US citizens held in Iran, Lebanon released…
Pompeo urges Venezuela to release imprisoned oil executives...
March 19, 2020
The Trump administration on Thursday announced the release of two Americans imprisoned overseas and said it had intensified demands for a third, amid global fears that the coronavirus could quickly spread among detainees and result in deaths.
FORCED VACCINES: Denmark rushes through EMERGENCY CORONAVIRUS LAW…
March 19, 2020
As well as enforcing quarantine measures, the law also allows the authorities to force people to be vaccinated, even though there is currently no vaccination for the virus.
It also empowers them to prohibit access to public institutions, supermarkets and shops, public and private nursing homes and hospitals, and also to impose restrictions on access to public transport...
NY Cases Surge Past 4,000; 75% of Work Force Ordered to Stay Home…
New York Recorded 1,763 New Coronavirus Cases In One Day...
March 19, 2020
Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered all businesses Thursday to keep at least 75 percent of their work forces home as he announced the number of infected people in New York state had soared past 4,000 -- a surge of nearly 2,000 overnight that corresponded to a record number of tests conducted.
Trump Touts Anti-Malaria Drug To Treat COVID-19; FDA Fast-Tracks Approval…
March 19, 2020
President Trump announced that chloroquine has been fast-tracked by the FDA for use in coronavirus patients in the United States. During a Thursday coronavirus press briefing, Trump noted that the drug had been recommended by international teams, and that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a Wednesday night phone call that he wants to immediately deploy it in the state.
As Italy quarantines over coronavirus, swans appear in Venice canals, dolphins swim up playfully…
March 19, 2020
“Nature just hit the reset button” in the suddenly clear waters of Venice canals and off the coast of a locked-down Italy.
NYSE to temporarily close floor, move to electronic trading after two people tested positive for coronavirus…
March 19, 2020
All-electronic trading will begin on March 23 at the open, the exchange said. The facilities to be closed are the NYSE equities trading floor and NYSE American Options trading floor in New York, and NYSE Arca Options trading floor in San Francisco.
Tulsi Gabbard drops out of the Democratic presidential primary, endorses Joe Biden…
March 19, 2020
"Today, I'm suspending my presidential campaign, and offering my full support to Vice President Joe Biden in his quest to bring our country together," she said in a video announcing her dropout.
An outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes expected across central, southern US…
March 19, 2020
Severe weather is most likely to hit eastern Texas, eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas to Missouri, Illinois, southern Iowa and eastern Nebraska.
25% Are Ready to Postpone November Election…
March 19, 2020
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 25% of Likely U.S. Voters think the November election should be delayed if necessary as coronavirus panic grips the nation. Sixty-two percent (62%) are opposed to any such delay, but another 13% are undecided.
Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing
March 19, 2020
Costco, Kroger, Amazon, Domino’s and several ‘essential’ retailers are hiring for thousands of positions to meet overwhelming demand…
March 19, 2020
The jobs — many of which are available immediately and require no background experience — are meant to alleviate overrun stores and warehouses dealing with an influx of orders from panicked Americans stocking up on items like canned goods and toilet paper.
Texas Man Arrested After “The Virus Has Become Airborne” Hoax Post Sparks Chaos…
March 19, 2020
Sheriff Bryan Weatherford told KJAS that Brandin turned himself in on Tuesday and was charged with False Alarm, which is a class A misdemeanor, and Tyler County Judge Jacques Blanchette set his bond at $1,000... District Attorney Lucas Babin said the young man's Facebook post caused panic across East Texas. He said phone lines at Tyler County Hospital were tied up with concerned residents.
Adam Schiff fights to keep impeachment subpoena records secret…
March 19, 2020
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff moved to dismiss a lawsuit seeking access to secretive subpoenas the California Democrat issued for call records he made public during last year’s impeachment investigation of President Trump.
FBI: 300% spike in gun buy checks, huge backlogs, shutdown threatened…
March 19, 2020
...there is a potential that offices in charge of conducting the background checks could shut down, effectively stopping sales...
Amazon confirms the first known COVID-19 case in a warehouse in Queens, New York…
March 19, 2020
Workers at the facility were notified via text Wednesday night that a positive case had been reported. The employee is receiving medical care and is quarantined, and all other employees have been sent home with full pay. It's unclear when the facility might reopen.
Nearly 40% of those hospitalized with coronavirus are younger than 54: CDC
March 19, 2020
Data released Wednesday night by the CDC shows that of the 508 patients known to have been hospitalized in the U.S. for COVID-19, about 20% of those were ages 20 to 44 and another 18% were between the ages of 45 and 54.
Jobless claims jump by 70,000…
March 19, 2020
The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for benefits, a good proxy for layoffs, rose by 70,000 to a seasonally adjusted 281,000 benefit applications last week. That was the highest weekly total since Sept. 2, 2017, following Hurricane Harvey.
Mnuchin says White House working to send $1,000 checks to most Americans within 3 weeks…
March 19, 2020
Mnuchin said adults would receive an immediate payment of $1,000 and children would receive $500 under the current proposal. A family of four would receive as much as $3,000. If the crisis is still ongoing in six weeks, Mnuchin said, the federal government will deliver another round of checks worth the same amount of money... It's unclear what the income threshold will be for Americans to qualify for the checks. However, according to the Hill, Senate Republicans are reportedly considering making the limit $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 for couples.
Gov. DeSantis to Florida spring breakers: ‘The party’s over’…
March 19, 2020
“The message I think for spring breakers is that the party’s over in Florida, you're not going to be able to congregate on any beach in the state,” DeSantis said. “Many of the hot spots that people like to go to, whether it's Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Clearwater Beach, are closed entirely for the time being.”
China threatens electromagnetic attacks on U.S. Navy warships transiting the South China Sea…
March 19, 2020
The Communist Party-affiliated organ Global Times, quoting a military expert, said the use of nonlethal electromagnetic and laser weapons should be used by the People’s Liberation Army to expel American warships from the disputed sea... Song Zhongping, a Chinese military commentator formerly with PLA missile forces, said the Chinese military has the option of using electromagnetic and other advanced weapons to counter the U.S. warship passages.
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Mr. Song said that using electromagnetic weapons, including lasers, could temporarily paralyze U.S. warships’ weapons control systems “without visible conflict but can send a strong warning.” Electromagnetic arms emit pulses of energy that can jam electronics...