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Officials Bash Chicago Partygoers Who Stood 'Cheek-to-Jowl'

Police said 50 people were asked to leave Saturday's gathering

(Newser) - There's an unmistakable cough heard on a video clip showing dozens of people packed into a Chicago townhouse on Saturday. The woman who shared the footage on Facebook Live, only to be met with angry face responses, suggested partying was no different than grocery shopping. "Y'all go...

GOPer Sues Over Stay-at-Home Order: 'Enough Is Enough!'

Judge grants restraining order to Ill. congressman, allowing him to ignore Gov. JB Pritzker's mandate

(Newser) - Last week, JB Pritzker, the Democratic governor of Illinois, extended his state's stay-at-home order through the end of May to help control the spread of the coronavirus. It was a move that didn't please GOP Rep. Darren Bailey—and so Bailey sued. "Enough is enough!" Bailey...

2 Newspapers Analyzed Trump's Pandemic Language

'NYT' and 'Washington Post' find that Trump is big on self-congratulations, short on empathy

(Newser) - The New York Times and the Washington Post have both come out with stories this week based on a similar premise: They analyzed all of Trump's coronavirus press briefings—before the president announced he would start skipping them —to look for patterns in his language. The results aren'...

Airline Announces Its 'New Flying Etiquette'

JetBlue will now require all passengers to wear masks 'throughout their journey'

(Newser) - As airlines struggle with the travel havoc wreaked by the coronavirus, one has become the first to implement a new safety measure to try to control the virus' spread. Business Insider reports that starting May 4, JetBlue will mandate its passengers don face coverings not just for their flight, but...

Bizarre Conspiracy Theory Made Her Life a 'Nightmare'

US Army reservist Maatje Benassi is falsely accused of being COVID patient zero in China

(Newser) - Maatje Benassi, a US Army reservist who lives in Virginia, is just trying to get through these days of quarantine like everyone else. But as CNN reports, she has a big additional change: She is now the center of a wackadoo conspiracy theory that accuses her of being "patient...

Texas Governor on Reopening: 'It's Time to Set a New Course'

Stay-at-home orders are expiring, and some states, like Texas, are beginning incremental reopenings

(Newser) - Friday's the day for Texas. That's the day after its stay-at-home order expires, and when Gov. Greg Abbott says venues such as restaurants, movie theaters, malls, museums, retail stores, and libraries may reopen, though at 25% of their usual capacity, report the Texas Tribune and Dallas Morning News...

Leader of Movement to Reopen NC Gets the Virus

She said she's concerned about the quarantine measures being taken for those with COVID

(Newser) - A leader of a movement protesting North Carolina's stay-at-home order has contracted the coronavirus. Reopen NC has been opposing the measures Gov. Roy Cooper is taking to slow the spread of the virus, and has held two protests in downtown Raleigh. In a recent message to the movement's...

Trump Raises Projection of US Deaths to 70K

He had previously been citing 60K

(Newser) - President Trump is projecting that coronavirus deaths in the United States could reach 70,000, higher than the 60,000 he has at times cited this month as the estimate of how many people would die from COVID-19. But he said original projections were much higher as he explained why...

In Florida, a High-Tech Way to Get Prescriptions

Drones are delivering them to retirement communities

(Newser) - The coronavirus pandemic has made the idea of going out to the pharmacy a harrowing one, but not all prescriptions can be sent via mail. Enter CVS and UPS, which partnered up back in October to explore drone deliveries—and are now expanding that service, the Verge reports. Starting in...

Trump Plan Makes Federal Help Getting Tests 'a Last Resort'

New guidelines spell out responsibilities in coronavirus testing

(Newser) - President Trump presented guidelines Monday on where the federal government's responsibility begins and ends on getting enough coronavirus tests to the states. The administration should provide "strategic direction and technical assistance," including on expediting regulatory approvals, as well as encourage research and development, the Washington Post reports....

Top Franchise Returns US Loan
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Loan: The Lakers
Apr 27, 2020 6:50 PM CDT

Also Returning PPP Loan: The Lakers

Team borrowed $4.6M from federal pandemic relief fund

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Lakers have about 300 employees, which made the franchise eligible for a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program, created by the new $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief legislation. The team received a $4.6 million loan, the Los Angeles Times reports. But when the federal fund ran...

Johnson Says UK Is at Moment of 'Maximum Risk'

Back at work, he warns against ending lockdown too early

(Newser) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his lockdown-weary nation to be patient Monday, arguing that easing social and economic restrictions too soon would create a second deadly spike of coronavirus infections. On his first day back at work in three weeks after a bout of COVID-19 that left him dangerously...

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Apr 27, 2020 5:41 PM CDT

Congress to Return for Next Package

Neither party expects an aid bill to pass quickly

(Newser) - Congress will be back in the Capitol next week, House and Senate leaders announced Monday, to work on the next pandemic relief package. Both chambers have mostly been empty for weeks, Politico reports, while members attempted to debate and pass legislation from a distance. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the...

Emergency Doctor at Hospital Facing Pandemic Kills Herself

Lorna Breen had seen horrific scenes during outbreak

(Newser) - An emergency room chief physician at a New York hospital who had described coronavirus patients dying in ambulances before they could be taken inside has died by suicide. Dr. Lorna Breen, 49, died Sunday, said her father, who discussed the toll the pandemic took on his daughter. "She tried...

Lawmaker Apologizes for Mask's 'Choice of Pattern'

It resembled Confederate flag, but Michigan state senator says that's not what it was

(Newser) - People worldwide are wearing face masks to protect themselves, but not many are apologizing for the ones they're wearing. WDIV reports on one person who's had to: Dale Zorn, a Michigan state senator who issued a mea culpa after he was recorded Friday during a Senate vote sporting...

Trump Briefing Was Scheduled, Scrapped, Rescheduled

'We like to keep reporters on their toes'

(Newser) - After two days without a White House coronavirus press briefing, Monday's briefing was scheduled, scrapped, and then reinstated. The original White House guidance for Monday had President Trump and Mike Pence down for a 5pm briefing. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said earlier Monday that Trump would speak...

Gov. Cuomo Is Worried About September

He warns of a 'second wave'

(Newser) - The stats in New York state keep improving, though a lot of people continue to die from COVID-19: Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that 337 people died the previous day, the lowest figure since March 31 and roughly half the number seen during the state's peak earlier in April,...

New York Makes Unprecedented Primary Move

It has canceled the Democratic primary

(Newser) - New York's Democratic presidential primary has been axed—making it the first state to make such a move. The two Democrats on the New York State Board of Elections said it wasn't worth the risk of spreading the coronavirus just to hold "essentially a beauty contest,"...

Schumer Takes Dig at Trump With Move on Stimulus Checks

'No PR Act' would block the president from putting signature on them

(Newser) - Chuck Schumer thinks President Trump played politics with stimulus checks going out to Americans, and he's responding with a political move of his own. The Senate majority leader is introducing a measure that would block the president from signing any future checks, reports Politico . Schumer is calling it the...

Popular Heartburn Drug Is Latest Hope on Virus

Test underway involving active ingredient in Pepcid

(Newser) - Next up in the coronavirus drug parade: Pepcid. More specifically, famotidine, the active ingredient in the popular heartburn drug, reports Science Magazine . Hospitals in New York have begun a test involving COVID-19 patients in which roughly half will receive the drug and the rest will get a placebo, per CNN...

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