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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 ›

Israel mulls quarantine for travelers from NY, California and Washington

Israel mulls quarantine for travelers from NY, California and Washington

AIPAC attendees arriving home after March 5 also require isolation. Three conference attendees have been diagnosed with COVID-19, two from New York and one from… Read More ›

First Lady Pushes Back Against Critics Of Her Tennis Tweet

First Lady Pushes Back Against Critics Of Her Tennis Tweet

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Melania Trump pushed back Saturday after photos she tweeted of herself overseeing a White House construction project generated an… Read More ›

Coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses in China, trapping 70 people

Coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses in China, trapping 70 people

Shanghai – Search and rescue efforts continued Sunday after a hotel collapsed in southeastern China on Saturday, trapping about 70 people, officials in the city… Read More ›

The White House balks at recession fears as coronavirus outbreak hits US economy

The White House balks at recession fears as coronavirus outbreak hits US economy

  The coronavirus outbreak has threatened to upend the longest US expansion in history. But President Donald Trump has so far steered clear of stimulus… Read More ›

PA on lockdown as coronavirus suspected in Bethlehem-area

PA on lockdown as coronavirus suspected in Bethlehem-area

Palestinian Health Ministry bans visitors from entering its West Bank territories, shutters all schools, mosques and churches in Jesus’ traditional birthplace after virus discovered at… Read More ›

FDA Bans Shock Device Used On Mentally Disabled Patients

FDA Bans Shock Device Used On Mentally Disabled Patients

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday banned electrical shock devices used to discourage aggressive, self-harming behavior in patients with mental disabilities. The announcement… Read More ›

10 lessons from Asia on how to live with a coronavirus outbreak

10 lessons from Asia on how to live with a coronavirus outbreak

Since the novel coronavirus outbreak began in China last December, it has spread across the world and now threatens to become a global pandemic. The… Read More ›

Iran has stockpiled enough uranium to produce a nuclear weapon in the latest sign Trump’s strategy has ‘failed miserably’

Iran has stockpiled enough uranium to produce a nuclear weapon in the latest sign Trump’s strategy has ‘failed miserably’

  Iran appears to have stockpiled enough uranium for a nuclear weapon, which is a major sign President Donald Trump’s maximum pressure campaign is failing.… Read More ›

Travelers will face new restrictions and cancellations as coronavirus cases grow in the US

Travelers will face new restrictions and cancellations as coronavirus cases grow in the US

Travelers entering the United States will face new protocols as cases of novel coronavirus grow around the world. The US is expanding travel restrictions from… Read More ›

Chicago Mayor: Police Shooting Video ‘Extremely Disturbing’

Chicago Mayor: Police Shooting Video ‘Extremely Disturbing’

  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s mayor said video footage of police shooting and wounding a suspect inside a downtown Chicago train station is “extremely disturbing”… Read More ›

Under pressure, Michael Bloomberg faces a new court challenge to his company’s use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination cases

Under pressure, Michael Bloomberg faces a new court challenge to his company’s use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination cases

  A former Bloomberg LP employee who allegedly experienced discrimination at the company asked a New York Supreme Court judge last month to invalidate not… Read More ›