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NYC restaurant owner: "We're grieving."
CBSNews - 6 Apr 2020 01:37
A New York City restaurant owner says she's concerned about the wellbeing of the employees she's had to lay off as the novel coronavirus grips the region.
"Like a Cruise Ship Mixed With a Nursing Home": The Coronavirus Comes to Rikers
Slate - 6 Apr 2020 22:51
The jail is not built for a crisis like this. And the situation unfolding is horrifying. There's only one way to fix it.
At least 20 UK phone masts vandalised over false 5G coronavirus claims
The Guardian - 6 Apr 2020 16:08
Industry body assures people in open letter there is no link between 5G and pandemic Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage At least 20 mobile phone masts across the UK are believed to have been to...
Coronavirus live updates: Donald Trump sees 'light at end of the tunnel' as US braces for deadly week; British PM Boris Johnson hospitalized
USA Today - 6 Apr 2020 04:30Boris Johnson says he's in 'good spirits' amid rumors that his coronavirus symptoms are worse than reported
The Week - 6 Apr 2020 16:42
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave an update from a hospital in London, where he was taken Sunday night. Downing Street said Sunday that Johnson's doctor advised him to take the "precautionary" step of checking in...
Inspector General Fired by Trump Urges Whistle-Blowers 'to Bravely Speak Up'
The New York Times - 6 Apr 2020 16:29
Michael Atkinson, who President Trump made clear was dismissed in reprisal for his role in revealing the Ukraine matter, broke his silence.
Ireland's prime minister to work as doctor amid coronavirus pandemic
USA Today - 6 Apr 2020 16:28Dr. Anthony Fauci tests negative for the coronavirus
New York Post - 6 Apr 2020 03:03
The nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is also a member of the White House coronavirus task force, has tested negative for the illness, he said Sunday. Fauci was responding to a reporter's que...
Ex-detective who preyed on women is spared jail to care for son
The Guardian - 6 Apr 2020 16:50
Stuart Lunt, of Wigan, given suspended sentence after admitting misconduct A former detective constable who admitted inappropriate contact with women he met in the course of his duties has walked free from court after a ...
15 gifts to give essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic
USA Today - 6 Apr 2020 15:54
Essential workers like nurses and grocery store clerks deserve a thank you during the coronavirus pandemic. Here are the best gifts to get them from N95 masks to food delivery.
Harlequins' Semi Kunatani arrested for ignoring Covid-19 quarantine
The Guardian - 6 Apr 2020 10:55
Kunatani and one other unnamed player arrested Both players had returned to Fiji via Singapore The Fiji Rugby Union has criticised two of its players who have been arrested for failing to self-isolate after returning to ...
Top CEOs warning Trump of economic shutdown amid coronavirus
New York Post - 6 Apr 2020 16:52
The country's leading CEOs are sounding the alarm in private conversations with President Trump that businesses could face economic ruin amid the coronavirus crisis.
Ignoring expert opinion, Trump again promotes use of hydroxychloroquine
Boston - 6 Apr 2020 16:45
President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on his push for the use of an anti-malarial drug against the coronavirus, issuing medical advice that goes well beyond scant evidence of the drug’s effectiveness as well as th...
UK ministers accused of prioritising careers over lives of coronavirus victims
The Guardian - 6 Apr 2020 16:23
FDA union says 'cowardly' briefings show some in government putting self-preservation first Why are some in government wasting time briefing against the civil service? Coronavirus - latest updates Ministers have been acc...
With Worst Expected to Come, 3 out of 4 U.S. Hospitals Are Treating Patients With COVID-19
Time - 6 Apr 2020 16:22
(WASHINGTON) — Three out of four U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, according to a federal report that finds hospitals expect to be overwhelmed as cases rocket t...
'Trump,' 'chaos,' 'money:' Here's what Mexico and Canada said when asked for one word to describe US
USA Today - 6 Apr 2020 16:22Rwanda finds genocide grave that could contain 30,000 bodies
New York Post - 6 Apr 2020 16:17
KIGALI, Rwanda -- A valley dam that authorities in Rwanda say could contain about 30,000 bodies has been discovered more than a quarter-century after the country's genocide in which 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus who tri...
Ruffled Raab gives little clue of true state of prime minister's health
The Guardian - 6 Apr 2020 23:22
The de facto PM offers a barely credible performance at the daily coronavirus press conference Just about the only reassuring thing to come out of the latest Downing Street press conference was that Dominic Raab does not...
Navy leader calls fired carrier captain 'naive' or 'stupid'
Boston - 6 Apr 2020 23:18
"In my view your Captain lost sight of this and he compromised critical information about your status intentionally to draw greater attention to your situation."
Argument erupts between Fauci, Trump aide over coronavirus drug: report
New York Post - 6 Apr 2020 16:12
A fight broke out in the White House Situation Room over the weekend between Dr. Anthony Fauci and another member of President Trump’s coronavirus task force, with the exchange getting so intense that Vice President Mi...
Indigenous fear Canada work camps will be coronavirus incubators
Al Jazeera English - 6 Apr 2020 16:05
Construction work on pipelines, dams raises risk of COVID-19 spread, harm to nearby communities, Indigenous leaders say.
Drop in N.Y. Virus Deaths Could be 'Blip' or Trend: Live Updates
The New York Times - 6 Apr 2020 16:00
The number of deaths reported Sunday fell slightly from the day before, but Governor Cuomo said it was too soon to draw conclusions.