House Democrats on Wednesday revived their massive infrastructure bill as the next step for coronavirus relief legislation to jumpstart the shuttered economy and said they are ready to move when lawmakers return to Washington later this month. A day after President Trump called for a $2 trillion “very big and bold” infrastructure spending plan, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi answered […]
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America’s blood supply in jeopardy during coronavirus crisis
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. ATLANTA – Every two seconds, a patient in the United States needs a blood transfusion, according to the American Red Cross. The coronavirus pandemic is threatening the nation’s supply of blood. Social distancing is forcing the cancellation of thousands of […]
‘Happy Days’ stars Don Most, Anson Williams reunite for ‘Harvest Time’: ‘It will surely surprise people’
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. “Happy Days” stars Don Most and Anson Williams have reunited in hopes of bringing families together as they practice social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. The actors are appearing in the first scripted program together since playing pals Ralph […]
Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant, 3 other players cleared of coronavirus, says GM
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Kevin Durant and three other players on the Brooklyn Nets are all cleared and symptom-free of the coronavirus, according to general manager Sean Marks. “So far, everybody is healthy,” Marks told the New York Post during a conference […]
Connecticut infant may be youngest coronavirus fatality in US, gov says
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A 6-week-old baby from the Hartford area who died after being brought to the hospital unresponsive last week tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said on Wednesday. Lamont said the infant’s positive COVID-19 test result came […]
Louisiana AG says his office has seen ‘several hundred’ cases of price gouging
Louisiana has seen “several hundred” cases of price gouging, according to state Attorney General Jeff Landry, as states work to keep essential supply lines open and fair during the coronavirus pandemic. Landry told Fox News that his office had “seen and looked at … several hundred [cases] for sure” while making clear that most people and […]
Mike Pence pushes back after CNN anchor says Trump was ‘belittling the enormity’ of coronavirus threat
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Vice President Mike Pence disputed CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer’s contention Wednesday that President Trump downplayed the coronavirus threat and defended the administration against claims it didn’t do enough to prepare for the pandemic. THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK STATE-BY-STATE “It would have been good […]
NJ engagement party broken up by police amid coronavirus fears; child-endangerment charges filed
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Ten people in New Jersey, including a 99-year-old man, have been charged for violating the state’s coronavirus stay-at-home order after attending an engagement party. Around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday., police broke up the party in Lakewood on the front lawn […]
China lied about coronavirus, putting world in jeopardy, US intelligence agents say
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. As coronavirus cases have jumped in recent days, China misled the world by purposely underreporting its numbers of patients and deaths, three U.S. intelligence officials say. In a classified report sent to the White House, the officials said that China’s public record of COVID-19 infections […]
Racing through coronavirus pandemic: Virtual IndyCar race to be broadcast on NBC Sports
IndyCar’s virtual racing will be televised beginning with Saturday’s iRacing event, which has been picked up by NBC Sports. In this image taken from a video provided by iRacing IndyCar, IndyCar driver Kyle Kirkwood, foreground, collides with Alexander Rossi (27) during the early running of the American Red Cross Grand Prix virtual IndyCar auto race […]
