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China Exonerates Doctor Reprimanded For Warning Of Virus

China Exonerates Doctor Reprimanded For Warning Of Virus

  BEIJING (AP) — China has exonerated a doctor who was officially reprimanded for warning about the coronavirus outbreak and later died of the disease,… Read More ›

California orders its nearly 40 million residents to stay home to prevent the spread of coronavirus

California orders its nearly 40 million residents to stay home to prevent the spread of coronavirus

The nation’s most populous state is ordering its nearly 40 million residents to stay home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. California Gov. Gavin… Read More ›

Switching Remaining Primaries To Vote-By-Mail Not So Easy

Switching Remaining Primaries To Vote-By-Mail Not So Easy

  BOSTON (AP) — Voting rights groups and the head of the Democratic National Committee want the states with remaining primary elections to offer voting… Read More ›

Hong Kong and Tokyo airports are handling coronavirus very differently. Which one has it right?

Hong Kong and Tokyo airports are handling coronavirus very differently. Which one has it right?

Passing through airports in Hong Kong and Tokyo this week highlighted the differences in the approaches of the two Asian hubs in dealing with the… Read More ›

Trump mulls sending all who cross border illegally to Mexico

Trump mulls sending all who cross border illegally to Mexico

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration is considering a plan to immediately return to Mexico all people who cross the southern border illegally because… Read More ›

Amazon to stop accepting all products other than medical supplies and household staples to its warehouses amid coronavirus crisis — read the memo it just sent sellers

Amazon to stop accepting all products other than medical supplies and household staples to its warehouses amid coronavirus crisis — read the memo it just sent sellers

  Amazon told sellers and vendors on Tuesday that it was suspending shipments of all nonessential products to its warehouses to deal with the increased… Read More ›

Ohio Plans To Delay Primary, But 3 States Still Planned

Ohio Plans To Delay Primary, But 3 States Still Planned

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor wants the state to delay in-person voting for the state’s Tuesday presidential primary for three months to let… Read More ›

African countries shut doors against Europe, America to combat coronavirus

African countries shut doors against Europe, America to combat coronavirus

Lagos, Nigeria – Africa has so far recorded relatively few coronavirus cases compared to the rest of the world, but governments across the continent are… Read More ›

UK departs from world in virus response, draws criticism

UK departs from world in virus response, draws criticism

Strategy based on presumption that most people will eventually get virus, and that severe measures unlikely to work; former health secretary concerned by lack of… Read More ›

Fed slashes main interest rate to near zero in historic move designed to cushion economic blow of coronavirus pandemic

Fed slashes main interest rate to near zero in historic move designed to cushion economic blow of coronavirus pandemic

  The Federal Reserve slashed its main interest rates to near zero in an emergency move. It’s part of a broader government effort to ease… Read More ›

Apple Temporarily Shuts Stores Worldwide To Fight Virus

Apple Temporarily Shuts Stores Worldwide To Fight Virus

  LONDON (AP) — Tech giant Apple is closing its stores outside of China for two weeks and will only sell online as part of… Read More ›

New Jersey town urges people to self-quarantine as US coronavirus cases top 2,800

New Jersey town urges people to self-quarantine as US coronavirus cases top 2,800

As the number of US coronavirus cases passed 2,800 on Saturday, authorities in Teaneck, New Jersey, concerned with a rapid increase of cases, are urging… Read More ›

Talking To Kids About Virus? Experts Say Be Calm And Honest

Talking To Kids About Virus? Experts Say Be Calm And Honest

  NEW YORK (AP) – It was a routine game of schoolyard tag — except the children had dubbed this version “coronavirus.” The kids ran… Read More ›

The Pentagon says it ‘wishes to reconsider’ the award to Microsoft of the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract

The Pentagon says it ‘wishes to reconsider’ the award to Microsoft of the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract

  The Pentagon on Thursday in a court filing said it “wishes to reconsider” its decision to award the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract… Read More ›

Trump says he’s suspending travel from Europe to US, though citizens and others are exempt

Trump says he’s suspending travel from Europe to US, though citizens and others are exempt

  Washington – President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was sharply restricting travel to the United States from more than two dozen European countries, a… Read More ›

Economic Remedies Abound In Crisis, But Can They Deliver?

Economic Remedies Abound In Crisis, But Can They Deliver?

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has a palette of options it can use to shore up an economy imperiled by anxiety over the coronavirus… Read More ›

CDC: Older Americans should consider stocking up on food and medications and avoid venturing out as coronavirus spreads

CDC: Older Americans should consider stocking up on food and medications and avoid venturing out as coronavirus spreads

  In a media briefing on Monday about the novel coronavirus, Dr. Nancy Messonnier focused on making recommendations for people at a higher risk of getting… Read More ›

Trump Says White House To Seek Possible Payroll Tax Relief Amid Virus Outbreak

Trump Says White House To Seek Possible Payroll Tax Relief Amid Virus Outbreak

  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said Monday his administration will ask Congress to pass payroll tax relief, as he looks to calm financial… Read More ›

Head of the New York/New Jersey port authority has coronavirus, governor says

Head of the New York/New Jersey port authority has coronavirus, governor says

The head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has tested positive for coronavirus, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. Executive… Read More ›

Oil plummets 31% in biggest drop since Gulf War as Saudi cuts spark all-out price war

Oil plummets 31% in biggest drop since Gulf War as Saudi cuts spark all-out price war

  Oil markets tumbled the most in decades overnight on Sunday. The sell-off was fueled by sinking demand due to coronavirus concerns. This was the… Read More ›