Month: March 2020

Stay-home orders issued in Maryland, Virginia, DC on Monday

We are no longer asking or suggesting Marylanders to stay home, Gov. Larry Hogan said during a news conference in Annapolis. We are directing them. Nearly 3,000 residents of the Washington region have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 53 people have d…

We are no longer asking or suggesting Marylanders to stay home, Gov. Larry Hogan said during a news conference in Annapolis. We are directing them.
Nearly 3,000 residents of the Washington region have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 53 people have d…
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Meghan Markle’s Disney debut gets a drubbing from critics

Meghan Markle’s performance as narrator of a documentary about elephants has been branded ‘over-eager to please’ and packed with ‘schmaltz and cheesiness’ by critics. The Duchess of Sussex, who officially steps down as a senior member of the Royal Family tod…

Meghan Markle’s performance as narrator of a documentary about elephants has been branded ‘over-eager to please’ and packed with ‘schmaltz and cheesiness’ by critics.
The Duchess of Sussex, who officially steps down as a senior member of the Royal Family tod…
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CDC is weighing advising Americans to wear face masks outdoors

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considering whether to update its guidelines on the new coronavirus to advise Americans to wear homemade masks outside of the home not so much to protect the people wearing the mask but as another tool t…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considering whether to update its guidelines on the new coronavirus to advise Americans to wear homemade masks outside of the home not so much to protect the people wearing the mask but as another tool t…
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Coronavirus live updates: Amazon workers to strike; Illinois to make conference center a hospital; US deaths surge past 3,100

American deaths surged past 3,100 early Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump defended his decision to extend social distancing measures and drastic actions across the country spoke to the stark reality facing the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic. In…

American deaths surged past 3,100 early Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump defended his decision to extend social distancing measures and drastic actions across the country spoke to the stark reality facing the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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‘A Darwinian approach to federalism’: Governors prep for new authority from Trump

Trump in recent days has repeatedly praised his administrations efforts to deliver much-needed supplies to states, mobilize the private sector to develop faster tests for the coronavirus and stand up hospitals in hard-hit cities like New York even as official…

Trump in recent days has repeatedly praised his administrations efforts to deliver much-needed supplies to states, mobilize the private sector to develop faster tests for the coronavirus and stand up hospitals in hard-hit cities like New York even as official…
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Belarusian leader bucks coronavirus ‘psychosis,’ plays hockey

MOSCOW While officials from Montreal to Moscow have placed populations under some form of lockdown designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, one man continues to hold firm to the notion that the rest of the world has lost its mind: Belarusian President …

MOSCOW While officials from Montreal to Moscow have placed populations under some form of lockdown designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, one man continues to hold firm to the notion that the rest of the world has lost its mind: Belarusian President …
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Oil prices are on track for their worst ever quarter as coronavirus slashes demand

Oil prices are on pace to register their worst quarterly performance on record, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to crush global demand for crude. A public health crisis has meant countries around the world have effectively had to shut down, with many g…

Oil prices are on pace to register their worst quarterly performance on record, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to crush global demand for crude.
A public health crisis has meant countries around the world have effectively had to shut down, with many g…
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Huawei says US trade ban is a ‘big difficulty’ to selling phones

The US government is not willing to talk Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Huaweis revenue grew by 19.1 percent last year to around $121 billion, but the company says those numbers would be far higher if the United States had not cracked down on its a…

The US government is not willing to talk
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Huaweis revenue grew by 19.1 percent last year to around $121 billion, but the company says those numbers would be far higher if the United States had not cracked down on its a…
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‘The View’s’ Meghan McCain Calls on Donald Trump to Pardon ‘Tiger King’ Star Joe Exotic

Meghan McCain from The View spent the weekend raving about the documentary about Joe Exotic. The Netflix docuseries titled Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness centered around a colorful character in Oklahoma that ran a roadside zoo. Social media was taken…

Meghan McCain from The View spent the weekend raving about the documentary about Joe Exotic. The Netflix docuseries titled Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness centered around a colorful character in Oklahoma that ran a roadside zoo. Social media was taken…
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Ford to produce roughly 50,000 ventilators in fight against coronavirus

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox.  Sign up here. Ford Motor Company has announced plans to produce roughly 50,000 ventilators at one of its Michigan plants over the next 100 days in an effort to arm those on the f…

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Ford Motor Company has announced plans to produce roughly 50,000 ventilators at one of its Michigan plants over the next 100 days in an effort to arm those on the f…
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