Oh, yes this is real. Florida has officially declared WWE pro wrestling shows an 'essential business' that must be allowed to continue to operate during the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
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Xeni Jardin "[U.S.] officials are seriously pursuing the possibility that a natural sample of the virus escaped a laboratory." The question was dismissed as a conspiracy theory in the early days of… Read the rest of the article: Maybe the coronavirus emanated from a China research lab after all, say US and UK intelligence
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Xeni Jardin Wonder how much of the airlines' hides the government gets to own now.
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Xeni Jardin The coronavirus has destroyed America's job market, and there is no immediate relief in sight. This interactive data project from NBC News shows just how devastating the sudden employment losses… Read the rest of the article: Coronavirus destroyed U.S. job market, this chart shows how badly your state was hit
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Xeni Jardin "FACEBOOK already paid $238,000 in 2018 to resolve a previous dispute over political advertising in Washington state."
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Xeni Jardin The plant is "built around efficiency," keeping workers in close quarters and making it impossible to social distance, Cargill says Smithfield Foods, Inc. recently closed a major pork processing plant… Read the rest of the article: Coronavirus outbreak leads to beef production cuts at Cargill plant in Canada that supplies McDonald's patties
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Xeni Jardin The Trump-aligned GOP governor of South Dakota resisted the urgent appeal by epidemiologists to issue a "stay-at-home" order. Now the state is home to a COVID-19 outbreak. Ignoring science has consequences.
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Xeni Jardin On Tuesday morning, North Korea launched short-range cruise missiles in the country's fifth weapons test this year. So we got that going for us. Which is nice.
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Xeni Jardin During a totally unhinged coronavirus briefing that was a verbal abuse session and campaign rally, impeached and manifestly unfit U.S. president Donald Trump said "When somebody is the President of… Read the rest of the article: Trump says his "authority is total"
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Xeni Jardin 'TRUMP TURNS [CORONAVIRUS] BRIEFING INTO PROPAGANDA SESSION'
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Xeni Jardin "'The difference now is the speed with which it spreads, and the denigration of the institutions that we rely on to understand the truth. I think we're in dangerous territory.'"… Read the rest of the article: Russia's health disinformation campaign against U.S. has been going on for 10+ years — NYT
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Xeni Jardin A class action lawsuit filed against McDonald's corporation claims that women who worked for the fast food franchise in Florida restaurants were subjected to widespread sexual harassment.
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Xeni Jardin 'The purchased accounts include a victim's email address, password, personal meeting URL, and their HostKey'
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Xeni Jardin American political memories can be so short.
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Xeni Jardin The United States on Saturday reached a grim milestone.
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Xeni Jardin "No. Bull. Shit."
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Xeni Jardin "[D]eaths over the last month dwarf what would be expected from seasonal variations, and look more like a mass casualty event."
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Xeni Jardin Some centenarians have survived coronavirus
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Xeni Jardin Huh, that's… weird? No? The White House announced today that impeached U.S. President Donald Trump spoke today to Vladimir Putin of Russia.
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Xeni Jardin Google and Apple are working on a joint effort to introduce opt-in Bluetooth-based COVID-19 contact tracing APIs in mid-May for iOS and Android.