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• Joe Biden wins Kansas primary

  03-05-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CBS News estimates Biden won 29 more delegates, giving him a total of 1,424 delegates of the 1,991 needed to clinch the nomination.
  
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• 'Devastatingly worrisome': Dr. Deborah Birx decries scenes of protesters not practicing social distancing amid coronavirus

  03-05-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Deborah Birx warned that protesters who carry an infection home to their grandmother or grandfather would feel guilty for the rest of their lives.
  
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• 'SNL' star portrayed lawmaker in skit. Then, she got this in the mail.

  03-05-2020 23:46 via cnn.com
  
  'Saturday Night Live' cast member Cecily Strong received a Michigan-themed care package in the mail after she portrayed the state's governor Gretchen Whitmer in a sketch.
  
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• Pompeo claims China intentionally concealed coronavirus severity

  03-05-2020 23:40 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday stepped up administration claims that China mounted efforts to hide the extent of the coronavirus spread, including concealing the severity while stockpiling medical supplies.
  
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• France reports its lowest daily virus death toll since late March

  03-05-2020 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  France has reported its lowest daily death toll from Covid-19 since March 22.
  
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• France reports its lowest daily coronavirus death toll since late March

  03-05-2020 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  France has reported its lowest daily death toll from Covid-19 since March 22.
  
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• Powerful storm drenches Arkansas

  03-05-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Heavy rain and powerful winds struck the town of Corning, Arkansas, on May 3, as severe thunderstorms passed over the area.
  
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• Trump says intelligence told him coronavirus was 'non-threatening' in January as criticism of his early response persists

  03-05-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump pushed back on Sunday against recent reporting that intelligence officials were issuing classified reports to his administration as early as last November warning about the early outbreak of coronavirus in the Wuhan province of China.The president also claimed the restrictions he placed on travel to the US from China in January have saved "tens of thousands" of American lives, which he has used as a data point to defend against criticism that he did not take the threat of the corona
  
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• Southwest Airlines CEO says it's safe to fly again

  03-05-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The CEO of Southwest Airlines, one of the largest US air companies, insisted Sunday that travelers could again fly in safety and added that air traffic, nearly paralyzed by the coronavirus pandemic, was gradually reviving."I don't think the risk on an airplane is any greater risk than anywhere else," Kelly said.Kelly said he believes the worst has passed for the industry.
  
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• A Florida medical examiner sent emails begging officials to close local beaches. The beaches will open with almost no restrictions tomorrow.

  03-05-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  St. Johns County beaches were closed for about two weeks, partially re-opened on April 17 and will completely re-open on Monday.
  
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• This is how America's largest city deals with its dead

  03-05-2020 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  In his final moments, Ananda Mooliya reassured his wife and two sons that he was fine, though they could hear his labored breathing from the next room, over the sound of the TV.
  
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• Trump says up to 100,000 Americans may die from coronavirus

  03-05-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by the year's end.Trump alternated during a two-hour virtual town hall broadcast by FOX News between forecasting a rapid recovery for the U.S. economy and casting blame for the pandemic's spread on China, where the disease is believed to have originated.The COVID-19
  
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• Cuomo announces 7-state coalition for buying medical equipment

  03-05-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We can't go into this mad scramble again," Cuomo said.
  
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• CT moves forward with May 20 reopening, no decision on schools

  03-05-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gov. Ned Lamont announced Sunday that hospitalizations in Connecticut continue to decrease. However, the death toll still continues to rise as another 59 deaths were reported.
  
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• Serbia to end state of emergency as coronavirus infections slow

  03-05-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Serbia will end its state of emergency over the coronavirus next week, as the rate of infections has slowed sufficiently, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday.The lifting of the state of emergency - involving closure of borders and airports, a daily curfew, and weekend lockdowns since mid-March - should be ratified by the government-controlled parliament on Wednesday, Vucic said.The Balkan nation has confirmed 9,464 cases and 193 people deaths from the COVID-19 disease, but infections have
  
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• California City Official Ousted After Saying COVID-19 Could 'Fix' Burdens on Society If Allowed to Spread

  03-05-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The post caused an outcry among the city's residents
  
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• Social distancing and coronavirus: The science behind the two-metre rule

  03-05-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ministers are reportedly considering relaxing the two-metre rule for social distancing in workplaces.
  
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• LA riots 1992: How the Rodney King verdict sparked violence and civil unrest in Los Angeles

  03-05-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Twenty-eight years ago, the iconic city of Los Angeles fell into a state of historic unrest after four police officers were acquitted in the savage beating of an African-American man named Rodney King.King suffered skull fractures, permanent brain damage and broken bones during the vicious attack, which was captured on video and sparked a national conversation about police brutality and racial inequality that continues to this day.
  
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• Clamoring to get home, India's migrant workers stone police

  03-05-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 2,000 rural migrant workers blocked from returning home pelted Indian police with stones, officials in Gujarat said, as millions more stranded in the state readied to return to villages.Poor migrant workers across the country lost their jobs during the world's biggest pandemic lockdown, which began in late March to guard against the spread of new coronavirus.Saturday's clash in western India's Gujarat is the latest in a spate of such protests across India.
  
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• Oklahoma city immediately dropped its face mask order after residents threatened violence against employees who were enforcing the rule

  03-05-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just hours after requiring the use of face masks in stores and restaurants, the city of Stillwater, Oklahoma, revised its stance.
  
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• DHS report: China hid virus' severity to hoard supplies

  03-05-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show. Chinese leaders “intentionally concealed the severity” of the pandemic from the world in early January, according to a four-page Department of Homeland Security intelligence report dated May 1 and obtained by The Associated Press. The revelation comes as the Trump administ
  
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• Donald Trump defends handling of coronavirus crisis as 'enormous evidence' Wuhan lab to blame

  03-05-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Accused of reacting too slowly to the initial reports of the coronavirus outbreak in China, Donald Trump tonight defended his handling of the crisis. His administration has come under fire over its response after the first US case was reported on January 21. Critics have said thousands of lives could have been saved if the administration had acted faster. But this was dismissed by the US president on Twitter tonight.
  
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• 'Enormous evidence' coronavirus originated in Chinese lab, says Mike Pompeo, defying expert opinion

  03-05-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There is "enormous evidence" that the global coronavirus pandemic started at a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday. Appearing on ABC's This Week, Mr Pompeo ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Beijing by laying the blame for the disaster, which has claimed nearly a quarter of a million lives across the world, at China's door. Most experts believe the virus originated at the wet food market in Wuhan and jumped from live animals –
  
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• Boris Johnson: 'Race to develop a coronavirus vaccine is the endeavour of our lifetimes'

  03-05-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boris Johnson will on Monday describe the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine as "the most urgent shared endeavour of our lifetimes" as he urges countries not to see it as a competition. The Prime Minister will co-host a virtual Coronavirus Global Response International Pledging Conference, aiming to raise £7 billion to develop vaccines, treatments and tests to help end the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Johnson is expected to say: "To win this battle, we must work together to build an impregnabl
  
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• Boris Johnson: 'race to develop a coronavirus vaccine is the endeavour of our lifetime'

  03-05-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boris Johnson will on Monday describe the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine as “the most urgent shared endeavour of our lifetimes” as he urges countries not to see it as a competition. The Prime Minister will co-host a virtual Coronavirus Global Response International Pledging Conference, aiming to raise £7 billion to develop vaccines, treatments and tests to help end the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Johnson is expected to say: “To win this battle, we must work together to b
  
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• 2 dead in officer-involved shooting in San Jose, police say

  03-05-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  San Jose police say two people are dead in an officer-involved shooting.
  
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• Trump administration terminates funding of coronavirus bat research in China

  03-05-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration has cut funding for U.S. nonprofit research into coronaviruses in bats. The renowned EcoHealth Alliance saw its $3.7 grant revoked over their ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused of engineering the novel coronavirus in one of its labs. Professor Robert Garry of the University of Tulane joins CBSN to talk funding cuts, conspiracy theories, and the importance of cataloging the hundreds of different coronaviruses found in
  
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• Colombia's military chief vows to root out army officials linked to spy scandal

  03-05-2020 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The chief of Colombia's armed forces vowed on Sunday to get to the bottom of an ongoing scandal over spying on journalists, politicians and judges by what he described as rogue elements within the country's army.In an interview with Reuters, General Luis Fernando Navarro said he was committed to finding and punishing those responsible for any hacking, which came to light in a January report by magazine Semana.There have been repeated hacking scandals involving the Colombian military in recent ye
  
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• Mike Pompeo: 'enormous evidence' coronavirus came from Chinese lab

  03-05-2020 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * Secretary of state does not provide any evidence to back claim* Trump aide unclear on whether claim is virus was man-made * Coronavirus US: latest news* Coronavirus outbreak: full coverageSecretary of state Mike Pompeo claimed on Sunday there is “enormous evidence” the coronavirus outbreak originated in a Chinese laboratory – but did not provide any of the alleged evidence.Pompeo’s claims, made in an interview with ABC’s This Week, represented an escalation in rhe
  
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• World Press Freedom Day amid a 'coronavirus crackdown'

  03-05-2020 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  Brian Stelter marks World Press Freedom Day and discusses a recent coronavirus-triggered crackdown on reporting in some countries. Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief of the Guardian newspaper, says "whenever there is a shock to the system, governments will try to use that" to limit access and scrutiny, "unless we keep an eye on them."
  
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• Asian giant hornet invasion becomes latest 2020 concern

  03-05-2020 21:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  The term "murder hornet” began to trend online as the internet latched onto the species' invasion as yet another strange development of 2020.
  
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• Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas join 'I for India' concert to raise money for India's Covid-19 response

  03-05-2020 20:56 via cnn.com
  
  Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas, Mick Jagger, Will Smith and Mindy Kaling are among the dozens of musicians and celebrities participating in the "iFor India" fundraiser concert Sunday to benefit coronavirus relief.
  
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• Coronavirus tests fall to fewer than 80,000 two days after hitting the Government's target of 100,000 tests

  03-05-2020 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Coronvirvus tests fell to fewer than 80,000 yesterday just two days after hitting the Government's target of 100,000 tests by the end of the month. The news came as Grant Shapps, the Transport secretary, admitted that a lack of preparedness by the Government could have cost lives. New figues showed that just 76,496 were carried out in the 24 hours up to 9am yesterday, May 3. The fall came after Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced on Friday that the target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of
  
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• Cruise lines slow to issue refunds: Coronavirus 'dwarfs any disruption we've experienced'

  03-05-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As coronavirus rages, cruises have been suspended and left travelers looking for sometimes-delayed refunds for their canceled sailings.
  
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• George W. Bush's message on Covid-19

  03-05-2020 20:38 via cnn.com
  
  Former President George W. Bush called for an end to partisanship in the nation's continued battle against the coronavirus, urging Americans to "remember that empathy and simple kindness are essential powerful tools of national recovery."
  
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• George W. Bush has a message about Covid-19

  03-05-2020 20:38 via cnn.com
  
  Former President George W. Bush called for an end to partisanship in the nation's continued battle against the coronavirus, urging Americans to "remember that empathy and simple kindness are essential powerful tools of national recovery."
  
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• Afghanistan investigates reports Iran guards forced migrants into river

  03-05-2020 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Afghanistan is investigating the alleged torture and drowning of migrants at the Iranian border.
  
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• Pompeo says 'significant' evidence that new coronavirus emerged from Chinese lab

  03-05-2020 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was "a significant amount of evidence" that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory, but did not dispute U.S. intelligence agencies' conclusion that it was not man-made."There is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in Wuhan," Pompeo told ABC's "This Week," referring to the virus that emerged late last year in China and has killed about 240,000 people around the world, including more than 67,000 in
  
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• Pompeo says 'significant' evidence new coronavirus emerged from Chinese lab

  03-05-2020 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was "a significant amount of evidence" that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory, but did not dispute U.S. intelligence agencies' conclusion that it was not man-made."There is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in Wuhan," Pompeo told ABC's "This Week," referring to the virus that emerged late last year in China and has killed about 240,000 people around the world, including more than 67,000 in
  
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• Illinois anti-lockdown protester waves Nazi slogan from Auschwitz concentration camp

  03-05-2020 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An anti-lockdown protester in Illinois has been widely condemned for brandishing a sign bearing a Nazi slogan from the gates of Auschwitz concentration camp.The woman, who has not been identified, was part of a group protesting to "Re-Open Illinois' in Chicago on Friday.
  
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• Turtles race for their own Kentucky Derby win

  03-05-2020 20:23 via cnn.com
  
  The 2nd ever Turtle Derby race was held in lieu of the 146th Kentucky Derby horse race, which was postponed due to coronavirus.
  
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• South Korea says troops exchanged fire along North Korean border

  03-05-2020 20:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sunday's incident came one day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly appeared in public for the first time in nearly three weeks, dispelling rumors that he was dead or severely ill.
  
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• Gilead Sciences exporting remdesivir, CEO says

  03-05-2020 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The head of the maker of remdesivir, an anti-viral shown to reduce recovery times in COVID-19 patients, said Sunday the company has been exporting the drug and is making it available to patients in the United States through the US government.Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O'Day said the company is donating its entire existing supply of the drug -- 1.5 million vials, enough to treat 100,000 to 200,000 patients."And our collaboration with the government has been such, we have been very transparent wit
  
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• Instead of bidding against each other, New York and six other states are pooling their purchasing power to buy ventilators, protective gear, and coronavirus tests

  03-05-2020 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island will work together to buy supplies "at a better price."
  
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• What states are opening up, and when? States are constantly changing their restrictions — here's a list.

  03-05-2020 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  States have a patchwork of constantly evolving plans to relax social distancing restrictions, plans that often vary by county and even city at times.
  
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• Pompeo steps up US pressure on China over pandemic handling

  03-05-2020 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday stepped up a US campaign to hold China accountable for the spread of the deadly coronavirus, asserting there is "enormous evidence" the virus originated in a laboratory in the city of Wuhan.The high-security bio-containment facility, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, has called such claims "impossible".Pompeo, speaking on ABC's "This Week," did not elaborate on what he also described as "significant amounts of evidence".
  
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• Trump acknowledges coronavirus death toll could reach 100,000

  03-05-2020 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Coronavirus could kill 100,000, Trump says, weeks after predicting lower toll
  
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• 'It's Devastatingly Worrisome.' Dr. Birx Criticizes Anti-Lockdown Protesters in Michigan

  03-05-2020 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Birx said on "Fox News Sunday" that Michigan protesters were creating an unsafe public health situation
  
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• Social distancing at airports would require kilometre long queues, warns Heathrow boss

  03-05-2020 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Attempts to introduce social distancing at airports are doomed to failure because each jumbo jet would require a kilometre long queue just to board, the boss of Heathrow warns. Writing in Monday's Daily Telegraph, John Holland-Kaye, Heathrow’s chief executive, said there simply was not enough space at the major international airports for social distancing to provide a solution to safe travel. Instead Mr Holland-Kaye called upon the prime minister to agree with other world leaders a “
  
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• Oxford scientist says if coronavirus vaccine is effective it will likely be seasonal

  03-05-2020 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sir John Bell, an immunologist and the Regius Chair of Medicine at the University of Oxford, said we'll probably know pretty soon whether Oxford's highly anticipated coronavirus vaccine works.Bell told NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday's edition of Meet the Press that researchers will likely "get a signal by June" about the vaccine's efficacy. The Oxford vaccine has made waves because of the rapid and unprecedented pace of its development and the possibility that it could hit the market in a limited ca
  
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