Nursing homes across the country have been in lockdown for weeks under federal orders to protect their frail, elderly residents from coronavirus, but a wave of deadly outbreaks nearly every day since suggests that the measures including a ban on visits and daily health screenings of staffers either came too late or were not rigorous […]
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This April Fools’ Day may not have brought the same levity as previous years, but Lil Nas X found a self-effacing way to mark the unofficial holiday anyway. On Wednesday morning, the newly minted LGBTQ icon declared he was “never gay” on Twitter, joking that his much-publicized coming out last year was merely a ploy
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Image copyright Getty Images Global oil prices have risen after Donald Trump said he expected Saudi Arabia and Russia to reach a deal soon to end their price war. The cost of crude had fallen to 18-year lows as the two countries slashed prices and ramped up production. At the same time demand has been
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The NFL players’ union says changes made to the labor agreement players narrowly approved last month “reflects no substantive difference whatsoever,” a claim the lawyers for free agent safety Eric Reid dispute By JOHN WAWROW and BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writers April 2, 2020, 3:08 AM 4 min read The NFL players’ union says
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One anti-Fauci Twitter post last week said, “Sorry liberals but we don’t trust Dr. Anthony Fauci.” The hashtag #FauciFraud has been used by more than 70 Twitter accounts, some posting hundreds of times a day, according to an analysis by The New York Times. Criticism of Dr. Fauci has also come from leading conservative voices
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William C. Dudley, who was formerly president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is sympathetic to the idea of a municipal bond program of some sort, especially given that “they basically have the blessing of Congress.” But he said officials should stick to investment-grade debt. “Once you start to get below investment grade,
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Image copyright Jane Williams Image caption Dr Jane Williams says “it’s very hard to stop being a doctor” Thousands of retired doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers have offered to return to the NHS during the coronavirus crisis. Why are they going back and how can they make a difference? For Dr Jane Williams, a
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Ali Wentworth announced Wednesday she had tested positive for coronavirus. The 55-year-old actor and comedian revealed her diagnosis in an Instagram post, saying she was feeling extremely ill and was isolating from the rest of her family. “I’ve never been sicker,” she wrote. “High fever. Horrific body aches. Heavy chest. I’m quarantined from my family.
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The Seattle Metropolitans were on the verge of winning their second Stanley Cup in three years in the spring of 1919 By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer April 1, 2020, 7:36 PM 5 min read SEATTLE — The Seattle Metropolitans were 20 minutes from a second Stanley Cup title in the spring of 1919, 20
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In the weeks that followed, thousands would die from the virus around the world, thousands more would be sickened across Europe and the first cases would emerge in the United States. But the tone of the coverage from Fox, talk radio and the commentators who make up the president’s zealous online army remained dismissive. Talk
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