March 2020

House Departs Without Vote to Extend Expired F.B.I. Spy Tools

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WASHINGTON — House Democrats left the capital on Friday after passing the $2 trillion coronavirus relief legislation without taking up a Senate bill to temporarily revive three expired F.B.I. surveillance tools for terrorism and espionage investigations, ensuring that the laws will remain lapsed at least until the Senate returns from vacation next month. The series […]

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Sex And Coronavirus: What To Know About Intimacy During The Pandemic

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The novel coronavirus has brought up questions about how to safely go about day-to-day activities — everything from grocery shopping to exercising to breastfeeding and, of course, having sex. Below, doctors answer some of your burning sex-related queries. Can the virus spread through sex? The virus is thought to be primarily transmitted via respiratory droplets

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‘Contagion’ Stars Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne Reunite For PSA

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NEW YORK (AP) — The stars of the 2011 virus thriller “Contagion” — a prescient film these days — have reunited for a series of public service announcements to warn about COVID-19. Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Ehle have teamed up with scientists from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health to

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U.S. Cuts Health Care Aid to Yemen Despite Worries About Coronavirus

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Earlier this year, the United States and other countries gave the rebels an ultimatum to meet benchmarks or risk losing some assistance. But only the United States, one of the biggest donors, threatened to halt all funding in Houthi-controlled areas if the rebels failed to meet more than a dozen requirements by Friday, humanitarian officials

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Outside hard-hit nursing home, staffers find nervous public

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Officials say staffers at a nursing home dubbed “ground zero” for West Virginia’s growing coronavirus caseload have been treated as pariahs for their close proximity to the infection cluster By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press March 28, 2020, 12:54 AM 4 min read 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article CHARLESTON, W.Va. —

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New York Bakery Honors Anthony Fauci With His Very Own Doughnut

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A New York bakery’s sweet tribute to Dr. Anthony Fauci is garnering orders from across the country.  Nick Semeraro, the owner of Donuts Delite in Rochester, New York, said he wanted to find a way to cheer up local customers, most of whom have been self-isolating during the coronavirus pandemic. So, this week, his bakery unveiled a

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Coronavirus Fact Check: Analyzing the Patterns in Trump’s Falsehoods

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This week, as cities and states began locking down, stock markets tumbled and jobless claims hit record levels, Mr. Trump again played down the impact of the pandemic and said, with no evidence and contrary to available research, that a recession would be deadlier than the coronavirus. Overstating potential treatments and policies The president has

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