SBA loan program glitches reveal challenge in rolling out billions in coronavirus aid
Technical glitches, lender frustrations and lawmakers even live tweeting their own problems with Friday’s rollout overshadowed the first hours…
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Trump administration edits national stockpile website a day after it contradicted Jared Kushner
The website of the Strategic National Stockpile was edited on Friday to soften language about how the stockpile is supposed to be used by states…
Continue ReadingNavy hospital ship deployed to NYC with 1,000 bed capacity is only treating 22 patients
A US Navy hospital ship currently docked in New York City harbor is treating only 22 patients as of Friday afternoon, despite having a 1,000 bed…
Continue ReadingBill Withers, ‘Lean On Me’ and ‘Lovely Day’ singer, has died at 81
Bill Withers, the singer-songwriter whose soulful hits “Lean On Me,” Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Lovely Day” became…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court delays oral arguments scheduled for April
The Supreme Court said on Friday that it will postpone the remaining two weeks of oral arguments that were set to begin on April 20 and it is…
Continue ReadingCorona beer stops production
Production of Corona beer is being temporarily suspended in Mexico because of the coronavirus pandemic. Grupo Modelo, the company that makes the…
Continue ReadingTeenager arrested in deaths of University of Wisconsin doctor and her husband
A teenager has been arrested in connection with the slayings of a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctor and her husband, authorities said Friday.…
Continue ReadingFDA changes course and allows China’s KN95 mask to be used in US
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday changed its position on a sought-after type of respirator from China, the KN95, announcing that the…
Continue ReadingWhy the coronavirus crisis will expand America’s racial wealth gap
The novel coronavirus has already dealt an unprecedented economic blow to a large portion of American workers, with a record 9.9 million people…
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White House says anyone ‘in close proximity’ to Trump or Pence will get rapid virus test
The White House will give rapid Covid-19 tests to anyone who will come in close proximity with either President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike…
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Emergency room doctor sleeping in RV to keep his family healthy
Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, NC (WGHP ) — An emergency department physician at Alamance Regional…
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Emergency room doctor sleeping in RV to keep his family healthy
Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, NC (WGHP ) — An emergency department physician at Alamance Regional…
Continue ReadingHere’s when Disney’s delayed movies are coming to theaters
Disney on Friday announced new release dates for films that were delayed because of coronavirus, including two of its biggest movies this year,…
Continue ReadingCNN’s Brooke Baldwin tests positive for coronavirus
CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announced on Friday that she tested positive for coronavirus after experiencing symptoms a day earlier. “I am…
Continue ReadingInside Jared Kushner and Peter Navarro’s efforts to rescue the White House’s coronavirus response
For days, executives at the industrial company 3M gave Trump administration officials shifting explanations for why they couldn’t send a larger…
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Is an ‘immunity certificate’ the way to get out of coronavirus lockdown?
Perhaps half the world’s population is living under some form of restriction to help curb the spread of coronavirus. Many are starting to…
Continue ReadingIs an ‘immunity certificate’ the way to get out of coronavirus lockdown?
Perhaps half the world’s population is living under some form of restriction to help curb the spread of coronavirus. Many are starting to…
Continue ReadingGoogle to release your location data to help fight coronavirus pandemic
Google (GOOGL) is publicly releasing the data it’s already collecting about people’s movements during the coronavirus pandemic. The…
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Covid-19 is challenging the world to be kinder
In the midst of a global pandemic, we see a surge in something that gives us hope: Kindness is trending. We are seeing it everywhere — from the…
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Covid-19 is challenging the world to be kinder
In the midst of a global pandemic, we see a surge in something that gives us hope: Kindness is trending. We are seeing it everywhere — from the…
Continue ReadingEsports are already online (obviously), but the pandemic is still creating huge challenges
Golf, basketball, hockey and other sports have all suspended their seasons. Major league baseball says it may start up in late spring. But…
Continue ReadingMost student loan payments are suspended. Here’s what you need to know.
In an unprecedented move, the US government is automatically suspending payments and waiving interest on federal student loans for six months,…
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Doctor: I see patients fighting for life
“Rescue 51 with an ALS run, now en route to Room 12.” The hospital PA system alerts us to the patient the Los Angeles County Fire…
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Doctor: I see patients fighting for life
“Rescue 51 with an ALS run, now en route to Room 12.” The hospital PA system alerts us to the patient the Los Angeles County Fire…
Continue ReadingNRA suing New York for deeming gun stores non-essential businesses during coronavirus pandemic
The National Rifle Association of America sued New York state’s governor and economic development arm in federal court on Thursday for closing…
Continue ReadingThe US economy lost 701,000 jobs in March — worst report since 2009
The American economy lost more jobs than it gained for the first time in a decade. In March, the economy shed 701,000 jobs, according to the Bureau…
Continue Reading3M: We’ll make more N95 masks for the US but we need to keep exporting them
3M, the world’s largest maker of respirator masks, said Friday it is willing to comply with President Trump’s order to manufacture and…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic is making Earth vibrate less
Once-crowded city streets are now empty. Highway traffic has slowed to a minimum. And fewer and fewer people can be found milling about outside.…
Continue ReadingJournalist says she unknowingly infected others with coronavirus at her mom’s 90th birthday party. Two died
Journalist Alice Stockton-Rossini hosted a 90th birthday for her mother last month in New Jersey. At the time, the radio host said, she had no idea…
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Man uses $900 from savings to buy gas for more than 50 Detroit nurses
A good Samaritan decided to use the $900 he’d been saving to do something nice for Detroit nurses on the front lines of the fight against the…
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