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Matt Villano, CNN

Only-child doesn’t need to be lonely child during the pandemic

Only-children have unique challenges during COVID-19 quarantine, but that doesnt mean they cant thrive!
6 years ago
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Colby Walker

Virginia woman debuts her creative porch performances

While everyone is battling to keep the cabin fever away as states across the US have issued stay at home orders, one Virginia woman is trying to make her neighbors smile with some creative porch performances.
6 years ago
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ZEKE MILLER and MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press

`LIBERATE!’: Pres. Trump pushes states to lift virus restrictions

President Trump tweeted his supporters to "LIBERATE" three states, encouraging protests against the stay-at-home restrictions against COVID-19.
6 years ago
FILE - This Tuesday, April 16, 2013 file photo shows a bathtub ring marking the high water line as ...
SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

Study: Warming makes US West megadrought worst in modern age

A new study finds that much of the western United States is baking in what scientists call an emerging megadrought.
6 years ago
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2020, file photo, George Chakuchin, left, and Mick Chakuchin walk on ice ov...
FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press

Tribes sue over distribution of coronavirus relief funding

Several Native American tribes sued the federal government Friday, seeking in part to keep federal coronavirus relief for tribes out of certain hands.
6 years ago
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MITCH STACY Associated Press

Pledge brings Ohio neighborhood together — at a distance

Jennifer Stamper thought having her children recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning would help them feel like it was a regular school day. It's not, of course, because schools are closed and 9-year-old Zach and 7-year-old Juliette are doing their lessons online. Now the morning Pledge of Allegiance has become a tradition in their neighborhood in the Dayton suburb of Kettering.
6 years ago
CARES Act funding must be spent allocated...
Kelli Pierce

Utah State Senate passes several COVID-19 bills during their first-ever virtual session

The Utah State Senate's first-ever virtual session had a late start due to a worldwide Cisco Webex outage. Once the Senators switched to a different platform, however, several COVID-19 related bills were passed.
6 years ago
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ZEKE MILLER, ALAN SUDERMAN and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press

Pres. Trump gives governors 3-phase plan to reopen economy

President Donald Trump gives governors a road map for recovering from the economic pain of the pandemic, laying out a phased approach to restoring normalcy.
6 years ago
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Curt Gresseth

Live Mic: Astronaut-teacher talks about lessons from space

Ricky Arnold, a teacher and NASA astronaut, joined Live Mic to talk about two things he knows much about: remote learning and social distancing.
6 years ago
Senators seek help for farmers post-pandemic world...
Simone Seikaly

Senators ask about specific COVID-19 help for American dairy farmers

American dairy farmers are struggling because of COVID-19 restrictions, and U.S. Senators want the USDA to try harder to help them.
6 years ago
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Dana Rebik

Man waiting for $1,700 stimulus payment sees millions in his bank account

Charles Calvin is a volunteer firefighter in New Chicago, Indiana went to the ATM to withdraw some money when he discovered that his federal stimulus money was a lot larger than expected. Like millions of dollars larger.
6 years ago
Emma Pritchett wipes a tear away in her roofless kitchen the day after a tornado hit, Monday, April...
BRYNN ANDERSON and JAY REEVES Associated Press

Storms tear through South amid pandemic; more than 30 dead

Storms that killed more than 30 people in the Southeast are spreading misery atop a pandemic as they move up the East Coast. The severe weather outbreak that began on Easter in the Deep South caused floods, mudslides and more than 1 million power outages by Monday.
6 years ago
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Chandelis Duster, Jim Acosta and Kevin Liptak, CNN

Trump retweets call to #FireFauci amid coronavirus criticism

President Trump retweeted a user who said it was "Time to #FireFauci" and praised Trump's decision to issue travel restrictions in early February.
6 years ago
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DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press

Funding for road projects imperiled by traffic drop, stay-at-home orders

Funding for road projects across the US could be in jeopardy because of a dramatic decline in driving.
6 years ago
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Melissa Alonso and Eric Levenson, CNN

Florida prison inmates will make face masks for their correctional officers

Florida inmates will produce cloth face masks to protect the correctional officers overseeing them as the number of inmates with Covid-19 continues to rise.
6 years ago
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens d...
Devan Cole, CNN

Fauci admits earlier Covid-19 mitigation efforts would have saved more American lives

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that calls to implement life-saving social distancing measures faced "a lot of pushback" early in the US coronavirus outbreak.
6 years ago
In this April 11, 1970 photo made available by NASA, the Saturn V rocket carrying the crew of the A...
MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

‘Houston, we’ve had a problem’: Remembering Apollo 13 at 50

Apollo 13's astronauts still shun superstition 50 years after their harrowing moonshot.
6 years ago
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CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer

10% of the US workforce is now unemployed

The government is set to report another shocking level of unemployment claims Thursday even after nearly 10 million people applied for benefits in the previous two weeks because of business shutdowns from the coronavirus.
6 years ago
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Associated Press

Linda Tripp, whose tapes exposed Clinton scandal, dies at 70

Linda Tripp, who secretly recorded conversations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, which led to the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton, has died at age 70.
6 years ago
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Curt Gresseth

Live Mic: What the pandemic could mean for national defense

After the pandemic sidelined an aircraft carrier, do we need to be thinking about long-term impacts on national defense? Rep. Chris Stewart weighs in.
6 years ago
COVID-19 contact tracing scammers...
Kelli Pierce

Scammers target immigrant and refugee businesses seeking COVID-19 aid

Scammers target immigrant and refugee-owned businesses seeking COVID-19 relief.
6 years ago
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Cami Mondeaux

New research shows air pollution can increase COVID-19 deaths

New studies out of Harvard University cite evidence of higher levels of air pollution increasing the risk of death from COVID-19.
6 years ago
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., visits outside a polling location at ...
Gregory Krieg, Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN

Bernie Sanders drops out of presidential race, clearing path for Joe Biden

Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday, clearing Joe Biden's path to the Democratic nomination.
6 years ago
A worker hands out disinfectant wipes and pens as voters line up outside Riverside High School for ...
SCOTT BAUER and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press

Wisconsin voters wait hours at the few open polling stations

Thousands of Wisconsin voters waited hours outside overcrowded polling stations, ignoring federal health recommendations so they can participate in Tuesday's presidential primary election.
6 years ago