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The Upheaval in New York's Rental Market
The New York Times - 9 Apr 2020 12:00
As many leave the city to move home with their parents, roommates are left to scramble to find subletters, but moving itself can actually be easier.
Coronavirus in California: How Many Patients Are on the U.S.N.S Mercy?
The New York Times - 9 Apr 2020 15:09
Thursday: The Navy hospital ship has been at the Port of Los Angeles since late last month. Also: Passover reflections.
Sweden's Relaxed Approach to the Coronavirus Could Already Be Backfiring
Time - 9 Apr 2020 16:33
When Chloe Fu, 24, went for a run on Monday evening, the streets of Stockholm were filled with people drinking on restaurant patios, enjoying the first warm day of sunshine after a long winter. “When you walk around, t...
Former Brazilian President Lula Says Bolsonaro Must Change Dismissive Coronavirus Response
Time - 9 Apr 2020 05:03
(SAO PAULO) — In home isolation just months after his release from jail, Brazil’s former leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaro needs to change his dismissive approach to the n...
Navy Secretary's trip to USS Theodore Roosevelt cost $243,000 and his job
New York Post - 9 Apr 2020 04:14
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly’s trip to the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt last weekend cost him his job, a two-week quarantine — and the American taxpayer a reported $243,000. The United States she...
Woman faces charges after bank hacking claims against her NASA astronaut wife
New York Post - 9 Apr 2020 15:57
Summer Worden, 44, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Houston in what was the latest twist in her bizarre saga with decorated NASA astronaut Anne McClain.Summer Worden, 44, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Ho...
Pope Francis says coronavirus could be 'nature's response' to climate change
New York Post - 9 Apr 2020 05:44
Pope Francis likened the coronavirus pandemic to recent fires and floods as one of “nature’s responses” to the world’s ambivalence to climate change. “There is an expression in Spanish: ‘God always forgives, ...
Russia, Saudi to debate oil output cuts as U.S. resists joining
Reuters - 9 Apr 2020 05:28
OPEC and Russia meet on Thursday to try to agree to record oil output cuts but their efforts to address the slump in prices wrought during the coronavirus pandemic have been complicated by mutual animosity and the reluct...
Sailor from USS Theodore Roosevelt with coronavirus transferred to ICU
New York Post - 9 Apr 2020 16:33
A sailor assigned to USS Theodore Roosevelt who recently tested positive for the coronavirus has been transferred to an intensive care unit in Guam after being found unresponsive, the US Navy said. The sailor, who tested...
Staff no-shows, deaths hit California nursing homes amid coronavirus outbreak
New York Post - 9 Apr 2020 04:45
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A Southern California nursing home where nearly three dozen residents have the coronavirus was evacuated Wednesday after staff members failed to show up to work while six infected residents have died...
Biden campaign braces for general election: 'This is the beginning of a very difficult race'
CNN - 9 Apr 2020 16:40
Thirty-three years after launching his first presidential bid, Joe Biden will finally see his name at the top of the Democratic ticket.
ER doctor: Your end-of-life care plan can help save time and lives amid coronavirus
USA Today - 9 Apr 2020 16:06England's coronavirus hospital death toll rises 765 to 7,248
Reuters - 9 Apr 2020 16:00
The coronavirus death toll in English hospitals rose 765 to 7,248, the health service said on Thursday.
The 140-year-old Puerto Rican rum you probably don't know about
Chicago Tribune - 9 Apr 2020 21:32Woman busted for licking $1,800 in groceries during coronavirus crisis
New York Post - 9 Apr 2020 16:50
A California woman was busted for licking $1,800 worth of items at a grocery store amid the coronavirus crisis, local authorities said. Jennifer Walker, 53, picked up various items at the Safeway store in the resort city...
250-year-old U.S. Easter tradition's horns silenced by coronavirus pandemic
Reuters - 9 Apr 2020 16:17
Every Easter Sunday for almost 250 years, residents of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have been awakened by small groups of musicians playing the hymn "Sleepers, Wake," before the Home Moravian church's sunrise service.
Severe storms moving across the US may bring tornadoes to the South, snow in the Northeast
USA Today - 9 Apr 2020 16:13Anna Wintour on efforts to rescue the fashion industry
CBSNews - 9 Apr 2020 14:51
Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour speaks to Gayle King about her efforts to help the fashion industry through the coronavirus crisis amid predictions that global sales will drop up to 30%. Wintour teamed up with designe...
Doctor's Note: Are eye infections a symptom of coronavirus?
Al Jazeera English - 9 Apr 2020 14:02
New evidence suggests that conjunctivitis - or 'pink eye' - can be a sign that you have caught COVID-19.
Papadopoulos denied campaign was involved in DNC hack in recording
CBSNews - 9 Apr 2020 04:16
CBS News has reviewed the transcript of a recorded conversation between George Papadopoulos and a confidential FBI source that took place near the end of the 2016 presidential campaign.
New York coronavirus outbreak originated in Europe, new study finds
ABC News - 9 Apr 2020 16:50
A new study from Mount Sinai found that the New York cases of COVID-19 originated from Europe.
Brazil's overcrowded favelas ripe for spread of coronavirus
Al Jazeera English - 9 Apr 2020 16:06
Organisations, celebrities and activists scramble to give information on how favela residents can protect themselves.