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Bangkok Bans Alcohol Sales in Attempt to Stop Spread of Coronavirus

Created: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:11:27 +0000

Author: Siraphob Thanthong-Knight / Bloomberg

Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, banned alcohol sales for a week and a half to help prevent social gatherings that could spread the virus that causes Covid-19. The ban applies from April 10 to April 20 and is the metropolitan region’s latest effort to contain a surge in infections since early March. The country as a whole…

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NASA Astronaut and 2 Russians Blast Off for International Space Station

Created: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 08:32:21 +0000

Author: Associated Press

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos’ Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner lifted off as scheduled

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Australian Police Raid Cruise Ship Linked to 600 Coronavirus Cases and 15 Deaths

Created: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 08:02:08 +0000

Author: Associated Press

The Ruby Princess has become the largest source of coronavirus infections in Australia

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‘I Don’t Think We Should Ever Shake Hands Again.’ Dr. Fauci Says Coronavirus Should Change Some Behaviors for Good

Created: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 07:50:57 +0000

Author: Amy Gunia

Dr. Anthony Fauci is America's top infectious disease expert

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Professional BASE Jumper Promises Not to Jump in National Parks Again After Pleading Guilty to Doing It Twice

Created: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 05:31:20 +0000

Author: Time

(SALT LAKE CITY) — A professional jumper vowed Wednesday not to leap anymore from cliffs inside national parks after he pleaded guilty to doing it twice in Zion National Park in Utah. Marshall Miller, 42, of Alpine, Utah, said he will respect a law that prohibits recreational BASE jumping in all national parks and will…

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New Federal Rule Will Allow Essential Workers to Return to Jobs After Possible Coronavirus Exposure

Created: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 03:37:56 +0000

Author: Zeke Miller, Deb Riechmann and Mike Stobbe / AP

(WASHINGTON) — In a first, small step toward reopening the country, the Trump administration issued new guidelines Wednesday to make it easier for essential workers who have been exposed to COVID-19 to get back to work if they do not have symptoms of the coronavirus. Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the the Centers for Disease…

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Trump Spent Years Disparaging the Administrative State. Then Coronavirus Hit.

Created: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 03:24:47 +0000

Author: Philip Elliott

In the early days of Donald Trump’s presidency, the White House was openly fixated on shrinking the footprint of the government Trump was leading. It was one part pander to his rally crowds that he would “drain the swamp” and another part distrust in a man who spent his career atop an empire of his…

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Former Brazilian President Lula Says Bolsonaro Must Change Dismissive Coronavirus Response

Created: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 03:03:09 +0000

Author: Mauricio Savarese and David Biller / AP

(SAO PAULO) — In home isolation just months after his release from jail, Brazil’s former leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaro needs to change his dismissive approach to the new coronavirus or risk being forced from office before the end of his term in December 2022. The former president…

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A New York Doctor Who Died After Fever and Cough Was Never Tested for Coronavirus, Highlighting the Limits of the Official Toll

Created: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 02:35:48 +0000

Author: Jim Mustian / AP

Dr. Doug Bass, 64, died suddenly last month after suffering symptoms commonly caused by coronavirus, including coughing and a fever. Except he was never tested and wasn't counted

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Presidential Betting in West Virginia Gets Shut Down After Only a Few Hours

Created: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:24:39 +0000

Author: Time

It was announced and then quickly nixed Tuesday night in a bizarre sequence of events

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