The coronavirus driving the current pandemic can live on plastic and stainless steel surfaces for up to three days, researchers say in a study published as a letter to the editor in the New England Journal of Medicine. And it can linger in aerosols — the suspension of tiny particles or droplets in the air
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Click here for updates on this story Flushing (WJRT) — With restaurants and bars shutting down sit-down service, many hourly service workers are looking for a way to make ends meet. Thankfully, there are some good people looking out for them. Liberty Family Dining in Flushing posted a photo showing a receipt to its Facebook
Continue Reading(CNN) — Rep. Ben McAdams of Utah has tweeted that he has tested positive for Coronavirus. He says he first felt symptoms on Saturday evening after returning from Washington, was tested on Tuesday and received the positive result today.
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EL PASO, Texas — Bishop Mark Seitz on Wednesday announced the El Paso Catholic Diocese will stop celebrating public Mass until further notice in order to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. The measure effectively pauses weddings and funerals in addition to baptisms and confirmations. Seitz said the decision was made “after consulting many of
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Because of a widespread testing shortage, Americans across the country with symptoms of the novel coronavirus have struggled to get tested. Yet on Tuesday, the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets announced that four of its players had tested positive for the virus, including three who had no symptoms at all. Last week, the NBA tested the entire
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Because of a widespread testing shortage, Americans across the country with symptoms of the novel coronavirus have struggled to get tested. Yet on Tuesday, the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets announced that four of its players had tested positive for the virus, including three who had no symptoms at all. Last week, the NBA tested the entire
Continue Reading(CNN) — Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida has become the first member of Congress to test positive for coronavirus. “On Saturday evening, Congressman Diaz-Balart developed symptoms including a fever and headache. Just a short while ago, he was notified that he has tested positive for COVID-19,” his office said in a news release. Diaz-Balart
Continue Reading(CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a coronavirus relief package that includes provisions for free testing for Covid-19 and paid emergency leave. The Senate had earlier Wednesday approved the House-passed bill. The move allowed the upper chamber to devote its full attention to passing the next relief package in response to
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On Tuesday night, just before the police arrived, Pastor Tony Spell stood in the pulpit of his Louisiana church and delivered a message to hundreds of worshipers before him and fellow believers around the world. “I just want to encourage the religious world tonight, Amen!,” Spell said in a sing-song voice, building to the crest
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The European Central Bank on Wednesday announced a huge new money-printing program aimed at keeping the region’s financial system functioning and helping the economy cope with the devastating shock caused by the coronavirus epidemic. The central bank said it would spend €750 billion ($821 billion) buying government debt and private securities before the end of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KFSM) — “You still wake up going well, gotta make plans for one competition or another, and then you hit reality real quick and go oh right, the season is over.” Lance Harter, legendary women’s track and field coach, is just one of the Arkansas coaches
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Milwaukee (WDJT) — Milwaukee police are looking to track down 25-year-old Denzil Crosby in connection to crash that killed 911 dispatcher Deborah Harris. Police describe Crosby as a black male, standing 6’2″ tall, weighing 260 pounds, with brown hairs and black, shoulder-length dreadlocks. Anyone with information on Crosby’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) — Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country of Morocco recently closed its borders with no grace period or warning to allow travelers to return home, leaving 10 women from Oregon stranded with no way home. Every couple of years a group of ten Oregon
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lewisburg (WNEP) — Despite the coronavirus, mail carriers with the United States Postal Service are still out making their daily deliveries. Mario Di Paolo has been a mail carrier in Lewisburg since August and prides himself on rarely missing a shift. While many places are closed for the
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The US and governments around the world continue barreling into uncharted territory as they seek to contain COVID-19 — and deal with the sudden resulting halt to the world economy. Wartime authority — President Donald Trump reached back into history and invoked authority under the 1950 Defense Production Act to ramp up production of medical
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EL PASO, Texas — Restaurants that remain open across the city of El Paso are bracing for the worst, but trying to keep a positive outlook. Right now, restaurants are not seeing the same number of customers as before health department orders were issued that require less capacity and more space between tables to ensure
Continue Reading Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler will temporarily shut down production in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. On Wednesday afternoon, Ford announced that all of its factories would close for two weeks after the workday ends Thursday. “Production at Ford’s US, Canadian and Mexican manufacturing facilities will be halted after Thursday evening’s shifts through
Continue Reading Several police departments across the nation are using social media to bring activities to kids who are stuck at home after school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic. From giving kids art projects to reading them books, here’s a look at how some officers are stepping up to help kids in their communities. #KeepThemBusy The O’Fallon
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Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler will temporarily shut down production in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. On Wednesday afternoon, Ford announced that all of its factories would close for two weeks after the workday ends Thursday. “Production at Ford’s US, Canadian and Mexican manufacturing facilities will be halted after Thursday evening’s shifts through
Continue Reading With store shelves empty and online supplies backordered, some Nextdoor users are looking to strike up deals with neighbors. One offer: Four rolls of toilet paper for a bottle of hand sanitizer. “[I] can send pics of toilet paper upon request,” a post on the neighborhood social network read. “Willing to negotiate.” Posts like this
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A lawyer who’s been tied to a cluster of coronavirus cases in hard-hit New Rochelle, New York, appears to be recovering from the illness, his wife said Wednesday. Lawrence Garbuz is awake and alert and “seems to be on the road to full recovery,” his wife, Adina Lewis Garbuz, said in a Facebook post. “I
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(CNN Español) — El ministro de Obras Públicas de Argentina, Gabriel Katopodis, indicó en rueda de prensa que desarrollará un plan de trabajo con su ministerio y el de Salud para ampliar y fortalecer la red sanitaria del país por la pandemia de coronavirus. Katopodis explicó que el plan consiste en ampliar la cantidad de
Continue Reading The New York Stock Exchange is temporarily closing trading floors and moving to fully electronic trading next week to prevent the spread of coronavirus, exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange Inc said Wednesday. The announcement comes shortly after the NYSE sent an update to traders informing them that two people — a member of the trading floor
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President Donald Trump and a top US health official cautioned young people to heed the advice to socially distance and be wary of the coronavirus pandemic even though they do not fall in the highest risk groups. Dr. Deborah Birx said during Wednesday’s briefing at the White House that the coronavirus task force is concerned
Continue Reading The coronavirus is forcing big changes to the way Facebook operates and stretching the company to its limits, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook must continue to tackle an urgent and potentially dangerous form of misinformation around the virus while it simultaneously tries to figure out how much work its content moderators can do remotely
Continue Reading Defense Secretary Mark Esper made clear to CNN that two Navy hospital ships being deployed to help respond to the coronavirus outbreak will not treat patients suffering from the virus and will take weeks to deploy. The Pentagon also confirmed they will provide 2,000 hospital beds. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that his
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After moving to suspend all remaining winter and spring conference competitions last Thursday due to the ongoing developments related to COVID-19, the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) announced Wednesday morning the remainder of the 2020 spring sports seasons for each of its member institutions have been canceled. The decision was made Tuesday in a unanimous vote by the WAC’s Board of Directors. The WAC’s
Continue Reading Senate Republicans are racing to reach a GOP deal on a massive $1 trillion economic stimulus as the coronavirus crisis intensifies, despite facing criticism from Democrats who warn that efforts to swiftly pass a stimulus could be derailed if they are not included in negotiations now. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday said Republicans
Continue Reading (CNN) — El exvicepresidente Joe Biden tiene ahora una ventaja casi insuperable sobre el senador por Vermont Bernie Sanders después de barrer en las primarias del martes en Arizona, Florida e Illinois. Ahora, la pregunta es si las primarias demócratas llegarán a un final rápido en los próximos días o continuarán más tiempo, ya que
Continue Reading After a brief stay at Rikers Island, disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is moving to a prison in upstate New York. The former producer has been assigned to the Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Alden, New York, an official with the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision told CNN.
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