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President Donald Trump has a face covering with the presidential seal on it, but he refused to wear it Thursday on the public part of his tour of a Ford plant in Michigan despite factory policy. The president was given a mask by Ford. He was photographed wearing a mask at the plant, and a source familiar with the matter confirmed the authenticity of the photo.

It is one of the nations worst affected by coronavirus, but on Sunday, Spain recorded its lowest daily number of deaths in months.Authorities on Sunday said another 87 people had died with COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, which is a huge drop from the more than 900 deaths a day during the disease's peak.It is also the lowest daily number of deaths since 16 March - recorded several days after the country first declared a state of emergency.Fernando Simon, head of health emergency coordination in Spain, warned the latest figures could be affected by a delay in recording deaths...

Beijing has done away with the guideline that residents should wear masks while on outdoors, the first city in China and perhaps in the world to do so in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, signalling that the coronavirus is under control in the Chinese capital. After months of wearing masks to prevent virus infection risks, people can now breathe freely outside without a mask in Beijing, state-run China Daily reported, citing the new guidelines announced by the Beijing Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on Sunday.The centre said people don't need to wear masks outside, but still should avoid...

New Jersey now has lost 10,356 residents to the coronavirus outbreak with 146,334 total cases confirmed Sunday~~SNIP~~ The latest numbers include 107 new deaths and 1,272 new cases reported in the last 24 hours...~~SNIP~~New Jersey’s 71 hospitals also reported a continued decline in patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases. The 3,411 patients as of Saturday night is the lowest number since the state began publicly reporting hospitalizations on April 4, and marks a 58% from the peak on April 14. Of those hospitalized, 1,030 are in intensive care and 819 are on ventilators - both the lowest in six...

China has acknowledged it destroyed some samples of the novel coronavirus in the early stages of the outbreak, but challenged U.S. allegations that this was conducted as part of a cover-up. Liu Dengfeng, a supervisor at the science and education division of China's National Health Commission, said at a news conference Friday in Beijing that the Chinese government issued an order on January 3 to dispose of novel coronavirus samples at certain facilities not qualified to handle such highly infectious diseases as a measure to "prevent the risk to laboratory biological safety and prevent secondary disasters caused by unidentified pathogens."...

SEATTLE — Thousands of people gathered at the Washington state Capitol to protest Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus. In Olympia on Sunday, some protesters wore masks, while others waved American flags. The Washington State Patrol said an estimated 2,500 people showed up to the protest. No arrests were made.Tyler Miller, one of the organizers of the event, had said rural areas should be treated differently than more urban locations with more coronavirus cases. Earlier Sunday, Inslee decried President Donald Trump’s call to “liberate” parts of the country from social-distancing decrees, saying Trump...

South Carolinians will be able to once again shop in-person at some of the state’s retail stores. Gov. Henry McMaster is expected on Monday to lift restrictions he placed weeks ago on some retail stores in the state, including clothing, furniture and jewelry stores, a source familiar with the governor’s plans told The State on Sunday.The governor had initially closed the stores to further stop the outbreak of COVID-19, a respiratory disease that can be fatal. The number of positive COVID-19 cases in the state has surpassed 4,200 as of Saturday, resulting in more than 100 deaths. However, the state’s...

Big Flats, NY (WENY) -- Lowe's in Big Flats is currently closed because of “continual violations of Executive Order(s) issued by New York State Governor pertaining to social distancing.” A couple of Chemung County Sheriff's deputies were on the scene asking people to leave the store around 3:00 PM this afternoon. A customer coming back for a second trip mentioned that when he was in the home improvement store earlier in the day, he had seen instances in which the social distancing order was not being observed. Employees at the store were allowed to remain inside. In a press release...

However, chartered watercraft services or rentals are not allowed, and the restaurants at those locations must be take-out or delivery.ALBANY, N.Y. — First, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo rolled back some restrictions on golf courses on Saturday. Later, he announced that marinas, boatyards and marine manufacturers "will be allowed to open for personal use as long as strict social distancing and sanitization protocols are followed," in a statement. It's a reversal from a decision earlier in the month that closed such facilities, citing social distancing concerns.Some restrictions remain. Chartered watercraft services or rentals are not allowed, and the restaurants at...

PHOENIX — Protesters rallied at the Arizona State Capitol Sunday morning, calling on state leaders to reopen the economy.The group, called Operation Gridlock Arizona, organized the demonstration in recent days through a Facebook event page.Similar rallies have been taking place across the U.S., including in Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin, and Nevada. The protesters say states must reopen and allow people to get back to work after being ordered to shelter in place due to the coronavirus outbreak.The Arizona group had asked for people to drive around the Capitol in downtown Phoenix near 17th Avenue and Adams Street to create a "gridlock."...

Storm brewingOklahoma City could see thousands lose their homes in coming months due to record unemployment and economic turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorneys and academics told The Oklahoman a moratorium on eviction hearings, once ended, will be followed by a wave of evictions creating a homeless population not seen since the Great Depression. Court records reviewed by The Oklahoman show the number of filings over the past two weeks has slowed — but that trend won't continue after the pandemic, warns Richard Klinge, director of the Pro Bono Eviction Assistance Program at Oklahoma City University. The state’s unemployment...

The daughter of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán appeared on a Facebook live stream Tuesday packing boxes with food and supplies for the elderly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico. Alejandrina Gisselle Guzmán was then accompanied by her team of workers as she visited various poor neighborhoods to deliver the aid across the Guadalajara metropolitan area. 'You have toilet paper. There are flavored cornstarches. There is also seasoning for noodle soups and noodle soups,' she said. 'We have three different types of soups. There are crackers, oil, sugar, beans and rice, too.'

SUBJECT: Providing COVID-19 Assistance to the Italian Republic By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. The Italian Republic (Italy), one of our closest and oldest Allies, is being ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has already claimed more than 18,000 lives, brought much of the Italian healthcare system to the brink of collapse, and threatens to push Italy’s economy into a deep recession. The Government of Italy has requested United States assistance. Although the United States Government’s first...

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte praised President Trump for assisting Italy in its battle to contain the coronavirus. Speaking with NBC's Meet the Press host Chuck Todd on Sunday, Conte praised Trump for aiding Italy during the pandemic while working to slow the spread of the disease in the United States. "In these difficult times, I can openly say that American President Trump once more has proven to be Italy's true and loyal friends. I want to thank President Trump, who immediately made us feel his support, his presence, and I am very grateful to American people for this," Conte...

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe got a frightening notice from the Trump administration just as residents are grappling with the devastating impact of COVID-19.The U.S. Interior Department is rescinding the reservation status of a Native American tribe whose plan to build a casino on its Massachusetts land was attacked by President Donald Trump last year. The planned gaming operation would have competed for business with nearby Rhode Island casinos with strong ties to Trump, who once owned, then bankrupted, casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs informed the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on Friday that its 321-acre...

The Abbott ID NOW™ COVID-19 test brings rapid testing to the front lines - Test to run on Abbott's point-of-care ID NOW platform - a portable instrument that can be deployed where testing is needed most - ID NOW has the largest molecular point-of-care installed base in the U.S. and is available in a wide range of healthcare settings - Abbott will be making ID NOW COVID-19 tests available next week and expects to ramp up manufacturing to deliver 50,000 tests per day - This is the company's second test to receive Emergency Use Authorization by the FDA for COVID-19...

While it required some nudging, several of the nation's biggest ISPs this week announced they would be suspending their usage caps and overage fees as millions of Americans prepare to hunker down to slow the spread of COVID-19. Comcast, AT&T, and Centurylink all stopped imposing such limits for at least the next 90 days. Critics (and even leaked Comcast memos) have long made it clear such restrictions (particularly on fixed line networks) aren't technically useful in managing congestion as the industry once claimed, and are little more than glorified price hikes on captive customers. The speed at which such restrictions...

<p>Michael Bloomberg’s campaign office in Knoxville, Tennessee, was vandalized Thursday evening with “Fuck Bloomberg,” “oligarch,” “classist” and “authoritarian” spraypainted on its door.</p> <p>Bloomberg campaign manager Kevin Sheekey issued a statement Friday saying the vandalism “echoes language from the Sanders campaign and its supporters,” but also saying that they don’t know who’s responsible for the action.</p>

The wife of a Google whistleblower, who exposed meddling in the 2016 election, died Friday night just days after she was seriously injured in a car crash. ~~ SNIP ~~Epstein, a psychology professor at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, concluded that Google's search methods 'gave' millions of votes to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election.

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has apologized after a middle school teacher says her students were subjected to racist comments and profiling from staff and patrons during a field trip. In a Facebook post published earlier this week, English teacher Marvelyne Lamy said she brought her Grade 7 students -- who she described as all “black and brown” -- from the Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy in Dorchester, Mass. to the museum on May 16.“At the very beginning of the tour, one of the staff gave an overview on what to expect and told the kids no food,...