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In a Time of Crisis, Her Voice Was the One That Galvanized Alaska
The New York Times - 27 Mar 2020 21:58
Genie Chance felt the earth move under her feet, and then she got to work. Jon Mooallem tells her story in "This Is Chance!"
Congress Races Back to Washington Because a Libertarian Is Having a Fit
Slate - 27 Mar 2020 20:02
Rep. Thomas Massie's threats to disrupt passage of the $2 trillion coronavirus bill haven't gone over well.
Opera Star, Charged With Sexual Assault, Is Fired by University of Michigan
The New York Times - 27 Mar 2020 05:45
David Daniels, a professor of voice and one of the world's leading countertenors, was dismissed one year after he and his husband were charged with sexually assaulting another singer.
The Treatment by Michael Nath review - London's wild side
The Guardian - 27 Mar 2020 13:00
Partly based on the Stephen Lawrence case, this is an ambitious, darkly comic investigation into corruption and revenge When peering through the mists of time and reflecting on his training as a novice journalist, Carl H...
Trump to receive new coronavirus recommendations this weekend, plans Xi call
Reuters - 27 Mar 2020 07:15
President Donald Trump will receive recommendations this weekend from his advisers about the next steps in the battle to stop the coronavirus and reignite the U.S. economy, Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday.
Trump questions if New York will actually need 30K ventilators
New York Post - 27 Mar 2020 07:13
President Trump on Thursday downplayed the number of ventilators he thinks New York will need in the battle against the coronavirus. “I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are jus...
Coronavirus government response updates: Drama as House votes on $2T relief package
ABC News - 27 Mar 2020 18:47
House lawmakers scrambled back to Washington Friday morning amid fears one member of Congress will force a delay of the vote on the coronavirus relief bill.
China re-closes all cinemas over coronavirus fears
The Guardian - 27 Mar 2020 18:40
In an abrupt reversal of policy, China's Film Bureau have ordered all venues that had reopened to cease trading immediately All Chinese cinemas have been ordered to close again after trading began to resume. Late on Frid...
CDC Expert Sees New York Coronavirus Crisis As Preview As Trump Aims To Ease Restrictions
The Huffington Post - 27 Mar 2020 17:28
New York's mounting toll is a "warning to other areas about what may happen or what may already be starting to happen," said the CDC's Anne Schuchat.
41 Italian health care workers have died from COVID-19: 'It's as if a storm hit us'
The Week - 27 Mar 2020 06:16
In Italy, more than 5,000 health care workers -- doctors, nurses, technicians, and paramedics -- have become infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus since it first emerged in the country in February, with 41 dying. Most w...
Trump Administration Pulls Back From $1 Billion Coronavirus Ventilator Deal
The New York Times - 27 Mar 2020 05:48
A deal with General Motors and Ventec Life Systems to produce tens of thousands of the critical lifesaving devices seemed imminent. Then the announcement was pulled back.
This Reporter's Reaction to a Bison Herd Is the Most Inevitably Intense Reaction Meme
Time - 27 Mar 2020 18:49
This genuine instance of a human being in nature was made to be crystallized in the most enjoyable genre digital culture, the meme. That’s because memes of reporters on-air are often popular and reflect very intense si...
Trump says it's been 'very hard' to talk about coronavirus as a parent
New York Post - 27 Mar 2020 18:33
President Donald Trump said in a TV interview that as a parent he finds it "very hard" to talk about the coronavirus pandemic - particularly with his youngest son, 14-year-old Barron. "He is a wonderful young boy, but th...
Teen football player Jaquan Anderson dead from coronavirus in New Orleans
New York Post - 27 Mar 2020 18:18
A 17-year-old school football player who dreamed of turning pro has died in New Orleans after testing positive for coronavirus, officials confirmed this week. Jaquan Anderson died Sunday Orleans Parish Coroner's Office c...
Chloroquine: Coronavirus savior or the Wild West of medicine?
ABC News - 27 Mar 2020 18:17
The medicine, used for malaria, was called a "game changer" by the president.
What we know about the coronavirus keeps changing - from who is most susceptible, to the virus' shelf-life
USA Today - 27 Mar 2020 18:16Comedian releases social distancing parody video
CNN - 27 Mar 2020 18:15
Comedian Randy Rainbow joins CNN to talk about the inspiration behind his satirical social distancing music video.
UK national newspaper sales plummet under Covid-19 lockdown
The Guardian - 27 Mar 2020 18:04
Fears for jobs as print sales drop by as much as 30% after thousands of newsagents close Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage National print newspaper sales have fallen by as much as 30% since th...
Utrecht rooftops to be 'greened' with plants and mosses in new plan
The Guardian - 27 Mar 2020 18:02
'Vertical forest' tower will have 10,000 plants on its facade in bid to reinvigorate biodiversity Every roof in the city district of Utrecht is to be "greened" with plants and mosses or have solar panels installed under ...
Covid-19 workers in Spain: 'You can feel the fear in the air'
The Guardian - 27 Mar 2020 17:58
Medical staff, care home and funeral workers tell of their struggles to cope and frustrations with authorities Coronavirus - latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage For Sara Gayoso, and for tens of thousan...
CDC underestimated threat from coronavirus, botched response: report
New York Post - 27 Mar 2020 17:52
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention underestimated the threat from the emerging outbreak of the coronavirus in the US -- and bungled its communication to local public health agencies about what actions to take...
Volunteers step in to fill health system gaps in Sudan
Al Jazeera English - 27 Mar 2020 17:52
With no treatment or vaccine for coronavirus, volunteers say they will continue to provide the services they can to fight the disease.