New York City mayor vows to release NYPD social distancing enforcement data
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday vowed to release NYPD social distancing enforcement data, saying “unfortunate and…
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33 million Americans now jobless – 50,000 of them are in El Paso
WASHINGTON, DC — Nearly 3.2 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the business shutdowns caused by the viral…
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Lamar Alexander: US was ‘not as prepared as we should have been’ for coronavirus
The Republican chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions said Thursday that for all the efforts the US made in…
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Texas Supreme Court orders release of salon owner jailed for ignoring shutdown order
DALLAS, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday granted a motion to release Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther, who was sentenced to seven days…
Continue Reading Here’s how countries are getting children back to school
Education is being reshaped around the globe in response to the coronavirus and how easily it can spread. Most schools in the United States are…
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Business is booming for these 14 companies during the coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has been, to say the least, grim for business. Widespread layoffs and furloughs have prompted about 21% of the US labor…
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Gainesville has become hot spot for coronavirus cases in Georgia, a state just starting to reopen
Although the new coronavirus has been spreading through the United States for months, and there are cities seeing a flattening of the curve, some…
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Gainesville has become hot spot for coronavirus cases in Georgia, a state just starting to reopen
Although the new coronavirus has been spreading through the United States for months, and there are cities seeing a flattening of the curve, some…
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Frontier Airlines won’t charge passengers to keep the middle seat empty following backlash from lawmakers
Frontier Airlines abandoned plans to charge customers to keep middle seats open on flights following criticism from lawmakers that the airline was…
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Ahmaud Arbery was killed doing what he loved, and a south Georgia community demands justice
Though a prosecutor says he’ll let a grand jury decide whether the man who killed Ahmaud Arbery will face charges, many in this south Georgia…
Continue Reading Ahmaud Arbery was killed doing what he loved, and a south Georgia community demands justice
Though a prosecutor says he’ll let a grand jury decide whether the man who killed Ahmaud Arbery will face charges, many in this south Georgia…
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Man helping fix pickup on central El Paso street dies when it accidentally rolls forward
EL PASO, Texas — A man helping a neighbor do automotive work on his pickup truck was killed Wednesday night when police said he was accidentally run…
Continue Reading French people urged to eat more cheese, as pandemic causes sales to slump
French people are being encouraged to eat more cheese, after the country’s coronavirus outbreak caused sales to melt and left farmers with…
Continue Reading A rapper will freestyle for 33 hours for Covid-19 relief. He might break a world record while he’s at it
While they’re shut out of concert venues, musicians are livestreaming stripped-down sets for fans. But only one artist can say he may break a…
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Life will change as we wait until next year for a coronavirus vaccine, experts say
As coronavirus sweeps across the nation, with some states seeing drops in numbers while hot spots emerge in others, experts warn it’s unlikely…
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Those partygoers in Washington state weren’t trying to get Covid-19 after all
So much for those “Covid-19 parties.” Earlier this week, health officials in the Washington county of Walla Walla warned about reports of…
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1 in 5 American workers has filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March
No end is in sight for coronavirus-related job losses. The pandemic has ravaged the US labor market, and 1 in 5 American workers have filed for…
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Customers shot 2 McDonald’s employees after being told to leave due to coronavirus restrictions
Two McDonald’s employees in Oklahoma City were shot Wednesday after they told two customers to leave the store’s dining area, police…
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JetBlue and Spirit’s losses are even worse than expected
No one expected airlines to report good news for the first quarter. But Spirit’s and JetBlue’s losses were even worse than analysts…
Continue Reading Covid-19 taking toll on blues community
Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen has survived Hurricane Katrina and losing her North Carolina home to a fire. She’s now determined to…
Continue Reading Understanding the rare condition that makes people want to amputate their own limbs
For some, the universal human desire for wholeness may only be fulfilled by an act of excision. New science is showing how specific parts of the…
Continue Reading Gollum actor Andy Serkis to read entire ‘The Hobbit’ live online for charities
Actor and director Andy Serkis will read the entire J.R.R. Tolkien novel “The Hobbit” out loud in one marathon sitting on Friday to raise…
Continue ReadingURGENT – One of Trump’s personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus
(CNN) — A member of the US Navy who serves as one of President Donald Trump’s personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus, CNN…
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Missing El Paso man with dementia found unharmed in Amarillo
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police said a missing 77-year-old man with dementia was found unharmed in Amarillo on Thursday morning. Police issued a…
Continue Reading Nearly 20,000 teens in Georgia have received their driver’s licenses without a road test
The sweaty palms on the steering wheel. The repeated exclamations of “Sorry!” The nervous glances from the examiner. They’re all…
Continue Reading Jamie Lynn Spears reveals sister Britney came home to Louisiana to quarantine
Britney Spears spent some of her quarantine with family in Louisiana, according to her baby sister, Jamie Lynn Spears. The younger Spears told…
Continue Reading ‘Spaceship Earth’ takes a strange trip inside Biosphere 2, an early experiment in quarantine
A documentary about people being forced to live in a confined space might feel a little too on the nose right now, timing-wise. But “Spaceship…
Continue Reading Coronavirus forces prosecutors to embrace video conferencing in criminal probes. It’s raised a host of issues.
In the middle of April, with offices closed and air travel at a standstill as coronavirus ravaged the country, federal prosecutors in Georgia…
Continue Reading The opioid epidemic was already a national crisis. Covid-19 could be making things worse
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the nation was in the throes of another public health crisis: the opioid epidemic. More than 2 million Americans…
Continue Reading Silent hypoxia: Covid-19 patients who should be gasping for air but aren’t
In hospitals around the world, doctors are shaking their heads in disbelief as they watch Covid-19 patients who should be comatose or…
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