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Gal Gadot Tried to Cheer Us Up About Virus. It Flopped

Most online commenters didn't seem to care for her celebrity-studded cover of John Lennon's 'Imagine'

(Newser) - Gal Gadot obviously meant well—but her attempt to instill some hope amid the coronavirus outbreak isn't going over quite as planned. The Telegraph notes that the Wonder Woman star gathered a bunch of celebrities together to make a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" to "lift...

As Coronavirus Upends Life, Colbert Uncovers the 'Truth'

'That this is one great nation, united by our belief in, and our need for, each other'

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert was "live on tape from a safe distance" Wednesday, keeping up his streak of working remotely while the novel coronavirus continues to spread. And as Mashable notes, his "self-isolation monologues are getting more and more ambitious." The late-night host spoke for a full 15 minutes-plus...

Kansas Governor Gets Pushback on Her Virus Move

Republicans in Kansas seek to limit Laura Kelly's emergency powers amid coronavirus outbreak

(Newser) - As most of the US raced to get ahead of the coronavirus pandemic, conservative Republican lawmakers in Kansas moved Wednesday to limit their Democratic governor’s emergency powers, including the ability to establish quarantine zones if the need arises. Conservatives are angry with Gov. Laura Kelly's order to close...

Who's the Virus Putting in the Hospital? Not All Older People

New CDC data show significant portion of coronavirus hospitalization are younger adults

(Newser) - Dr. Deborah Birx, a State Department official on President Trump's coronavirus task force, on Wednesday issued a warning to young adults to stop gathering in groups—not only because they could unknowingly spread the virus to older, more vulnerable people, but because they themselves may be more at risk...

Trump Faces Backlash Over New Term for Virus

President insists calling COVID-19 'Chinese virus' isn't racist

(Newser) - President Trump is facing a backlash over his new nickname for the coronavirus—but he insists there's nothing wrong with calling it the "Chinese Virus." Trump first used the term in a tweet Monday, angering officials in China and raising concerns about discrimination against Asian-Americans, the New ...

Coronavirus Kills 3 Members of NJ Family

At least 4 others have been infected

(Newser) - The coronavirus has devastated a large New Jersey family, killing three of them and infecting at least four others. Grace Fusco, the family's 73-year-old matriarch, died on Wednesday, unaware that her two eldest children—Carmine Jackson and Rita Fusco-Jackson, both in their 50s —had died before her, the...

Woman Who Flew to China While Sick Could Be Charged

She lied to crew on flight from US, authorities say

(Newser) - With the coronavirus pandemic receding in China but surging elsewhere, Beijing is taking tough measures to avoid an imported second wave of infections. A Massachusetts resident who allegedly concealed her symptoms before taking a March 12 Air China flight to Beijing is being investigated for "impeding prevention of infectious...

China Passes Major Milestone in Fight Against Coronavirus

Beijing says there were no new local infections

(Newser) - Three months after reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, China, foreshadowed a global pandemic, the country reported a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus Thursday. Officials say that for the first time since the outbreak began, there were no new locally transmitted infections and no new...

River Rafters Get Shocking News After 25-Day Trip

Isolated from the world, they had no idea about the coronavirus pandemic

(Newser) - Jared Leto came back from a 12-day meditation retreat only to find out the world had become overrun with the novel coronavirus; the German Big Brother contestants were just told about the pandemic after being sequestered weeks ago. Now, from Charlie Warzel, a long look at a similar story: In...

Dow Ends Day Under 20K
New York Stock Exchange
Closing Trading Floor
updated
Mar 18, 2020 4:44 PM CDT

New York Stock Exchange Closing Trading Floor

Trading will go all-electronic starting Monday

(Newser) - Stocks are closing sharply lower as fears of a prolonged coronavirus-induced recession take hold. The Dow industrials lost 1,338 points, or 6.3%, ending the day below the 20K mark at 19,898 . After a brutal few weeks, the Dow has now lost nearly all of its gains since...

Automakers Close All North American Plants

Unemployment applications soar across the country

(Newser) - At the UAW's insistence, Ford, General Motors, and Fiat Chrysler decided Wednesday to close all of their plants in North America to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The plants won't restart before March 30 for Ford and GM, the Detroit Free Press reports. Fiat Chrysler has not...

Senate Passes House's Coronavirus Bill, 90-8

Sends the bill to Trump for signature

(Newser) - The Senate on Wednesday overwhelming passed a second coronavirus response bill, sending it to Trump to enact with his signature, the AP reports. The vote was a lopsided 90-8 despite worries by many Republicans about a temporary new employer mandate to provide sick leave to workers who get COVID-19. The...

Michael Stipe: 'It's the End of the World as We Know It'

REM frontman releases coronavirus PSA, Bono releases song

(Newser) - Michael Stipe is the latest celebrity to jump on the " coronavirus PSA " bandwagon, and his video includes possibly the most fitting song for our current moment in time: "It's the End of the World as We Know It." The REM frontman then launches into a...

Checks Won't Cut It: Here's How to Quell the Panic

Andrew Ross Sorkin suggests no-interest loans to every US business and the self-employed

(Newser) - The government is expected to write checks to Americans to help them through the coronavirus crisis. The remedy is not good enough, writes Andrew Ross Sorkin in the New York Times . In his op-ed, he floats a far more intensive solution, but one he says is the only way to...

Positive News Emerges on Coronavirus Treatment Front

Japanese flu drug found to be safe, effective in Chinese clinical trials

(Newser) - "It has a high degree of safety and is clearly effective in treatment." Those are definitely words one wants to hear regarding a drug that could help coronavirus patients, and they're the words of an official at China’s science and technology ministry regarding favipiravir, a new...

Americans Will Likely Receive 2 Checks
Americans Will Likely
Receive 2 Checks
the rundown
Mar 18, 2020 12:11 PM CDT

Americans Will Likely Receive 2 Checks

Also, President Trump invokes a 1950 law

(Newser) - It looks like American adults will receive two separate relief checks from the government, with the first going out April 6 and the second on May 18, reports the Wall Street Journal . The amount would be dependent on family size and income, but the Washington Post reports that many Americans...

Yang: WH Tapping My Brain on Cash-for- Americans Plan

Trump administration, mulling payment to each US adult amid pandemic, seems to want Yang's advice

(Newser) - Front and center of Andrew Yang's 2020 campaign was his "Freedom Dividend" concept—a $1,000 universal basic income payment given monthly to every American adult to "help solve economic inequality by giving workers a financial safety net, bolster innovation, and pay people for household domestic work,...

Italian Town Manages to Stop All New Infections
How One Italian Town Managed
to Stop All New Infections
the rundown
Mar 18, 2020 10:50 AM CDT

How One Italian Town Managed to Stop All New Infections

Vo Euganeo took extreme measures, including isolating and testing every single resident

(Newser) - The Italian town of Vo Euganeo, near Venice, was at the center of Italy's coronavirus outbreak—one of the first clusters in the country appeared there, and per the Straits Times , it was the site of Italy's first death from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. But...

Late-Night Hosts Show Off Their Work-From-Home Skills
This Is What Late-Night
TV Hosts Are Doing at Home
THE RUNDOWN
Mar 18, 2020 9:35 AM CDT

This Is What Late-Night TV Hosts Are Doing at Home

Still entertaining us, thankfully

(Newser) - Like almost every other part of daily American life, late-night TV has been sent into a tailspin , though its hosts seem to have settled into their work-at-home routines. Today notes that even though most late-night programs have put production on hold, several hosts posted their monologues online Tuesday, keeping the...

US, Canada Just Made a Big Joint Move on Coronavirus

Border between 2 countries temporarily shut down to 'nonessential travel'

(Newser) - The US and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their shared border to nonessential travel, President Trump announced Wednesday as the two nations work to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Both countries are eager to choke off the spread of the virus but also maintain their vital economic...

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