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Top White House officials buried CDC reopening report, emails show
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However the guidance, pulled together with faith leaders, business owners, educators as well as government officials, is now not expected to appear, according to the news agency. Beck replied saying she was awaiting approval from the White House Principals Committee, which is comprised of top officials from the White House. "WH principals are in touch with the task force so the task force should b... [Full Article...]
Cuomo Gives New York 'Good News' Mixed With 'Heartbreaking' News
There's so much we still don't even know about this virus, the governor said. "When we get to May 15, I'll lay out the numbers and we'll say, 'This is what the numbers say, '" Cuomo said when asked about the directive Friday. This emerging syndrome, which may occur days to weeks after a COVID-19 illness, reflects the surprising ways that this entirely new coronavirus infects and sickens its huma... [Full Article...]
Players Coalition letter seeks federal investigation into shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery
It frequently happened with law enforcement complicity or feigned ignorance. They were demanding answers regarding the death of Ahmaud Arbery . Police in the southern USA state of Georgia have failed to explain why it took them 74 days to arrest two men suspected of killing an unarmed black jogger in a crime sparking outrage across the world. [Full Article...]
Facebook unveils board to decide on removing content
Talking point: The board-which will loosely act as an appeals tribunal-is independent of Facebook; the firm will have to enforce its decisions, unless doing so would violate the law . "We know the board will play an increasingly important role in setting precedent and direction for content policy at Facebook". - Jamal Greene: Columbia University law professor specialising in constitutional rig... [Full Article...]
COVID-19: Canada's wage subsidy program to be extended
Trudeau said the government will continue to be there, "The wage subsidy will continue to be there to help you keep your employees on the payroll". When asked about other benefit extensions, Trudeau said the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) was already slated to last longer than the wage subsidy and that, ideally, the wage subsidy will enable Canadians to transition away from receivin... [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: Paris restrictions to stay as France reopens
A medical worker at a centre in Paris testing for Covid-19 adjusts her protective face mask. But despite a strict lockdown policy put in place on March 17, the number of new coronavirus infections in hospitals jumped by 4,183 or 3.1 per cent to 137,150 in the biggest one-day increase since April 14. [Full Article...]
Tara Reade: Biden sex attack accuser urges him to quit race
The video was posted on Kelly's Twitter account. 'I don't know if I said it, ' Reade said, 'But sometimes, when I've had a couple bad dreams or a few bad dreams about it, I wake up yelling that and I wake up yelling "stop"'. How did Biden's campaign respond? . The pertinent text in the document, obtained by The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, California, read, "On several occasions Petitioner... [Full Article...]
Bolsonaro called biggest threat to Brazil's coronavirus response
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro authorized the army Thursday to fight Amazon wildfires and deforestation, amid warnings the world's biggest rainforest is disappearing even faster than during record devastation a year ago. [Full Article...]