Virginia and Maryland, as well as the District of Columbia, issued new orders on Monday for residents to stay home. And in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who had resisted a statewide edict, said that he would sign an directive codifying a patchwork of local rules urging residents in the densely-populated southeast corner of […]
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A Delaware judge has granted the DuPont Co.’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that it massively downplayed the cost of environmental liabilities imposed on spinoff company Chemours By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer March 30, 2020, 11:43 PM 3 min read DOVER, Del. — A Delaware judge has granted the DuPont Co.’s request to
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No one is unaffected by the coronavirus pandemic. As a result of everything from government-mandated isolation to rampant unemployment, our lives look a lot different today than they did even a month ago. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people out there ready to prey on the resulting fear and confusion. Twitch user “Kitboga,” who is
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Actor Paul Cooper has started what he calls “the toilet challenge” to give people a “bit of fun” during the coronavirus outbreak. The star of BBC Three’s This Country is asking people to post videos of themselves singing in bathrooms and upload them online using #toiletchallenge20. Paul is currently living in what he refers to
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Image copyright Getty Images The four companies which manage ground operations at UK airports have warned that they are close to collapse, putting thousands of jobs at risk. Swissport, WFS, Dnata and Menzies may not be able to continue operating for more than a few weeks, with some 25,000 jobs under threat. In a joint
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The often unsanitary conditions in refugee and migrant camps pose a challenge for residents trying to avoid coronavirus. In Moria in Lesbos, 18,000 people are staying in a facility built for 3,000 and cases of Covid-19 are already on their doorstep. The BBC’s population correspondent Stephanie Hegarty was sent footage by a group of young
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NEW YORK — Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers walked off the job Monday demanding greater safeguards against the coronavirus, even as both companies are speed-hiring hundreds of thousands of new workers to handle a surge in delivery orders. The one-day strikes had little impact on consumers, but the unrest called attention to mounting discontent
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The NCAA will permit spring sport athletes who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus outbreak to have an additional year of eligibility By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer March 30, 2020, 11:06 PM 1 min read The NCAA will permit spring sport athletes who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus outbreak
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected on Tuesday to announce its final rule to rollback Obama-era automobile fuel efficiency standards, relaxing efforts to limit climate-warming tailpipe pollution and virtually undoing the government’s biggest effort to combat climate change. The new rule, written by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation, would allow
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DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal judge Monday temporarily blocked Texas’ efforts to ban abortions during the coronavirus pandemic, handing Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers a victory as clinics across the U.S. filed a wave of lawsuits to stop states from trying to shutter them during the outbreak. A new Ohio order is also
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