April 20, 2020 Protesters rally against Washington’s coronavirus stay-at-home order: ‘Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Covid 19’ Thousands of protestors rallied outside the Washington State Capitol on Sunday to call for an end to Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order designed to protect citizens from the coronavirus, with some holding signs echoing an American Revolution slogan: “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Covid 19!”
April 20, 2020 Overwhelmed Brooklyn care home tolls 55 dead As residents at a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, began dying in late February from a coronavirus outbreak that would eventually take 43 lives, there was little sign of trouble at the Cobble Hill Health Center, a 360-bed facility in an upscale section of Brooklyn.
April 18, 2020 Trump ‘fomenting domestic rebellion,’ Dem governor Inslee says A series of Twitter messages posted by President Trump showed the president is “fomenting domestic rebellion,” a Democrat governor alleged Friday.
April 17, 2020 Coronavirus-infected mom who gave birth while in induced coma holds daughter for first time A Vancouver, Wash., woman finally embraced her newborn daughter after successfully recovering from the coronavirus.
April 17, 2020 New salvo in contentious partisan battle over expanding vote by mail amid coronavirus crisis Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez says that amid the coronavirus pandemic, nobody should be forced to choose between their health and their right to vote.
April 16, 2020 This place in Washington state is seen as one of the 'safest' from coronavirus Thanks to its borders, an island near Washington state may be one of the safest places from the coronavirus pandemic in America, according to a report. The approximately 1,300 residents of Point Roberts haven’t been affected by COVID-19, according to the UK’s Guardian.
April 16, 2020 Coronavirus stay-at-home orders: What states have issued directives so far? As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the U.S., more than 300 million Americans in at least 42 states are being urged to stay home.
April 14, 2020 Washington law enforcement concerned coronavirus inmate release will spark uptick in crime Washington state law enforcement is concerned that Gov. Jay Inslee’s plan to release as many as 950 non-violent inmates to limit coronavirus from spreading in the prison system “is of great risk to public safety” and may lead to a spike in new crimes.
April 14, 2020 ‘Heroes moving heroes’: Public transit workers pay heavy price on coronavirus frontline At least 75 public transit workers in a dozen states have died of the coronavirus nationwide, according to America’s largest transit unions, which are urging the federal government to do more to protect bus and train operators who have suffered in part, they say, because of late recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
April 14, 2020 Coronavirus-infected Washington state woman gives birth while in induced coma A Washington woman infected with the novel coronavirus says she is a “miracle walking” after giving birth to a baby girl while in a medically-induced coma.