A still from a video showing a man licking store products during the coronavirus outbreak. Good Morning Britain A man accused of licking items in a Walmart store during the coronavirus outbreak has been charged with making a terror threat. Cody Lee Pfister, 26, was charged by police in Missouri’s Warren County after what they […]
New York City is barreling toward crisis at an alarming rate, with the rapid spread of the coronavirus on track to crush intensive-care units in as little as two weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday. “We are not slowing it; it is accelerating on its own,” Cuomo said, adding that the number of COVID-19 […]
‘There really is no middle ground, and it’s very tough to say to people, “Hey, keep going to restaurants, go buy new houses, [and] ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner. We want you to keep spending because there’s maybe a politician who thinks GDP growth is all that counts.” ’ Bill Gates […]
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President Donald Trump has caused more than a few raised eyebrows in recent days as he continued to tout antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential coronavirus treatment, despite the fact that the evidence for the drug’s effectiveness remains limited. Trump’s 2016 rival for the presidency couldn’t resist piling on: Please do not take medical advice […]
Top Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday were optimistic that a compromise coronavirus stimulus bill would be agreed to later in the day, as stocks soared on optimism over the emerging plan. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaking at the opening of Tuesday’s Senate session, said he believes negotiators are on “the five-yard line.” “Today we […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump continued to downplay the exponential spread of the coronavirus in the United States on Monday, comparing the rising death toll to the number of Americans killed in car crashes and by the seasonal flu. “We have a very active flu season, more active than most,” Trump said at a Monday briefing […]
Video produced by Kate Murphy Even though he’s not permitted to take a stroll down the hallway of his own apartment building, Patrick, an American journalist in Beijing, is trying to keep a positive outlook on life — and look forward to the end of his quarantine. When Patrick, an American citizen who asked to […]
Britain has become the latest European country in lockdown as the U.K. government announced a raft of restrictions preventing the population from leaving home apart from four exceptions. There is now a blanket travel restrictions, and police will have powers to fine or disperse people who venture onto the street for any other reason than […]
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