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May 2020
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- May 31st
- May 30th
- The first crewed spacecraft to launch from U.S. soil since 2011 is on its way to the International Space Station
- Trump is 'not at all concerned' his protest tweets could stoke racially motivated violence
- States lagging in testing are attributing a far lower percentage of excess deaths to COVID-19 than the national average
- Minnesota governor authorizes full mobilization of state's National Guard for first time since World War II
- Pro-democracy lawmaker worries Hong Kong is 'new Berlin' in burgeoning China-U.S. cold war
- Atlanta police chief draws praise for engagement with protesters
- Videos show police officers escalating violence during protests
- May 29th
- Lindsey Graham announces Senate Judiciary hearing on police use of force
- George Floyd's family demands revised first-degree murder charge for officer who used 'inherently dangerous' restraint
- Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charged with 3rd-degree murder and manslaughter for killing of George Floyd
- Amy Klobuchar says she 'did not blow off' police shootings, but regrets how she handled their cases
- St. Paul police once used Disney's Zootopia as part of annual anti-bias training
- Obama issues powerful statement on the death of George Floyd: 'This shouldn't be 'normal''
- Kylie Jenner has been 'inflating' her business success and isn't a billionaire, Forbes says
- Taylor Swift blasts Trump for 'stoking the fires of white supremacy,' vows 'we will vote you out in November'
- New ways to profit from a love of whisky
- Monkeys attack lab assistant in Delhi, make off with COVID-19 blood samples: 'This is something new'
- George Floyd and Derek Chauvin worked security together at a restaurant for at least a year, owner says
- Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton slam Trump for 'calling for violence against American citizens'
- Minnesota police claim arrested reporter had to be 'confirmed' as press, despite wearing CNN badge and being live on CNN
- Four barbecues to get your summer sizzling
- 2 startling graphs illustrate how nervous Americans are about the future of the economy
- Will 2020 see the resurgence of the UK summer holiday?
- Minneapolis bus drivers are refusing to help police transport protesters to jail
- White House doubles down on Trump's tweet that Twitter said glorified violence
- CNN reporter and camera crew released as Minnesota's governor apologizes for televised arrest
- UK offers Hong Kong residents ‘escape’ from Chinese aggression
- Minnesota police arrest CNN's Omar Jimenez and his camera crew on live TV
- 'A riot is the language of the unheard,' Martin Luther King Jr. explained 53 years ago
- UK’s second biggest police force facing inquiry over tasering of black men
- Twitter slaps 'glorifying violence' warning on Trump's 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts' tweet
- Jimmy Kimmel explains why Trump's 'war with Twitter' is 'obviously insane,' doomed to fail
- Trump's social media executive order could force social media to censor Trump
- Trump weighs in on Minneapolis protests, threatens more violence
- Minnesota National Guard sends more than 500 troops to Minneapolis, St. Paul
- Spanish flu survivor, 106, also survives coronavirus
- Minneapolis police station breached, set on fire as George Floyd protests intensify
- CNN's Don Lemon reacts to no charges yet in George Floyd case: 'How much more video do they need?'
- Prosecutor asks for patience during George Floyd investigation: 'We have to get this right'
- May 28th
- Minnesota governor activates National Guard as protests continue over death of George Floyd
- Boston Marathon canceled, replaced by a virtual event
- Trump signs executive order seeking regulations on social media
- Minneapolis official calls for naming 'disease' of racism a public health issue after George Floyd death
- Amy Klobuchar didn't prosecute officer at center of George Floyd's death, left case to successor
- John Wick is only called John Wick because Keanu Reeves kept forgetting the actual title
- Rosie Perez and Chris Rock decry the 'arrogance' of those not wearing masks
- Wastewater coronavirus tests are catching on after proving to be an early warning sign for outbreaks
- Researchers tested 4,160 people for coronavirus in a San Francisco neighborhood. Not a single white person tested positive.
- Twitter's Dorsey defends fact-checks as another label is applied to China spokesperson
- More than 40 million Americans have filed unemployment claims during the coronavirus crisis
- Scorsese and Apple are teaming up to tempt the Oscars with an original film starring De Niro and DiCaprio
- Melania Trump reportedly warned Trump to take COVID-19 seriously — and he 'totally blew her off'
- Should the mortgage holiday scheme have been extended?
- Pennsylvania House Democrats are livid GOP colleagues hid COVID-19 infections from them
- Boris Johnson hints Britain’s pubs could open ‘sooner than July’
- Norway health chief claims coronavirus could have been controlled without lockdown
- China's parliament approves controversial Hong Kong security bill
- The Daily Show marks 100,000 U.S. coronavirus dead. There is no punch line.
- Protest for George Floyd turns violent in Minneapolis
- Jimmy Kimmel sees the humor, danger in Trump's inevitable 'Twitter feud with Twitter'
- American Airlines to cut 30 percent of management, administrative staff
- Man ‘stole 126 pairs of flip-flops to have sex with them’
- Biden sends condolences to families of COVID-19 victims as death toll tops 100,000
- Protesters shut down Los Angeles freeway over George Floyd's death
- White House says Trump to sign executive order on social media
- Tuesday Morning latest retailer to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
- May 27th
- Caesars Palace, Bellagio among Las Vegas Strip hotel-casinos reopening June 4
- Boeing to eliminate more than 12,000 U.S. jobs
- NASA and SpaceX's launch was postponed, but at least we got to see their wildly corny spacesuits
- America passes a grim milestone: 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths
- Jerry Falwell Jr. says he'll only wear a mask featuring Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's blackface yearbook photo
- Paul Krugman says he's feeling 'more positive than I expected to be' about the economy
- Archaeologists discover pristine ancient Roman mosaic floor buried under piles of vines
- U.S. no longer considers Hong Kong autonomous from China, Pompeo announces
- Dr. Fauci remembers playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer for his 'heart of gold'
- Disney World parks aim to reopen in July, but with no meet-and-greets, parades, or fireworks
- The NWSL is replacing its 2020 season with a rapid-fire tournament
- Watch SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch live
- Experts seek 'technical breakthrough' amid scramble for rapid coronavirus tests by the fall
- How HBO Max is different from HBO Go and HBO Now
- AP poll: Only half of Americans say they would get COVID-19 vaccine
- How chimpanzee ‘lip smacking’ can unlock mystery behind human speech
- COVID-19 survivors as young as 40 often face long, painful recoveries
- Queen allowing Boris Johnson to exercise in Buckingham Palace grounds
- Dominic Cummings: which alleged crimes will police be investigating?
- French study bolsters hopes antibodies protect against COVID-19, even after mild infections
- Demonstrators, police clash during protest over George Floyd's death
- Jimmy Kimmel dings Trump's 'brazen hypocrisy' on golfing, calls America's mask war 'the dumbest standoff ever'
- Did beards evolve to help men absorb punches?
- Andrea Bocelli confirms he tested positive for COVID-19 in March
- Officials ask 'reckless' Lake of the Ozarks partygoers to self-quarantine
- Biden suggests many COVID-19 deaths were avoidable but for Trump's 'lack of attention and ego'
- May 26th
- Jimmy Fallon apologizes for 'terrible decision' to wear blackface on SNL in 2000
- DOJ reportedly closes insider trading investigations into 3 senators
- NHL season will finish with 24-team playoff bracket confined to 2 'hub cities'
- Facebook's internal research warned about polarization — but executives 'weakened or blocked' efforts to combat it
- Desperate for concerts? This crazy protective spacesuit might be for you.
- America's meat problems are about to get worse
- J.K. Rowling's new children's book is being released for free online
- Human trials begin for Novavax's coronavirus vaccine
- Obama administration economist predicts 'best jobs and growth numbers ever' ahead of the election
- We've all been saying Steve Buscemi's name wrong
- FBI investigating death of black man in Minneapolis police custody after video shows officer kneeling on his neck
- Critics surprisingly call new Steve Carell Netflix show Space Force 'startlingly unfunny'
- Research reveals link between dementia gene and ‘severe Covid-19’
- MPs caught parroting party lines in reaction to Dominic Cummings scandal
- New COVID-19 test aims to use CRISPR gene-editing technology for home diagnostic tool
- What's safe to do in the summer of coronavirus?
- Bolivian orchestra stranded in ‘haunted’ castle surrounded by wolves
- Brazil's Bolsonaro accepts little blame for his country's COVID-19 disaster, but he wears a face mask
- Kentucky governor hung in effigy during gun rights rally
- Trump denies wanting to move the Republican National Convention to his Doral resort, citing ballroom size
- India captures ‘spying’ pigeon on Kashmir border
- California releases new coronavirus guidelines for religious services, limiting number of worshipers
- Senior adviser to British PM won't apologize for traveling during coronavirus lockdown
- Attorneys: DOJ investigating Ahmaud Arbery killing as a possible hate crime
- May 25th
- Virgin Orbit's inaugural rocket launch fails
- WHO temporarily pauses hydroxychloroquine study, citing safety concerns
- Judge finds Florida 'pay-to-vote' system for felons unconstitutional
- Official: U.S. might sanction China over Hong Kong security law
- Trump blocks travel from Brazil after coronavirus cases surge
- May 24th
- National security adviser predicts 'terrible brain drain' in Hong Kong if China strips autonomy
- Former FDA commissioner expects people can 'enjoy some semblance' of normal life in summer months
- Wuhan lab director says facility was studying bat coronaviruses but none that match the one behind COVID-19
- Declining infection rate provides challenge for Oxford coronavirus vaccine
- May 23rd
- Spanish PM says country will be open to foreign tourists in July
- Reportedly maskless Trump plays golf for the first time in more than 70 days
- A pandemic-related rule change will allow art museums to sell pieces without penalty for 2 years
- 2 passengers survived fatal Pakistan plane crash that killed 97
- Hertz files for bankruptcy protection after pandemic halts travel
- May 22nd
- The FBI will investigate its investigation of Michael Flynn
- Trump still hasn't taken his annual physical and it's starting to get weird
- D.C. now has the highest coronavirus positivity rate in the country
- Fox News' Chris Wallace debunks voter fraud conspiracy theories shared on network an hour earlier
- Ryan Murphy says he wants a Glee 'do over pilot' with Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein
- Tara Reade dropped by prominent #MeToo lawyer
- Pamela Anderson thinks we should protect the sanctity of bad TV
- Jerry Sloan, Utah Jazz hall of fame coach, dies at 78
- Coronavirus rates are still spiking worldwide
- A strange side-effect of the pandemic? 'Carcass imbalance'
- More than 30,000 pubs and restaurants to stay shut post-coronavirus
- Worry about contact with people, not objects, CDC advises in coronavirus guidelines
- At least 107 feared dead as Pakistani International Airlines plane crashes near Karachi
- Boris Johnson facing ethics inquiry over ‘intimate’ relationship with Jennifer Arcuri
- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers ponder Trump's positively negative word salad, mask timidity
- Quarter of Americans have ‘little or no interest’ in getting Covid-19 vaccine
- Billy Idol joins Jimmy Fallon, The Roots for quarantine 'Dancing With Myself' on household instruments
- Trump complains Fox News 'is doing nothing to help Republicans, and me, get re-elected'
- Universal Orlando aims to reopen on June 5
- University of California system to eliminate SAT and ACT requirements
- Penguin poo sends scientists ‘completely cuckoo’
- Washington finds it paid out hundreds of millions in fraudulent unemployment benefits
- Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov reportedly hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
- May 21st
- Trump says he took mask off at Ford plant because he 'didn't want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it'
- Man who took video of Ahmaud Arbery shooting charged with felony murder
- Beijing moves to crack down on Hong Kong with new security law
- John Krasinski's Some Good News finds a new home and a new host on CBS All Access
- New Michigan poll has Biden in the lead with support from former third-party and non-voters
- Trump says he 'tested very positively' for coronavirus, by which he means negative
- Racial make-up is a bigger coronavirus indicator in nursing homes than facility size, local infection rates
- Ratcliffe confirmed as next national intelligence director with narrowest approval vote in position's history
- Amazon reportedly pushes July Prime Day to September
- Elizabeth Warren signals she might be willing to set aside Medicare-for-all as part of Biden VP bid
- Lana Del Rey hits back at critics while dissing Ariana Grande, Beyoncé
- Millions of noisy cicadas to emerge on the East Coast after 17 years underground
- Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli will plead guilty, accept prison time in college admissions scandal
- The CDC and states were mixing up coronavirus test and antibody test data
- Four of the best new luxury watches
- Woman at centre of Roe v. Wade abortion case took bribe to switch sides
- Global COVID-19 cases top 5 million. Almost a third of them are in the U.S.
- Britain sells first ever bonds with minus rates - but what does that mean?
- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Trevor Noah hit Trump's drug use, voting feud, Pompeo's 'lavish' parties
- Security costs to keep MPs safe rise by £4m post-Brexit
- Solid majorities of Americans are worried about a 2nd wave of COVID-19 infections as states reopen
- Brazil expands approval of chloroquine to treat COVID-19. Utah canceled its big bet on the unproven drug.
- Man buys cake to congratulate girlfriend for farting
- Researchers estimate earlier lockdowns could have prevented tens of thousands of U.S. coronavirus deaths
- Illinois GOP state representative removed from legislative session after refusing to wear a mask
- Report: Michael Cohen to be released from prison on Thursday for home confinement
- May 20th
- Cyclone Amphan kills at least 14 people in Bangladesh and India
- Coronavirus infections force Ford to suspend production at recently reopened plants
- The U.S. reportedly hasn't cut $1 billion in Afghan security aid amid Defense—State Department 'food fight'
- WHO reports 106,000 new coronavirus cases, biggest 1-day increase since start of pandemic
- Supreme Court blocks House from seeing secret Mueller investigation materials
- Whitmer says Michigan will 'hold people responsible' for dam failures
- Kamala Harris shames senators for 'doing the president's personal bidding' and approving Hunter Biden subpoena
- Study suggests Chief Justice John Roberts was quicker to cut off his female colleagues during Supreme Court phone arguments
- Americans' outlook on the economy has pretty much reversed in 3 months, poll shows
- Twitter begins testing feature allowing users to limit replies
- DC fans who hated Justice League are finally being appeased with a director's cut to be released on HBO Max
- The U.S. birth rate is at its lowest since 1985 and demographers think the decline may be permanent
- Former WWE star Shad Gaspard dead at 39 after going missing at Venice Beach
- Pompeo confirms he told Trump to fire State Department inspector general
- 2 new studies offer optimism that coronavirus antibodies provide immunity
- Men who allegedly helped Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan arrested in U.S.
- Taxpayers paid for food, a harpist, and goody bags for Pompeo's frequent 500-guest formal dinners
- Disney World is partially reopening — but with major coronavirus precautions
- Terror suspects to face ‘indefinite controls’ under new UK laws
- All 50 states are starting to reopen their economies
- Israel's COVID-19 outbreak was mostly imported from the U.S., genomic study suggests
- Keir Starmer closing in on Boris Johnson in polls
- Late night hosts are mixed on Nancy Pelosi 'fat-shaming' Trump, agree his hydroxychloroquine use is idiotic
- Whistle-blower claims Apple ‘ignoring and violating’ users’ rights
- 2 dams fail in Michigan, forcing 10,000 evacuations, emergency declaration
- Newly declassified email shows FBI's Comey worried about Flynn's frequent talks with Russia's ambassador
- Pier 1 to permanently close all of its U.S. stores
- Trump's press secretary says with any other president, 'the media would take him at his word'
- How to get paid to sleep
- Experts warn 1 in 8 museums worldwide may not be able to reopen
- May 19th
- Belmont Stakes to be held June 20
- Johnson & Johnson will stop selling talcum-based baby powder in U.S., Canada
- Matt Lauer sounds pretty happy about The New York Times' criticism of Ronan Farrow
- Taliban's reduction in violence touted by Trump officials didn’t actually happen, inspector general report finds
- University of Cambridge nixes in-person lectures for 2020-21 academic year, but may allow smaller classes
- Anonymous Roe v. Wade plaintiff says she was paid to change her mind on abortion
- Joe Rogan's massively popular podcast to become exclusive to Spotify
- CBO estimates leisure and hospitality sector lost nearly 50 percent of its jobs in March and April
- Zuckerberg pitches new Facebook Shops feature to businesses hit by coronavirus pandemic
- GOP's Kennedy thinks passing another coronavirus relief bill is unlikely
- Annie Glenn, widow of John Glenn, dies from COVID-19 complications
- Global carbon dioxide emissions see historic drop largely due to reduced car traffic
- Sweden has Europe's highest number of coronavirus deaths per capita over last 7 days
- Recovered coronavirus patients who tested positive again weren't infectious, Korean CDC finds
- Neil Gaiman apologizes for 'stupid' decision to travel to Scotland despite coronavirus lockdown
- Moderna vaccine progress a 'positive development' according to former FDA commissioner, but 'there's a lot of work ahead'
- TikTok comedian Sarah Cooper perfectly performs Trump's revelation that he takes hydroxychloroquine
- McDonald’s accused of worldwide ‘systematic sexual harassment’ of employees
- Jimmy Kimmel pays emotional tribute to the late Fred Willard, with Willard's co-stars and collaborators
- Ronan Farrow: is Harvey Weinstein’s arch-enemy ‘too good to be true’?
- Last normal photograph: Twitter users share images of pre-pandemic life
- Businesses are reopening. Where are all the customers?
- Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Seth Meyers enjoy the fallout from Obama's subtle swipe at Trump
- Which UK towns have bought most sex toys during lockdown?
- Florida COVID-19 data chief says she was removed from post after refusing to censor data
- Texas to let bars in most counties reopen on Friday, as cases surge in Amarillo and El Paso
- Dropkick Murphys, Bruce Springsteen to team up for livestreamed concert from empty Fenway Park
- May 18th
- Report finds Treasury Department has hardly spent any of its $500 billion fund to help businesses
- J.C. Penney to close 242 stores
- McConnell chooses Rubio to lead Senate Intelligence Committee amid Burr investigation
- Disney streaming boss leaves to become the new CEO of TikTok
- Dow jumps 900 points after promising coronavirus vaccine trial
- Apple slams 'false claims' after FBI says it provided 'effectively no help' accessing the Pensacola shooter's iPhones
- California loosens requirements for reopening after hospitalizations continue to dip
- Ken Osmond, actor who portrayed Eddie Haskell in Leave it to Beaver, dies at 76
- The coronavirus pandemic could indirectly cause measles outbreaks, CDC warns
- Thousands of French schools reopened. A coronavirus resurgence shut some of them down again.
- Marc Maron opens up in heartbreaking podcast about the sudden death of partner Lynn Shelton
- Cuomo encourages New York pro sports teams to prepare for no-fans re-opening
- Barr says FBI discovered 'significant ties' between Pensacola shooter and Al Qaeda
- Democrats find it 'troubling' IG ousted after briefing State Department on Saudi weapons sale investigation
- Texas' coronavirus confinement enforcement was reportedly more strict in border cities than elsewhere
- Coronavirus vaccine candidate shows promise in early trial, Moderna says
- Mini heatwave to hit UK - what can you do under lockdown?
- More than 100 countries are calling for an independent investigation into the coronavirus crisis
- Fed chair says full economic recovery could take 18 months
- GOP Sen. Ben Sasse just gave 'the worst graduation speech of all time'
- Researchers are learning to predict your chances of surviving COVID-19
- John Oliver also misses live sports, has a suggestion to fill that gap
- Premier League clubs ‘fear rivals may lie’ over coronavirus testing
- Pompeo's use of public servants, funds gets renewed scrutiny after ouster of inspector general
- Michael Jordan shoes smash auction world record
- Ivanka Trump takes Elon Musk's 'red pill'
- May 17th
- Republican governor, senator have different reactions to crowded bars in their states
- Former FDA commissioner says CDC should deliver more info on 'collective clinical experience' of coronavirus patients
- Elizabeth Warren says her brother's death from coronavirus 'feels like something that didn't have to happen'
- Inspection reports show Life Care nursing homes violated federal coronavirus standards
- May 16th
- NYC official says city received 'radio silence' from state health department during epidemic's early days
- Countries could ignore patents for coronavirus treatments, vaccines if unavailable internationally
- Experts are doubtful J.C. Penney will survive economic downturn
- Italy set to allow travel in and out of country beginning in June
- State Department IG becomes latest federal watchdog fired by Trump
- May 15th
- Oprah Winfrey calls on class of 2020 to help 'heal our afflictions' in virtual commencement address
- Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Pramila Jayapal says Democrats' coronavirus relief bill 'fails to match the scale of this crisis'
- Rep. Katie Porter profanely explains why her Toyota minivan is superior to an Escalade
- Nintendo has released an extremely soothing virtual performance of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons theme
- The Netherlands is advising its single citizens to quarantine with a 'seksbuddy'
- Facebook purchases GIPHY for $400 million
- A groundbreaking classicist is irreverently acting out The Odyssey on YouTube and it's great
- More than 70 percent of Americans say the U.S. doesn't have enough coronavirus tests
- Matt Damon adopted by village in ‘fairytale’ Irish lockdown
- Retail sales in April plummet a record 16.4 percent
- Stanley Tucci has the saddest breakfast
- Watch comedian Sarah Cooper perform Trump's comments about the bad optics of COVID-19 testing
- WHO will vote on proposal to guarantee COVID-19 vaccines are available, affordable for everyone
- Coronavirus alarm bells ring in Africa
- Boris Johnson and Theresa May under fire for ‘failing to protect’ civil servants in Brexit wars
- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers noticed Trump try to 'outshine Dr. Bright' and his 'darkest winter'
- The pre-election number Trump's team reportedly fears the most is the COVID-19 'body count'
- Trevor Noah tries to explain Trump's 'ObamaGate' conspiracy. Desi Lydic 'FOXsplains' it.
- CDC publishes pared-down sections from reopening guidance shelved by the White House
- Coronavirus: why are men less likely to wear face masks?
- May 14th
- Disney is closing Broadway's Frozen for good because of the coronavirus pandemic
- Burr steps down as Intelligence Committee chair after reported FBI search, coronavirus stock selloff
- Dr. Rick Bright predicts coronavirus vaccine will take longer than 12 to 18 months to develop
- Coronavirus may be safely treated with recovered patients' plasma, study shows
- New York City on 'high alert' after 100 cases of COVID-19 linked to inflammatory disease in children
- Delta is retiring its newly-retrofitted Boeing 777 fleet to help 'stem the bleeding' during the coronavirus crisis
- Biden campaign doesn't appear to consider Latinos 'part of their path to victory,' political operative says
- Turn your home into a luxury spa
- Texas bar owners, noting the success of scofflaw hair stylists, consider opening illegally
- Another 3 million Americans file jobless claims, bringing 8-week total past 36 million
- Melissa Etheridge's son dies at 21 after struggle with opioid addiction
- Italian doctors report 30-fold increase in rare inflammatory disease in children, link it to coronavirus
- Could heat-tolerant algae save coral reefs from climate change?
- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers consider why Trump, GOP, Fox News are gunning for Fauci
- Boris Johnson warned to avoid senior Tory backbencher
- ‘Weaponising Covid-19’: police warn of coughing and spitting attacks
- Ex-FBI official reportedly undercut DOJ's argument for dropping the Flynn case, and nobody's informed the judge
- GOP senators release list of Obama officials who asked to 'unmask' Flynn. It 'backfired,' Biden campaign says.
- Scientists say cleaner air may result in hotter weather and more intense monsoons
- Experts believe Mexico's coronavirus cases could be 17 times higher than official tally
- Retired judge to present arguments against DOJ's move to dismiss Flynn case
- Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down governor's stay-at-home order
- May 13th
- WHO official cautions that even with vaccine, coronavirus 'may never go away'
- Typhoon Vongfong strengthens as it approaches the Philippines
- Goldman Sachs economists forecast unemployment rate will reach 25 percent
- Doctors say growing 'toolbox' of coronavirus treatments provide bright spot in pandemic fight
- DeSantis says 'all' pro sports will be welcome to play in Florida
- Uber drivers will soon have to take a selfie to verify they're wearing a mask
- How German soccer is navigating the tricky questions facing sports leagues
- Ousted vaccine official Dr. Rick Bright to testify U.S. must act to prevent 'unprecedented illness and fatalities'
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and John Kerry lead Biden-Sanders 'Unity Task Force' on climate change
- Moderna coronavirus vaccine candidate receives fast-track designation from the FDA
- Fed survey shows almost 40 percent of American households making less than $40k lost a job in March
- New face masks feature hole for cocktail straw
- Whistleblower's 'toxic work environment' may have more to do with his transfer than hydroxychloroquine opposition
- Paul Manafort gets an early release from prison due to coronavirus pandemic
- FBI accidentally names Saudi diplomat suspected of aiding 9/11 hijackers
- Supreme Court to consider whether electors must vote for the candidate who won their state
- Why has a remote Cumbrian town got UK’s highest Covid-19 infection rate?
- U.K. will study the DNA of COVID-19 patients to learn why some get sicker than others
- UK facing ‘significant recession’, chancellor warns
- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Trevor Noah heed Fauci's warnings, shrug at Trump's 'ObamaGate' muddle
- Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie nails 'Under Pressure' with Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, on household instruments
- New Utah law effectively decriminalizes bigamy
- Judge puts DOJ move to dismiss Flynn's guilty plea on hold
- May 12th
- Indian PM Narendra Modi announces $260 billion coronavirus rescue package
- Lebanon reinstating national stay-at-home order after spike in coronavirus infections
- Progressives may block Democrats' coronavirus bill after it leaves out payroll funding for small businesses
- Facebook reaches 'landmark' settlement with moderators who may have developed PTSD on the job
- The world's last Blockbuster Video gets creative to survive pandemic
- Russell Crowe movie moved up to a July theatrical release as studio says 'we are the canary in the coal mine'
- Los Angeles County's stay-at-home orders are expected to be extended at least through July
- Supreme Court arguments over Trump's tax returns point to ideological split decision
- Researchers believe it's too late to investigate Wuhan market for coronavirus' animal origins
- House Democrats unveil new $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill including money for state and local governments
- Twitter will allow remote work forever — and it probably won't be the last company to do so
- Rand Paul and Anthony Fauci got into the most pointed exchange of the Senate coronavirus hearing so far
- Dr. Fauci warns against triggering 'an outbreak that you may not be able to control' by reopening too soon
- The House is finally moving forward with remote voting
- Russia now has the 2nd most coronavirus cases in the world
- Robert Pattinson dreams of inventing 'a pasta which you can hold in your hand'
- Coronavirus may have have arrived in Ohio 2 months earlier than first confirmed case
- Boeing CEO says a major airline will likely go out of business because of the coronavirus pandemic
- Hamilton performance with the original cast coming to Disney+ this July
- Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in Trump financial records case
- Governors who rushed to reopen fare much worse than their more cautious peers in new state-by-state poll
- China plans to test the entire city of Wuhan in just 10 days after new COVID-19 cases
- Iranian missile kills 19 sailors in ‘friendly fire’ training incident
- ‘Open anti-Semitism’: Ukrainian police request names and addresses of city’s Jews
- Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Seth Meyers cringe as Trump faces his own coronavirus hot spot
- Strip club bypasses lockdown with drive-through service
- UK city ‘selected for coronavirus testing experiment’
- New Biden ad claims 'Trump doesn't understand' that his coronavirus missteps 'destroyed' the economy
- Doctors Without Borders sends team to help Navajo Nation battle the coronavirus
- CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta says more COVID-19 cases in the West Wing are 'inevitable'
- Trump aides are apparently aware of the bad optics of daily COVID-19 testing in an infected West Wing
- Fauci expected to warn the Senate of 'needless suffering and death' if U.S. opens up too quickly
- Number of COVID-19 cases rising in California's Orange County, but health official says no apparent link to beach crowds
- Trump visit to Pennsylvania factory put off after company decides it's too risky
- May 11th
- Tesla restarts production in California, despite Alameda County's shelter-in-place order
- Trump accused Obama of committing the 'biggest political crime in American history' — but can't say what it was
- Health food companies' share of global growth shrinks as consumers turn to comforting snacks
- MLB owners sign off on plan to start season July 4th weekend
- Twitter is stepping up its efforts to limit coronavirus misinformation
- Nearly 2,000 former Justice Department employees call for Barr to resign over Flynn case
- Irish public health officials are reportedly advising that recovered coronavirus patients have short-term immunity
- Ryan Murphy teases American Horror Story spinoff with screenshot of Zoom call with classic AHS actors
- 40 percent of Americans say they personally know someone who has had coronavirus
- How a glass shortage could slow coronavirus vaccine development and distribution
- Wuhan reports 1st cluster of coronavirus cases since lockdown ended
- Scientists decry NIH's decision to end remdesivir study as 'a lost opportunity'
- Germany's coronavirus reproduction rate rises amid loosening of lockdown
- Floridians started sheltering in place 2 weeks before DeSantis acted, data show
- Healthcare firm advised by Tory MP handed £133m coronavirus contract ‘unopposed’
- Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic seeking investors to avoid collapse
- Georgia's attorney general asks Justice Department to investigate Ahmaud Arbery case
- Astrologist claims coronavirus will ‘disappear quickly’
- Jerry Stiller, veteran comedian and Seinfeld's Frank Costanza, dies at 92
- John Oliver has ideas to save the U.S. Postal Service from collapsing 'at the worst possible time'
- The COVID-19 coronavirus is only the 7th known to infect humans
- Mnuchin says unemployment numbers will 'get worse before they get better'
- Shanghai Disneyland becomes 1st Disney park to reopen amid pandemic
- COVID-19 is now believed to attack kids, kidneys, hearts, and nerves, not just lungs
- Fauci to testify remotely before Senate committee
- Sen. Lamar Alexander will self-isolate after staffer tests positive for COVID-19
- South Dakota Sioux tribe says it won't remove coronavirus checkpoints at request of governor
- May 10th
- Spokesman says Pence is 'not in quarantine,' tests negative for coronavirus 'every single day'
- Pandemic modelers expect loosening restrictions to lead to coronavirus case increase in coming weeks
- Pharma CEO says U.S. manufacturing capacity is 'limited' in event of coronavirus vaccine, treatment
- Harry Potter books salvaged from skip to sell for thousands
- Fauci one of 3 coronavirus task force members self-quarantining after 'low risk' encounter
- May 9th
- The U.S. reportedly didn't take up a January offer that would have led to the production of 1.7 million masks per week
- Coronavirus hospitalizations in New York drop, but deaths remain 'infuriatingly constant'
- European tourist centers believe coronavirus lockdowns could help residents 'regain control' of housing rentals
- Little Richard, the 'architect' of rock 'n' roll, dies at 87
- FDA authorizes emergency use for quicker, but less reliable coronavirus antigen test
- Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies of coronavirus at 75
- U.S. continues media battle with Beijing, limits Chinese journalists' visas
- May 8th
- Star Wars is reportedly bringing back Boba Fett
- A terrifying mechanical dog is now stalking a Singapore park to make sure people stay properly distant
- Federal watchdog finds 'reasonable grounds to believe' vaccine doctor's ouster was retaliation, lawyers say
- Trump says he couldn't have exposed WWII vets to COVID-19 because the wind was blowing the wrong way
- Pence staffer who tested positive for coronavirus is Stephen Miller's wife
- Trump might hold 2020 rallies at drive-in theaters
- Queen guitarist Brian May hospitalized for rear-end injury related to some 'overenthusiastic gardening'
- Researchers are warning of new health crisis of 'deaths of despair' stemming from the pandemic
- Pence's flight reportedly held up after staffer tests positive for coronavirus
- Washington, D.C.'s coronavirus data reveals overwhelming proportion of deaths among black residents
- April's unemployment rate was the worst on record for every major worker group — with 1 exception
- Smallpox eradication anniversary offers glimmer of hope to world battling COVID-19
- Spike Lee will make you cry with his gorgeous tribute to an empty New York
- 1.4 million health-care workers lost their jobs due to the pandemic last month
- Trump reassures lost jobs will be back 'very soon.' Experts say it could take a decade.
- Unemployment rate reaches 14.7 percent, the worst since the Great Depression
- CNN legal analysts say Barr dropping the Flynn case shows 'the fix was in.' Barr says winners write history.
- Andy Serkis embarks on 12-hour live 'Hobbitathon,' reading full Tolkien novel for charity
- A new poll adds to the consistent message from America: 'It is too soon to reopen'
- Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel notice Trump loves mass testing, but only for himself
- Watch celebrities read real text messages from their moms for Jimmy Kimmel, Mother's Day
- Tara Reade's lawyers include a Trump donor, former Sputnik editor
- Barr says it was 'an easy decision' to drop case against Michael Flynn
- Frontier to require passengers, employees receive temperature screenings before boarding
- Souplantation permanently closing all restaurants due to coronavirus
- Data shows visitors from other states descended on Georgia once restaurants, salons reopened
- Father and son arrested, charged with murder in shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
- May 7th
- California governor says state's 1st community spread COVID-19 case happened in a nail salon
- JetBlue to terrify New York City in ill-advised tribute to the city's first responders
- Constitutional scholar argues Trump should be impeached over Dr. Bright whistleblower complaint
- Guns N' Roses and James Patterson have teamed up for a 'Sweet Child O' Mine' picture book
- Supreme Court unanimously tosses out convictions in New Jersey 'Bridgegate' case
- More than 33 million Americans have filed unemployment claims in 7 weeks
- Premier League doctors ‘seriously concerned’ over Project Restart
- WHO says deliberately infecting volunteers with coronavirus might accelerate vaccine development
- Hundreds evacuated as wildfires spread in Florida Panhandle
- Italy to grant 600,000 illegal migrants right to stay
- Late night hosts think Trump's 'Live and Let Die' coronavirus field trip was a little 'on the nose'
- French athlete ‘caught coronavirus in October’
- Deadly pandemics usually feature denial from leaders, often prioritizing money, historians say
- Brett Favre paying back $1.1 million tied to 'egregious' Mississippi welfare scandal
- ICE reports 1st detainee death from COVID-19
- Axl Rose and Steven Mnuchin got into a fight on Twitter
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital
- Trump ally and Republican fundraiser named new head of the Postal Service
- May 6th
- Mustafa al-Kadhimi chosen as Iraq's new prime minister
- White House press secretary says idea that all Americans need to be tested for COVID-19 is 'nonsensical'
- 42 public companies are returning their small business loans after Mnuchin threat
- Facebook announces members of 'Supreme Court' that will hear appeals on content moderation
- Llamas may hold the key to an effective coronavirus treatment
- This is probably the 1st time a toilet flush was heard during Supreme Court arguments
- Kevin Spacey compares being fired over assault allegations to losing work in the coronavirus pandemic
- Conclusions about coronavirus mutations 'are overblown,' scientist says
- The world's first major sports league is set to return this month
- Listen to Ruth Bader Ginsburg conduct Supreme Court questioning from her hospital room
- Coronavirus vaccine expectations might be getting unrealistic
- U.S. loses 20.2 million private sector jobs in April, ADP says
- RAF air strike kills Isis fighters hiding in Iraqi caves
- Adele thanks essential workers, shows off weight loss in return to Instagram
- The U.S. has entered the 'death handoff' stage of the COVID-19 outbreak
- Tom Cruise planning to shoot film in outer space with Nasa
- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Trevor Noah wryly predict Trump's 'Trans-Mission Accomplished' moment
- State-sponsored hackers ‘trying to steal’ coronavirus vaccine research
- Doctor says NHS applause is leading to spike in injuries
- Georgia prosecutor, state investigators to explore charges in shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery
- Jared Kushner put a dozen young volunteers in charge of finding PPE. It went poorly, 1 reports.
- States with smaller populations and not many COVID-19 cases received substantial share of relief aid
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with infection
- May 5th
- Disney's earnings plummet amid coronavirus pandemic
- Whistleblower complaint from doctor formerly leading U.S. coronavirus vaccine effort alleges HHS operated on 'cronyism'
- Twitter tests asking users if they'd like to 'rethink' harmful language
- Amazon and Alibaba are teaming up with ICE to take down coronavirus counterfeiters
- California sues Uber and Lyft over classification of workers
- National intelligence director nominee Ratcliffe pulls a 180 on whistleblower protections, 'deep state'
- Economists say Sweden's coronavirus approach probably wouldn't work elsewhere
- Wendy's is reportedly out of beef at almost 20 percent of its U.S. restaurants
- Police say ‘aggressive chicken’ is ‘terrorising bank customers’
- Pfizer launches human trials for coronavirus vaccine, aims for emergency use in September
- Former FDA commissioner says U.S. may be unable to decrease coronavirus transmission much more
- Can protecting mosquitos from malaria defeat the disease?
- Poll finds opposition to reopening 8 kinds of businesses — especially movie theaters
- Foster the People's Mark Foster debuts elaborate new quarantine song from home on Colbert's Late Show
- Trump attacks George Conway, 'RINO' strategists, publicizes their brutal 'Mourning in America' ad
- Stem cell inhaler to ease COVID-19 lung symptoms being tested in Abu Dhabi
- Oxford University refuses to remove ‘harmful’ course reading
- Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers mock Trump's Lincoln complex, fret 'murder hornets'
- Trump official in charge of national stockpile bet big on smallpox and anthrax, cut infectious disease funds
- Gold's Gym files for bankruptcy
- Under investigation for its response to COVID-19 pandemic, Carnival announces plans to resume cruises in August
- Dollar-store guard murder after face mask altercation raises fears coronavirus activism is getting violent
- Chris Christie says economy must be saved, since 'there are going to be deaths no matter what'
- Report: Intel shared among U.S. allies contradicts claim coronavirus spread because of lab accident
- Colson Whitehead wins second Pulitzer Prize for fiction
- FBI, DHS warned Russia could attempt to covertly advise 2020 candidates
- May 4th
- California governor says data shows some retail stores can reopen, with modifications
- Member of Trump's reopening council warns we'll 'have body bags of businesses' if they remain closed
- An EU-led coronavirus fundraiser fell short of its goal. The U.S.'s lack of participation didn't help.
- Nicolas Cage is reportedly going to play Tiger King's Joe Exotic
- GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler's latest ads remind Georgians she has a private plane
- Nightclub holds drive-in rave in car park
- Lucasfilm celebrates May the 4th by announcing a new Star Wars movie from Taika Waititi
- Brazil may have more coronavirus cases than the U.S., study suggests
- Secretary of the Senate says it can't release Tara Reade documents
- Justice Clarence Thomas was unusually chatty during the Supreme Court's historic livestream
- Don Shula, the NFL's winningest head coach, dies at 90
- Crisis counselors are facing an overwhelming surge in calls — and struggling with mental health themselves
- Former FDA commissioner says coronavirus antibody tests are returning tons of false positives
- Stephenie Meyer confirms she's finally publishing the Twilight retelling Midnight Sun
- The guy who played Gregor 'The Mountain' Clegane broke the deadlift world record this weekend
- You can listen live to the Supreme Court's oral arguments today for the 1st time
- TikTok videos: police officers and NHS staff told to ‘stop prancing around’
- J. Crew files for bankruptcy protection
- Coronavirus: will rents be frozen?
- Former U.S. soldier claims to have led failed invasion of Venezuela
- Did coronavirus reach Europe last year?
- Trump is still very excited about hydroxychloroquine
- Travel the world with a good book
- John Oliver explores how the U.S. messed up COVID-19 testing so badly and why it matters so much
- Trump's rosy COVID-19 predictions were reportedly fed by faulty White House economic modeling
- Pence admits he should have worn a mask while visiting the Mayo Clinic
- With its convention and fundraisers canceled, NRA furloughs dozens, implements pay cuts
- 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl says she battled coronavirus
- May 3rd
- Oxford scientist says if coronavirus vaccine is effective it will likely be seasonal
- Former FDA commissioner anticipates 'persistent spread' of coronavirus, 100,000 deaths in U.S. by end of June
- Pompeo pushes coronavirus lab origin theory before intelligence community issues final assessment
- Random coronavirus testing indicates nearly a third of Kabul could be infected
- Secret files reveal the UK’s hotspots for UFO sightings
- Company behind new FDA-approved coronavirus antibody test aims to produce millions of kits by June
- True death toll of coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. could be 'one and a half times higher,' new research shows
- North Korea's DMZ gunfire could be a message from Kim that he's still in charge of the military, expert says
- May 2nd
- Law professor says response to Biden allegation could signal 'end of MeToo' movement
- Coronavirus pandemic could place hundreds of thousands of jobs in wind, solar energy at risk
- Berkshire Hathaway reports record quarterly loss thanks to pandemic, but Warren Buffett likely isn't too worried
- Some recreation restrictions ease in Spain, Germany. Italy to follow suit.
- USWNT unable to demonstrate they were illegally paid less than men, judge rules
- May 1st
- Parks and Recreation reunion raises almost $3 million for coronavirus relief
- A local Florida news station just interviewed the Grim Reaper
- Michael Cohen reportedly has his early prison release rescinded
- Sewers are a disgustingly reliable 'early warning system' for COVID-19 outbreaks
- Elon Musk declares he's 'selling almost all physical possessions' because he's 'devoting myself to Mars and Earth'
- Drew Barrymore is in a massive pillow fight with a luxury textile designer
- Lawmakers ask Jeff Bezos to testify, saying Amazon made 'possibly criminally false' statements to Congress
- Madonna announces she's off to 'breathe in the COVID-19 air' after testing positive for antibodies
- Tara Reade says she didn't mention assault in alleged complaint against Biden
- As some states reopen, new case data shows the U.S. is far from being out of the woods
- Scientists discover 5 FDA-approved drugs are effective at stopping coronavirus spread in the body
- You may be required to take a blood test before your next flight
- Laid-off employees reluctant to return to reopened jobs may lose unemployment benefits
- Coronavirus: is loneliness a hidden lockdown killer?
- Pence's office is selectively retaliating against reporters who disclosed its Mayo Clinic mask warning
- Several states are experimenting with reopening Friday as federal coronavirus guidelines expire
- Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel also crave a return to normal, just not Trump-style
- If flu deaths were counted like COVID-19 deaths, the worst recent flu season evidently killed 15,620 Americans
- Reaction as ‘breathless’ Boris Johnson claims UK is ‘past peak’ of coronavirus
- Fears grow Brexit talks could collapse in June
- Michigan governor extends coronavirus state of emergency until May 28
- Man wins $1m on lottery twice in one day
- American Airlines, United, and Delta to require face masks for all passengers
- Russian prime minister tests positive for COVID-19
- Macy's announces ambitious plan to reopen 775 stores in 6 to 8 weeks
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