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• Florida governor announces plans to reopen state

  29-04-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DeSantis' announcement came as 350 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Florida, along with 47 new deaths.
  
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• Michigan governor introduces a GI Bill for frontline workers

  29-04-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michigan wants to thank its frontline workers by helping them prepare for their future careers.Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Wednesday unveiled what she's calling "Futures for Frontliners." It'll provide a tuition-free college education or technical certification to essential workers who stayed on during the COVID-19 pandemic, much like what the GI Bill does for military members, veterans, and their dependents.Workers "staffing our hospitals and nursing homes, stocking the shelves at gro
  
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• Kushner calls US coronavirus response a 'success story' as cases pass 1 million

  29-04-2020 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, praised the administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic as a "great success story" on Wednesday -- less than a day after the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States topped 1 million.
  
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• Pelosi Rejects McConnell’s Proposed Coronavirus-Liability Protections for Businesses

  29-04-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected a Republican proposal to provide businesses with protection from lawsuits should they choose to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic.“Especially now, we have every reason to protect our workers and our patients in all of this. So we would not be inclined to be supporting any immunity from liability,” Pelosi told reporters at a press briefing.Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell indicated this week that he would “insist”
  
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• US says remdesivir shows 'clear-cut' effect in treating coronavirus

  29-04-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVID-19 patients on the antiviral remdesivir recovered about 30 percent faster than those on a placebo, the results of a major clinical trial showed Wednesday, as a top US scientist hailed the drug's "clear-cut" benefit.A statement by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) that oversaw the trial said that patients on the drug, made by Gilead Sciences, had a 31 percent faster time to recovery than those on a placebo."Specifically, the median time to recovery was 11
  
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• NYC teacher dies from COVID-19 after she was denied tests, family says

  29-04-2020 23:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  "I just feel like the health care system failed her on so many levels," her sister said. "The health care system failed us."
  
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• 'Clear-cut' evidence coronavirus drug remdesivir works, Fauci says

  29-04-2020 23:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Despite conflicting reports over the success of remdesivir, the NIH's Dr. Anthony Fauci says there's proof the drug can block the coronavirus.
  
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• 'Clear-cut' evidence coronavirus drug remdesivir works, Fauci says

  29-04-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Despite conflicting reports over the success of remdesivir, the NIH's Dr. Anthony Fauci says there's proof the drug can block the coronavirus.
  
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• Coronavirus: NYC mayor sorry for Jewish funeral criticism

  29-04-2020 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bill de Blasio singled out the "Jewish community" for gathering to mourn a rabbi.
  
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• 'Dangerous & disrespectful': Doctors tear into Pence's mask-less hospital visit

  29-04-2020 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  "So much of public health and leadership is about optics," Dr. Vin Gupta said. "All he did was weaken the messaging and the strength behind it."
  
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• Prominent Bernie Sanders supporters are calling on Joe Biden to drop out of the 2020 race over Tara Reade's sexual assault allegation

  29-04-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Out of respect for survivors and for the good of the country, he should withdraw from the race," Sanders' 2020 national organizing director tweeted.
  
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• Katie Couric recalls uncomfortable interview with Denzel Washington

  29-04-2020 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  Journalist Katie Couric recounted the story of her 2004 "Dateline" interview with actor Denzel Washington that she said left her feeling shaken.
  
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• Robber attacks 77-year-old woman with metal pipe to steal her pizza

  29-04-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man hit a 77-year-old woman on the head with a metal pipe, before stealing one of her pizzas.In a video, released by the Tucson police Department, a woman carrying two pizzas attempted to leave Peter Piper Pizza, in Arizona.
  
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• Swedish city to use chicken manure to deter crowds

  29-04-2020 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Health-conscious local officials hope the smell will stop people descending on Lund for a festival.
  
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• Dr. Fauci says remdesivir has 'positive' effect on coronavirus patients

  29-04-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reaction and analysis from Dr. Qanta Ahmed.
  
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• 'He's p*ssed because he knows he messed up': Trump erupts at campaign manager

  29-04-2020 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump's not-so-secret plan for his life after leaving the White House
  
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• Fuming at criticism of his Covid-19 response, Trump ripped Brad Parscale over bad polls and threatened to sue

  29-04-2020 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump's not-so-secret plan for his life after leaving the White House
  
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• Andrew Yang is suing New York over its decision to cancel its Democratic presidential primary

  29-04-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Andrew Yang is suing his home state over its decision Monday to cancel its presidential primary in June because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Biden weighs naming cabinet officials before election, including Republicans

  29-04-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Speaking at a fundraising event, Biden said he would not rule out bringing people from the rival party on board for top administration jobs, as he considers an unorthodox rollout of his running mate and others selected for key posts months before the Nov. 3 election. In recent weeks Biden has promoted himself as a unity candidate who can appeal both to liberals seeking vast changes in Washington and moderate and conservative voters. Biden told donors at the online event he was thinking about "ma
  
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• How ‘Animal Crossing’ is helping this mother-daughter duo stay connected during quarantine

  29-04-2020 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Even though Amy and Peggy Okuda are physically apart, they’re escaping to tropical islands together virtually.
  
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• Evidence emerges for sex-assault allegation against Biden

  29-04-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Senate staffer Tara Reade has alleged that presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993, a charge the former vice president's campaign denies.
  
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• Should rent be canceled because of the coronavirus?

  29-04-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The economic impacts of coronavirus have caused millions of Americans to struggle to pay their rent. Would canceling rental fees be an economic savior?
  
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• Who is Justin Amash and does he have a chance in the US presidential election?

  29-04-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Republican turned Libertarian announced plans to jump in the race with the hopes he can rally voters disaffected by TrumpMichigan congressman Justin Amash late on Tuesday announced plans to jump into the 2020 presidential race. Amash, a former Republican turned Libertarian, had toyed with the idea for a while. His argument has been that he could rally voters disaffected by Donald Trump but uninterested in voting for a Democrat.Amash, a five-term congressman, is known as a gadfly who has buck
  
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• Romania: Orthodox Church blasts posters of doctors as saints

  29-04-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Romania’s Orthodox Church on Wednesday criticized a billboard campaign showing doctors dealing with the coronavirus epidemic as saints with halos shaped like the virus.According to a church spokesman, the “blasphemous” campaign created by international advertising agency McCann Worldgroup in conjunction with local artist Wanda Hutira is "a visual abuse of Christian iconography.”The campaign is “marked by bad taste fed by ignorance and a hideous ideology that only kn
  
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• Newcastle want Pochettino to replace Bruce - gossip

  29-04-2020 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newcastle want Pochettino to replace Bruce, Bayern Munich boss calls Sane, Sancho offered number seven shirt by Man Utd, plus more.
  
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• Amazon city resorts to mass graves as Brazil COVID-19 deaths soar

  29-04-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforest's biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves."It's chaos here," said Maria Garcia, who waited for three hours in a line of hearses to obtain a death certificate to be able to bury her 80-year-old grandfather, who died at dawn in his home of respiratory collapse.Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, was the first in Brazil to run out of intensive care units, but off
  
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• Struggling through 4 years of infertility prepared me for the uncertainty and isolation of the coronavirus pandemic

  29-04-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Author Amy Klein had 4 miscarriages and saw 10 doctors before she had her daughter. She says that prepared her for the challenges of the pandemic.
  
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• After aggressive mass testing, Vietnam says it contains coronavirus outbreak

  29-04-2020 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Businessman Phan Quoc Viet was making his usual prayers at a pagoda in Tay Ninh, a province in southern Vietnam, when the government official's call came.Vietnam had detected its first two cases of the new coronavirus days earlier, and the government was contacting companies with experience of medical testing for urgent help."The official said Vietnam needed to act quickly," said Viet, whose medical equipment company, Viet A Corp, makes test kits and has been central to Vietnam ramping up its te
  
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• Cyprus unveils road map to easing coronavirus restrictions

  29-04-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cyprus’ president unveiled a road-map Wednesday for gradually lifting a strict, stay-at-home order over the next month that has until now helped to contain the spread of the coronavirus.Infection rate data coupled with recommendations from a scientific advisory committee will determine if the road map will remain on track, Anastasiades said.
  
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• Switzerland's infectious disease chief says children under age 10 can hug their grandparents. Not all experts agree.

  29-04-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Switzerland is lifting social distancing rules to allow children to hug their grandparents. Some researchers say this decision is reckless.
  
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• Hurricane season forecast raises worry amid pandemic

  29-04-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "The ability to respond will be severely hindered," one expert warned.
  
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• Pelosi names seven Democratic lawmakers to committee tasked with overseeing coronavirus stimulus money

  29-04-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The panel will oversee the trillions of dollars disbursed by the federal government to address the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Senate Democrat says Republican leader's plan to resume work puts lives in danger

  29-04-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A U.S. Senate Democrat on Wednesday accused Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of endangering the lives of Senate staff if he brings them back to work next week without effective safeguards against coronavirus infection in place.Senator Chris Van Hollen, whose state of Maryland contains several suburbs of Washington where federal workers live, said he had written to McConnell to demand details of how staff will be protected when the Senate returns to session on Monday."I am ready to see
  
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• Slovenia to ease coronavirus restrictions, gradually reopen schools

  29-04-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Slovenia will from Thursday lift a restriction imposed at the end of March that prohibited citizens from travelling outside their local municipalities, Prime Minister Janez Jansa said on Wednesday.Education Minister Simona Kustec told national TV Slovenia later on Wednesday that schools and kindergartens, which have been closed since the middle of March, would gradually start reopening from May 18.Slovenia, which has 2 million residents and borders Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, has so far
  
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• Canada PM worries about food supplies after meat plant outbreaks

  29-04-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he was following with "interest and concern" the challenges facing Canada's meat industry after coronavirus outbreaks at two major packing plants.More than 1,300 COVID-19 cases, including one death, have been linked to Alberta's Cargill and JBS processing plants, which supply 70 percent of the nation's meat.The resulting closure of the Cargill plant, which supplies McDonald's in Canada, forced the fast-food giant for the first time to source its beef
  
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• Pompeo criticizes S.Africa, Qatar for taking Cuban doctors

  29-04-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday criticized South Africa and Qatar for accepting doctors from Cuba to battle the coronavirus, accusing the communist island of profiting from the pandemic.Cuba's globe-trotting doctors have long been a source of diplomatic soft power and pride for Havana, but Washington says the medical workers only benefit the government and has encouraged them to defect."We've noticed how the regime in Havana has taken advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to continue
  
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• TSA says 500 of its employees have tested positive for COVID-19

  29-04-2020 21:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  Air travel in the U.S. has cratered because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• White House makes health recommendations to America, then promptly disregards them

  29-04-2020 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump still doesn't grasp how bad the crisis is
  • Opinion: Pence unmasked reveals obedience
  
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• White House keeps disregarding its own health recommendations

  29-04-2020 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Trump still doesn't grasp how bad the crisis is
  • Opinion: Pence unmasked reveals obedience
  
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• An unlikely coronavirus hotspot in forgotten US corner

  29-04-2020 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How poverty and economic inequality are threatening an entire generation of African Americans.
  
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• U.S. death toll passes 60,000 mark Trump said would mark success in coronavirus fight

  29-04-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Until recently, the president touted that projection as proof his administration’s COVID-19 response was working.
  
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• U.S. coronavirus outbreak soon to be deadlier than any flu since 1967 as deaths top 60,000

  29-04-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  America's worst flu season in recent years was in 2017-2018 when more than 61,000 people died, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/past-seasons.html.The United States has the world's highest coronavirus death toll and a daily average of 2,000 people died in April of the highly contagious respiratory illness COVID-19, according to a Reuters tally.The first U.S. death was recorded on Feb. 29 but recent testing in California indicate
  
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• Class action suit aims to free all transgender ICE detainees

  29-04-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As hundreds of coronavirus cases are reported at U.S. immigration facilities, the suit calls for the release of dozens of trans migrants from what it calls ICE “death traps.”
  
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• US economy sees worst slump in over a decade

  29-04-2020 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The head of America's central bank warns the economy will need more support.
  
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• Months after winning the Super Bowl, this Chiefs player is on the coronavirus front lines

  29-04-2020 21:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Months after helping the Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is facing a different challenge.
  
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• Fauci touts 'significant, positive' data from trial of possible Covid-19 treatment

  29-04-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  Patients with advanced Covid-19 who received the experimental drug remdesivir recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo, according to preliminary trial data, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Wednesday.
  
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• Fauci touts 'clear cut' ability of drug to aid Covid-19 recovery

  29-04-2020 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  Patients with advanced Covid-19 who received the experimental drug remdesivir recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo, according to preliminary trial data, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Wednesday.
  
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• Trump backtracks after saying U.S. would "very soon" hit 5 million tests a day

  29-04-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Tuesday, the president, asked whether he was confident the U.S. could reach 5 million COVID-19 tests a day, said the U.S. would be there "very soon."
  
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• Meatpacking plant workers are demanding coronavirus protection

  29-04-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On Tuesday, President Trump announced that he would be using the Defense Production Act to keep meatpacking facilities open, further raising safety concerns for workers and the surrounding communities, which have already become hot spots for the coronavirus.
  
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• Justin Amash takes step toward third-party presidential run

  29-04-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A five-term congressman, Amash left the Republican Party last year.
  
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