tyson Foods, wrote in a letter published as an ad in the New York Times.
  
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• Senior official cited by Trump becomes subject of investigation

  26-04-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The senior Department of Homeland Security official who was brought into the spotlight by President Trump to describe the effects of temperature on COVID-19 has been the subject of misconduct allegations for his previous government work.
  
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• Louisville football signee shot and killed in Florida

  26-04-2020 23:30
  The high school football star was fatally shot late Saturday night.
  
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• Mexico all but empties official migrant centers in bid to contain coronavirus

  26-04-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico has almost entirely cleared out government migrant centers over the past five weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, returning most of the occupants to their countries of origin, official data showed on Sunday.In a statement, the National Migration Institute (INM) said that since March 21, in order to comply with health and safety guidelines, it had been removing migrants from its 65 migrant facilities, which held 3,759 people last month.In the intervening weeks, Mexico
  
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• U.S. states build stockpiles of malaria drug touted by Trump

  26-04-2020 23:22
  
  State and local governments have obtained about 30 million doses of the drug.
  
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• More US states begin lifting virus lockdown orders

  26-04-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some Americans can resume going to restaurants, cinemas and nail salons starting this week.
  
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• Tens of thousands descend on beaches amid California heat wave

  26-04-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lifeguards in Huntington and Newport Beach say more than 50,000 people flocked to their beaches Friday.
  
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• Dubai lifts lockdown on two densely populated commercial districts

  26-04-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The emirate of Dubai said on Sunday it has lifted its full lockdown on two commercial districts which have a large population of low-income migrant workers, after the United Arab Emirates eased nationwide coronavirus curfews over the weekend.Dubai on Friday cut its emirate-wide 24-hour lockdown back to a 10:00 pm to 6:00 am curfew.It has now taken the same step in the Al Ras and Naif districts, which had been sealed off as part of efforts to contain the spread of the virus.
  
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• Israel's Labour party agrees to join Netanyahu-led coalition

  26-04-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israel's left-wing Labour party, traditionally a staunch opponent of right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, voted Sunday to join a coalition government he is set to lead.At a party conference held virtually because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, 64.2 percent of nearly 3,500 voting Labour delegates endorsed the alliance agreed last week between Netanyahu and his centrist election rival Benny Gantz."We are not joining a right-wing government," Labour leader Amir Peretz said in a stateme
  
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• China reports Wuhan has 'zero' hospitalized coronavirus patients — but the city still hasn't fully reopened

  26-04-2020 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The city lifted its lockdown on April 8, but restrictions remain as public-health experts fear a second wave of infections.
  
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• The IRS is telling 10,000 'mission-critical' employees to bring their own face masks while calling them back to work this week

  26-04-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Friday memo was published by two Democratic lawmakers who blasted the IRS' decision to tell employees to bring their own PPE.
  
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• GOP Gov. Hogan to Trump: Stop coronavirus 'misinformation,' saying 'whatever pops in your head'

  26-04-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I think when misinformation comes out or you just say something that pops in your head, it does send a wrong message," said Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md.
  
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• Cuomo says reopening New York will happen in phases

  26-04-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cuomo said New York recorded 367 deaths from the coronavirus — the first time this month that the statewide daily death toll has been below 400.
  
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• White House aiming for Trump pivot from virus to economy

  26-04-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After two months of frantic response to the coronavirus, the White House is planning to shift President Donald Trump’s public focus to the burgeoning efforts aimed at easing the economic devastation caused by the pandemic.Days after he publicly mused that scientists should explore the injection of toxic disinfectants as a potential virus cure, Trump has now rejected the utility of his daily task force briefings, where he has time and again clashed with scientific experts.
  
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• Trump has taken up 60% of White House coronavirus briefings, dedicating much of his time to attacks and false information, analysis shows

  26-04-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump has dominated the lectern at daily White House press briefings on coronavirus since mid-March, speaking 60% of the time, a new analysis shows.
  
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• New York may partially reopen May 15: Cuomo

  26-04-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York, which has ground to a halt to stop the coronavirus pandemic, may start reopening manufacturing and construction after May 15, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.Cuomo, however, said that any easing of measures would take place first in the north of the state and not in the New York City metropolitan region, by far the hardest-hit area in the United States."The regions that would be more likely able to open sooner would be the upstate regions," Cuomo told reporters.
  
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• CDC adds 6 new possible coronavirus symptoms

  26-04-2020 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The agency has updated its list to include: chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell.
  
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• New York's low coronavirus transmission rate suggests the state's outbreak is contained for now

  26-04-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Still, before New York can reopen, its hospitalization rate must be in decline for 14 days, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday.
  
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• Germany's AfD party drops 'fascist' spokesman

  26-04-2020 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Germany's far-right AfD party on Sunday said it had suspended a longtime spokesman, reportedly after he described himself as a fascist and praised his "Aryan grandfather".Die Zeit newspaper wrote that Christian Lueth was relieved of his duties at the request of senior party figure Alexander Gauland following an internal review."He has been suspended," a spokesman for the AfD's parliamentary group confirmed to AFP.
  
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• Amid mounting speculation, South Korea says Kim Jong Un is 'alive and well'

  26-04-2020 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  South Korea continued to pour water on mounting speculation about the health of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, telling CNN he is "alive and well."
  
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• Governors say they'll ease virus restrictions, with an abundance of caution

  26-04-2020 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The governors of Colorado and New York outlined plans to ease pandemic restrictions but stressed they were moving with caution.
  
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• Angelina Jolie shares parenting advice, saying you don't have to be perfect

  26-04-2020 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie has penned a letter to parents, offering advice during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• People crowd California beaches despite coronavirus concerns

  26-04-2020 20:45 via cnn.com
  
  Relaxed restrictions and a record heat wave are sending crowds to some beaches in California amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• World Health Organisation says Covid-19 survivors can expect some level of protection from the virus

  26-04-2020 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The World Health Organisation has rewritten guidance that suggested coronavirus survivors had no immunity from the disease - now saying survivors can expect some level of protection. The clarification follows concern from scientists about the brief originally issued by the UN agency. It had cautioned against the issuing of so-called "immunity passports", which some countries are considering using as a route out of total lockdown, allowing survivors to resume a normal life and return to work. "Th
  
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• 'Game-changing' Oxford antibody test claims 'overblown'

  26-04-2020 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hopes for the discovery of a "game-changing" immunity test for Covid-19 were dealt a new blow on Sunday when the Government was forced to deny claims it had ordered up to 50 million home testing kits. Scientists are racing to manufacture an antibody test that can tell people whether they have had the virus and built up a possible immunity. But so far none of the available tests on the market have passed a Government validation panel set up at Oxford University. In the latest blow, Department of
  
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• Why Stacey Abrams is making her case for VP -- everywhere

  26-04-2020 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  Stacey Abrams is everywhere, and she's not coy about her ambitions: She wants to be Joe Biden's running mate.
  
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• Fact check: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators

  26-04-2020 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hospitals are paid more for Medicare patients with COVID-19, but a senator who first said that says he doesn't think the system is being gamed.
  
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• French coronavirus deaths reach 22,856 as government eyes how to ease lockdown

  26-04-2020 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The death toll in France from the coronavirus has risen by 242 to 22,856, the health ministry said on Sunday, as the government prepares to see how it might ease a national lockdown that has been in place since mid-March.While the number of deaths from the virus has risen, the rate at which the casualties have mounted has steadily fallen over the last two weeks, emboldening those who want France to start to lift the lockdown measures.The numbers of people leaving intensive care units (ICUs) has
  
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• Chile to push ahead with coronavirus 'release certificates' despite WHO warning

  26-04-2020 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chile will push ahead with previously announced "release certificates" for recovered COVID-19 patients despite a World Health Organization warning that there was no evidence they are protected from a second coronavirus infection.Paula Daza, sub-secretary of Chile's Health Ministry, told reporters on Sunday that while many uncertainties remain about the global pandemic, evidence points to a reduced risk after a first bout of coronavirus."One of the things we know is that a person who has...lived
  
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• Turkey registers decrease in deaths, new COVID-19 infections

  26-04-2020 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey’s health ministry has announced 99 new deaths from COVID-19, the lowest in nearly two weeks.Health Minister Fahrettin Koca shared daily figures Sunday, showing 2,357 new confirmed cases, bringing the number of confirmed infections to 110,130.Koca said the downward trend continued in patients needing intensive care.
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: U.S. reaches 'plateau,' nears 1 million cases; last patient leaves hospital in Wuhan

  26-04-2020 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Church services were an overwhelmingly online phenomenon Sunday. Wuhan, China, reported that its last hospital patient was discharged. Today's news.
  
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• Louisiana pastor, while on house arrest, again defies coronavirus order with church service

  26-04-2020 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Life Tabernacle Church pastor has admitted to violating Louisiana's mandate to avoid large gatherings by hosting hundreds of worshipers.
  
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• Colorado governor defends move to reopen

  26-04-2020 19:10 via politico.com
  
  Gov. Jared Polis said it’s essential to move toward long-term safe practices.
  
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• CNN anchor: We have to report this, even though it's insane

  26-04-2020 19:06 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brian Stelter examines life during the coronavirus pandemic and how people in positions of power are handling it.
  
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• Governors urge Trump to keep briefings 'fact-based' after disinfectant comments

  26-04-2020 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I want to say, unequivocally, no one should be using disinfectant ... to fight COVID-19," Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said. "Please don’t do it."
  
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• No more bodies on the streets. But coronavirus batters Ecuador with disproportionate force

  26-04-2020 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Images of corpses in Ecuador stoked fear of the coronavirus' effect on developing nations. Infections have yet to peak elsewhere in Latin America.
  
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• A massive asteroid is approaching Earth, and it looks like it's wearing a face mask

  26-04-2020 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The asteroid known as 1998 OR2 will be 4 million miles away from Earth on Wednesday at 5:59 a.m. ET. It also looks as if it's wearing a mask.
  
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• Turkey's coronavirus death toll rises to 2,805, new cases 2,357: ministry

  26-04-2020 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey's confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by 2,357 in the past 24 hours, and 99 more people have died, taking the death toll to 2,805, Health Ministry data showed on Sunday.The total number of cases in the country stood at 110,130, the data showed, the highest total for any country outside Western Europe or the United States.A total of 29,140 people have so far recovered from the new coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19.
  
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• South Korean official says Kim Jong Un is 'alive and well' amid long public absence and rumors he died or was in grave condition

  26-04-2020 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Kim Jong Un is alive and well. He has been staying in the Wonsan area since April 13. No suspicious movements have so far been detected."
  
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• 840 sailors on USS Theodore Roosevelt test positive for COVID-19, Navy says

  26-04-2020 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  All of the sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier have been tested, according to the Navy. Positive test results climbed to 840.
  
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• Nancy Pelosi isn't worried about being unable to get state and local aid into coronavirus relief package

  26-04-2020 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wants everyone to "just calm down."CNN's Jake Tapper probed her reaction to the idea that she and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made a "tactical mistake" in their negotiations with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) over including aid for state and local governments in the latest congressional coronavirus relief package. That money ultimately didn't make it into the final bill, but Pelosi apparently isn't worried about her side's
  
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• Spanish flu-era diaries give Ohio family hope

  26-04-2020 18:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “While a global pandemic shuttering schools and businesses feels like new territory, many of our families still bear the scars of the 1918 influenza pandemic,” Amy Patterson says.
  
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• Coronavirus live updates: Georgia church services under scrutiny; last patient leaves hospital in Wuhan; US cases near 1M

  26-04-2020 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Church services were an overwhelmingly online phenomenon Sunday. Wuhan, China, reported that its last hospital patient was discharged. Today's news.
  
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• Stacey Abrams: ‘I would be willing to serve’ if asked to be Biden’s VP

  26-04-2020 18:34 via politico.com
  
  The Georgia Democrat is actively seeking the No. 2 spot on the Democratic ticket.
  
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• Netanyahu 'confident' US will support West Bank annexation

  26-04-2020 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he was “confident” he will be able to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank this summer, with support from the U.S.Speaking to an online gathering of evangelical Christian supporters of Israel, Netanyahu said President Donald Trump’s Mideast plan envisions turning over Israel’s dozens of settlements, as well as the strategic Jordan Valley, to Israeli control.“A couple of months from now, I’m confid
  
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• Italy's daily coronavirus death toll lowest since March 14, new cases fall

  26-04-2020 18:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 260 on Sunday, the smallest daily tally since March 14, the Civil Protection Agency said.The number of new infections was the lowest since April 20 at 2,324 from 2,357 on Saturday.
  
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• Coronavirus: Australians download COVIDSafe contact tracing app

  26-04-2020 18:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Australian government app notifies users if they have had contact with a user who has Covid-19.
  
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• These are the 6 new possible symptoms of the coronavirus the CDC added to its list

  26-04-2020 18:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and a loss of taste or smell are the new symptoms added to the CDC list.
  
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• Small businesses say they need more than 2 months of help to survive coronavirus crisis

  26-04-2020 18:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Strict restrictions on federal assistance could hinder their bid for long-term survival.
  
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