Politics

March 30, 2020
Sheriff: Man sprayed business with bottle labeled COVID-19

A Florida man was accused of spraying contents from a bottle labeled COVID-19 around the door of an unidentified business on Sunday afternoon, Jacksonville Sheriff's officials said. David Randolph White,...

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March 30, 2020
Simulated competitions: Is Covid-19 the big moment for E-Sports?

As Covid-19 hits major sporting events, the immediate future of spectator sports is in question. Could digital competitions fill the void, or has professional gaming become so similar to live...

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March 30, 2020
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

The top infectious-disease expert in the United States is warning that smaller U.S. cities are about to witness the rapid acceleration in coronavirus cases that New York is seeing. Dr....

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March 30, 2020
Messi says Barcelona players taking 70% pay cut

In a letter critical of Barcelona club officials, Lionel Messi said Monday he and his teammates are taking a 70% cut in salaries because of the shutdown caused by the...

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March 30, 2020
Florida governor doesn’t want cruise ship to dock in state

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn't want a cruise ship where four people died and others are sick to dock in his state, saying Monday that the state does not have...

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March 30, 2020
Governor DeSantis says he doesn’t want people from Zaandam cruise “dumped” in Florida

Speaking on Fox News Monday morning, Governor Ron DeSantis said he does not want to see people from the Zaandam cruise ship disembark in Florida. “We cannot afford to have...

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March 30, 2020
Editorial Roundup:

The Dallas Morning News. March 27, 2020 Collin County, please help us stop coronavirus spread now These are extraordinary times and everyone must follow the best public health advice. The...

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March 30, 2020
Train passenger fatally shot during apparent robbery

A man riding on a train in Philadelphia was shot and killed early Monday during an apparent robbery, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 12:50 a.m. on a westbound elevated...

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March 30, 2020
How would overwhelmed hospitals decide who to treat first?

A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to breathe, and a ventilator could...

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March 30, 2020
British boxer has license suspended over video comments

British boxer Billy Joe Saunders had his boxing license suspended Monday after publishing a social media video in which he appeared to condone domestic violence amid the coronavirus outbreak. The...

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March 30, 2020
Covid-19 compensation: Busybody police waste precious resources on meaningless tasks

Was it really necessary for the Derbyshire police to dye a beautiful blue lagoon black to reduce its appeal during the coronavirus lockdown? Do they really need to use drones...

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March 30, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic reaches Publix in Miami-Dade as an employee tests positive

A Publix employee in Southwest Miami-Dade has tested positive for the coronavirus, the supermarket chain confirmed Monday. The store at 9420 SW 56th St. has since completed a “disinfection-level deep...

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March 30, 2020
Mississippi businesses shift production during pandemic

As the nation hunkers down and people shelter in place amid the coronavirus pandemic, several Mississippi businesses have stayed open, switching gears to make much-needed products. A jeans company is...

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March 30, 2020
School shutdowns raise stakes of digital divide for students

Students struggling to get online in a rural South Carolina county received a boost last week with the arrival of six buses equipped with Wi-Fi, some of the hundreds the...

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March 30, 2020
Opinion: America’s essential spirit shines through coronavirus crisis

Over the last several days, we have been forced to recognize that the Covid-19 pandemic will produce life-altering changes for us all. In what is perhaps the beginning of a...

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March 30, 2020
Opinion: How retailers and other small businesses can survive coronavirus pandemic

Even before the global pandemic, Americans were signing up for online classes, streaming their videos, and ordering their take out food, and just about everything else online. As far back...

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March 30, 2020
Opinion: Construction stepping up to help build strong communities in COVID-19 crisis

As a global health pandemic, coronavirus (COVID-19) became far more real to Floridians when the first case was detected in the state less than a month ago. Since then, many...

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March 30, 2020
Chicago chef starts effort to help laid-off food workers

Celebrity chef Rick Bayless has launched an effort to help restaurant workers who have been laid off during the coronavirus pandemic. One of the award-winning Chicago chef's restaurants that's currently...

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March 30, 2020
Opinion: Coronavirus highlights Miami wage disparities. Many are living ‘tip-to-tip.’

As an integral part of Miami for over 40 years, The Related Group has seen our city through countless resounding highs and challenging times. Our commitment to Miami and the...

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March 30, 2020
Real estate webinars address volatility, the CRE market and multifamily design

Real estate organizations will discuss mental health and the state of the local industry in this week's webinars. Key to Re|source newsletter signup MARCH 31 ▪ The Urban Land Institute,...

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March 30, 2020
Retail tenants are seeking rent relief. Some landlords take a long view; others say no.

With tourism at a standstill and nonessential businesses closed, local commercial tenants are looking for rent breaks as the coronavirus crisis heads into April. They're finding mixed results. Among those...

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March 30, 2020
Businesses can prevent data and privacy breaches brought on by COVID-19

The disastrous health effects of the novel coronavirus, and the extraordinary economic problems it is creating, are becoming all too familiar for companies around the world. Unfortunately, the problems spawned...

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March 30, 2020
Opinion: Why you should try Slack at a time when working from home is stressful

Mandatory closings of nonessential businesses are pushing more employees into home offices. Conversations about clients and other serious matters that usually occur in offices and across cubicle dividers are being...

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March 30, 2020
What people need to know about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

On March 18, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”) was passed and signed into law. The Act, which applies to employers with fewer than 500 employees, provides for...

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March 30, 2020
Trump extends US virus restrictions; Moscow goes on lockdown

In an abrupt turnaround, President Donald Trump extended lockdown measures across the United States as deaths in New York alone from the new coronavirus passed 1,000. Moscow went on its...

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March 30, 2020
Mercedes F1 team helps to develop breathing aid in pandemic

Formula One team Mercedes has helped to develop a breathing aid that could keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care and ease some pressure on Britain's strained health service. Mercedes...

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March 30, 2020
Why don’t celebrities put their money where their mouths are and live-stream a new Live Aid?

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, celebrities have been annoying everyone with their tone-deaf antics. Here's something they could do that would actually have meaning – reprise the legendary concert of 34...

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March 30, 2020
How the coronavirus stimulus package can help retirees and savers

The House gave final passage Friday to a massive $2.2 trillion stimulus package intended to help businesses and workers cope with the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. But goodies...

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March 30, 2020
Delivery workers are keeping the public fed. They say no one’s keeping them safe

While most of California hunkered down at home, Toby N. was still delivering meals for DoorDash in San Leandro, Calif. But days after Alameda County directed its residents to stay...

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March 30, 2020
Cigna, Humana waive cost-sharing for Covid-19 treatments

Two of America's largest health insurers, Cigna Corp. and Humana Inc., said they will waive out-of-pocket costs for patients who need treatment for Covid-19. Leaders of both companies called it...

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March 30, 2020
Wall Street is quietly telling companies not to draw their loans

The biggest U.S. banks have been quietly discouraging some of America's safest borrowers from tapping existing credit lines amid record corporate drawdowns on lending facilities, according to people familiar with...

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March 30, 2020
‘All my income is gone’: Tenants, landlords voice coronavirus fears as rents come due

Tenants and landlords across the country are bracing for Wednesday, when April rents are due just as thousands of people have lost their jobs and most business have been shut...

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March 30, 2020
Amazon to begin taking employees’ temperatures daily in attempt to slow coronavirus

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, Amazon said it would begin screening employees for elevated temperatures each day, starting at sites in Seattle and New York City, as "an...

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March 30, 2020
33 police recruits in Kentucky graduate basic training

Recruits from police agencies across Kentucky have graduated from basic training. The 33 graduates of Class 510 completed 20 weeks of training last week at the Kentucky Department of Criminal...

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March 30, 2020
The Latest: Coronavirus cases in Africa near 5,000

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can...

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March 30, 2020
City at center of China’s virus outbreak gradually revives

Shopkeepers in the city at the center of the virus outbreak in China were reopening Monday but customers were scarce after authorities lifted more of the anti-virus controls that kept...

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March 30, 2020
Trump uses wartime act but GM says it’s already moving fast

Eleven days ago, General Motors put hundreds of workers on an urgent project to build breathing machines as hospitals and governors pleaded for more in response to the coronavirus pandemic....

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March 30, 2020
Asian shares extend losses as toll from pandemic surges

Asian markets started the week with fresh losses as countries reported surging numbers of infections from the coronavirus that has prompted shutdowns of travel and business in many parts of...

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March 30, 2020
When a jobs report doesn’t matter to the markets

The monthly employment report is both disrespected for being a lagging economic indicator and revered for measuring the most important economic signal. In the week ahead, the March jobs report...

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March 30, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump gets a reality check on coronavirus

For weeks, President Donald Trump carved out a trail of groundless assurances about the coronavirus pandemic as health officials, governors and local officials sounded alarm about what was coming —...

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