Protests draw thousands over state stay-at-home orders during coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON – Multiple states have seen protests as stay-a-home orders meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus continue. Many protesters were angry about the economic ramifications the restrictions are causing. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg estimate the Labor Department will report Thursday that 5.5 million...
Face masks may be ‘new normal’ in post-virus life as U.S. prepares gradual reopening
The governors of Connecticut, Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania each issued orders or recommendations that residents wear face masks as they emerge from isolation in the coming weeks. “If you are going to be in public and you cannot maintain social distancing, then have a...
Trump’s call with Wall Street didn’t go as planned
WALL STREET TO TRUMP: KEEP IT SHUT — The White House held a call this morning with top Wall Street titans and other senior bankers and financiers to talk about how to reopen the economy, part of a barrage of phone confabs between President Donald...
A Timeline Of Coronavirus Comments From President Trump And WHO
On Tuesday, President Trump said he’s suspending U.S. funding for the World Health Organization. He said the agency has “mismanaged” the pandemic, has been slow to respond to the crisis and is “China-centric.” We looked at the public record to see what Trump and the...
South Dakota Gov. Noem, who opposed stay-home order
Despite an outbreak in South Dakota’s biggest city and criticism that there’s no statewide shelter-in-place order, Gov. Kristi Noem said Wednesday the state is doing better than expected and “bending the curve.” “We have cut our peak, and that’s a good thing, and that is...
California State Election Official Confirms Double-Voting by Mail in Super Tuesday Primary
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has confirmed that double-voting by mail took place in the March 3, 2020, Super Tuesday primary, Breitbart News has exclusively learned. Days before Super Tuesday, citizen watchdog group Election Integrity Project California sent a letter to Padilla requesting his...
Coronavirus deaths in U.S. nursing homes soar to more than 5,500
The number of reported coronavirus deaths in long-term care facilities has more than doubled to 5,670 since last week, according to state health data gathered by NBC News, driven by huge increases in hard-hit states like New York, where more than 2 percent of nursing...
California will pay illegal immigrants not included in coronavirus stimulus
California will be the first state to send money to illegal immigrants who did not qualify for assistance under the $2.2 trillion federal coronavirus stimulus package passed last month. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced the allocation of $75 million in taxpayer funds for...
Trump says coronavirus pandemic has peaked, some states to reopen before May 1
President Trump said Wednesday that the US had passed the peak of the coronavirus pandemic — and that some states would reopen before his May 1 deadline. “While we must remain vigilant, it is clear that our strategy is working, and very strongly working. New...
Nursing Home Had History of Alleged Violations Before 18 Coronavirus Deaths
Andover Township authorities first started investigating the home on Sunday after complaints from family members, the New Jersey Herald reported. More bodies were discovered on the premises the next day. Problems at the Andover Subacute facility apparently began long before that. Inspectors found violations in...
An emotional Charlie Baker says not to leave anything ‘unsaid’ with loved ones during pandemic
Gov. Charlie Baker got emotional Wednesday during a press conference as he remembered his best friend’s mother who died from the coronavirus, saying no one should leave anything “unsaid” with loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. The poignant moment came after a reporter asked for...
Grinning Tim Cook Announces New iPhone Will No Longer Be Compatible With AirPods
CUPERTINO, CA—Unveiling Apple’s latest redesign following weeks of anticipation, a grinning Tim Cook announced Wednesday that the new iPhone will no longer be compatible with AirPods. “I think you’ll find the new iPhone is somewhat different than what you’re accustomed to,” said Cook, a wry...
Cuomo Orders NYers to Wear Masks in Public as Death Toll Tops 10K in NYC Alone
New York state will adjust its COVID-19 death toll reporting to include presumed or probable cases in accordance with new CDC guidelines, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. He said his team was contacting health facilities to get updated numbers, though it wasn’t immediately clear when...
296 Illinois Nursing Home Residents Have Died of Coronavirus Complications
Nursing homes across the country, including in Illinois, continue to be ravaged by the coronavirus. As of Wednesday in Illinois, 305 long-term care facilities had reported coronavirus cases and 296 residents of nursing homes have died, state officials said. Large outbreaks, such as those found...
Trump faces global criticism over move to end WHO funding
President Donald Trump’s move to halt funding to the World Health Organization has been met with severe criticism at home and abroad, with the United Nations secretary-general saying “now is not the time” for such a drastic move while the coronavirus pandemic is gripping the...
8 retirees all get coronavirus during regular poker games, 3 dead
Eight retirees with ties to the Big Apple all contracted the coronavirus during their regular poker nights in Florida — leaving three of them dead, according to a report. The close-knit group played their last game at a condo in Aventura, a suburb 17 miles...
Bloomberg News Caught on Tape Telling Reporters to Preserve Access to China’s ‘Nazis’
“Six years ago, Bloomberg News killed an investigation into the wealth of Communist Party elites in China, fearful of repercussions by the Chinese government,” reports the far-left NPR. Bloomberg “successfully silenced the reporters involved. And it sought to keep the spouse of one of the...
North Carolina protest of ‘stay-at-home’ orders leads to arrest
One arrest was made after North Carolina residents gathered outside the state assembly on Tuesday to protest the statewide stay-at-home order issued by Gov. Roy Cooper to combat the novel coronavirus. Cooper originally issued the directive on March 30 and ordered it to last until...
Global battle erupts as Trump pulls WHO funding over coronavirus response
President Trump’s decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus crisis touched off an international war of words overnight as Democratic lawmakers in Washington as well as international bodies like the European Union condemned the move. The president announced Tuesday that...
Trump halts funding to WHO. Experts say we need it more than ever
In the middle of the worst global pandemic in decades, President Donald Trump halted funding to the World Health Organization Tuesday while his administration investigates what he called the health body’s “severe” mismanagement of its coronavirus response. Trump accused the United Nations agency of “failing...
Democrats, furious with Trump, much more keen to vote now than four years ago
Come November, when Republican President Donald Trump is up for re-election, Jaglowski, a 47-year-old Democrat in Milwaukee, says she will be even more determined to vote, even if the deadly virus continues to ravage her community. “He’s half the reason we’re in this mess right...
A day fighting COVID-19: U.S. hospital staff share hardest moments on shift
One of the hardest moments of a recent work day for registered nurse Julia Trainor was intubating a patient, and then calling the patient’s husband so he could talk to his wife. He was not allowed in the hospital. “I had to put him on...
Chinese troll campaign on Twitter exposes a potentially dangerous disconnect with the wider world
Hong Kong (CNN)At first, it seemed like a straightforward Chinese internet controversy. After Thai actor Vachirawit Chivaaree liked a photo on Twitter that listed Hong Kong as a “country,” Chinese fans inundated his Instagram and other social media with comments “correcting” him, and he soon...
Prominent scientists have bad news for the White House about coronavirus antibody tests
In a phone call last week, some of the nation’s top scientists briefed White House officials about antibody testing, according to two doctors who were on the call. Much of the news wasn’t very good. Antibody tests check to see if a person has previously...
Here’s where all 50 states stand on reopening
More than 90% of the US population is currently under a stay-at-home or shelter-in-place order as the coronavirus pandemic continues to upend life as we know it. But worries for the economy — and people’s mental health — are begging the question: When will things...
Cameron Diaz is loving quarantine life as a new mom
Cameron Diaz made a return to social media Tuesday to share how life is going being a new mom under quarantine. The actress joined her friend, Who What Wear chief executive officer Katherine Power, for Power’s Instagram Live. Diaz and her husband, musician Benji Madden,...
US airlines to receive $25bn rescue package
The US has agreed a roughly $25bn (£19.8bn) rescue package for 10 of the country’s biggest airlines as travel plunges due to the coronavirus. American Airlines, United, Delta and Southwest are among the recipients. The money is to be used for payroll and will be...
California lays out a plan
A few hours later on the West Coast, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he and the governors of Oregon and Washington would collaborate on their own plan, a process he said they began at the beginning of last week, “using science to guide our...
Trump rages at criticism while governors craft their own plans to reopen the economy
With 23,000 Americans dead and millions without a paycheck, President Donald Trump dimmed the lights in the White House briefing room, fired up a misleading propaganda video and boiled over. In one of the most unchained presidential tantrums ever captured on television, Trump’s Monday display...
It’s time to talk seriously about the food supply
The meat supply is at risk. Farm workers are in fear. It’s hard to get groceries. Health professionals — doctors, nurses and everyone down the line — are the rightful and obvious heroes of the pandemic, but if this dark episode has taught us anything...