April 15, 2020 Florida judge urges lawyers to get out of bed and get dressed for Zoom court cases A circuit judge in South Florida reminded lawyers to remain professional while attending court hearings via Zoom, urging them to get out of bed and put on some clothes.
April 15, 2020 Trump announces US will halt funding to World Health Organization over coronavirus response President Trump announced at the White House coronavirus news briefing on Tuesday that the United States will immediately cut all funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), saying it had put "political correctness over lifesaving measures."
April 15, 2020 Staffing shortage at Delaware chicken plant forcing growers to 'depopulate,' dispose of millions of birds: report Allen Harim said the chickens were being “depopulated” due to coronavirus-related staffing shortages at its processing plant, which is making it impossible to “harvest the amount of birds” they were previously able to handle.
April 15, 2020 Social distancing may be needed, on and off, until 2022: Harvard study Are you getting accustomed to keeping at least six feet of space between yourself and other people to help stop the spread of coronavirus? Good. Because you may need to keep doing it, on and off, until 2022.
April 14, 2020 'Joker' star Joaquin Phoenix calls for NY to release some prisoners, citing coronavirus Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix on Tuesday called for New York to release some prison inmates, in light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
April 14, 2020 Major League Baseball to have 27 teams participate in coronavirus antibody test, report says Major League Baseball has announced that 27 teams will partake in an antibody testing study with Stanford University and the University of Southern California amid the coronavirus pandemic, with an eye toward helping to determine how many people have been exposed to the virus.
April 14, 2020 Dems call for breakdown of coronavirus cases by race, ethnicity House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday introduced new legislation calling for health officials to release data breaking down COVID-19’s impact on African Americans and non-whites – demographics, whom Democrats argue, are being disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
April 14, 2020 Ohio prisons see rise in coronavirus infections, deaths while union questions state leadership Ohio's prison guard union is raising questions about the state's handling of coronavirus in its prisons after a guard and inmate die from COVID-19.
April 14, 2020 Virginia nursing home's coronavirus death toll rises to 45 The death toll of patients at a Virginia nursing rose to 45 on Tuesday, prompting fears among the understaffed and underfunded facility that the worst is yet to come.