People who have been sick with coronavirus infections should stay away from other people until they’ve gone at least three days with no fever, have seen symptoms improve, and until it’s been 10 days since they first noticed symptoms, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in updated guidance. The CDC updated guidance…… MORE
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Walmart enters the resale market with ThredUP partnership
Walmart on Wednesday announced a partnership with resale platform ThredUp to sell previously owned branded clothing, shoes, handbags and more online. This marks the first foray by Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, into the resale market. The company said it started planning the initiative a year ago and launched it at a time when the…… MORE
Newly released video shows a woman pushing her 9-year-old son into a canal, police say
Newly released video obtained by CNN network partner Univision shows the moment a Florida woman who’s been arrested in the death of her 9-year-old son pushes him into a canal. That moment, police say, was Patricia Ripley’s earlier attempt at killing her son, Alejandro, before succeeding at a later time. In the latest video to…… MORE
Trump takes his war on masks to new heights
The simple act of wearing a mask to protect others during a pandemic is now a political and cultural flashpoint, underscoring the polarization afflicting every corner of American life. President Donald Trump’s use of the bully pulpit to defy his own government’s advice on face coverings has turned into the era’s latest ideologically motivated assault…… MORE
USA Today front page honors the Americans who have died from coronavirus
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Wednesday’s front page of USA Today, clad in black, honors the Americans who have died from the coronavirus. The official counts of the death toll are expected to pass 100,000 very soon, most likely sometime…… MORE
White House doesn’t detail Trump’s rationale for removing watchdogs to top GOP senator
White House counsel Pat Cipollone did not explain in a letter to GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley on Tuesday evening why President Donald Trump had removed the inspectors general for the intelligence community and State Department, instead emphasizing the President’s legal authority to do so. The letter, which Grassley swiftly blasted as having “failed to address”…… MORE
Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world
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There’s one epidemic we may never find a vaccine for: fear of black men in public spaces
Millions of Americans shrugged off their fear of the coronavirus this holiday weekend when they flocked to crowded beaches, lakes and restaurants. But there is another type of contagion that still keeps some of White America paralyzed: Fear of black men in public spaces. This Memorial Day weekend saw the release of two disturbing videos…… MORE
Ohio Republican governor says wearing a mask is ‘about loving your fellow human being’
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday evening that wearing a mask to protect against coronavirus is “about loving your fellow human being,” saying he tells Ohioans to wear the face coverings even as they have become a political flashpoint amid the pandemic. “This is an instruction as old as the Bible. You are supposed to…… MORE
Australia angered China by calling for a coronavirus investigation. Now Beijing is targeting its exports
It didn’t take long after Australia’s first calls for an international investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic before rumblings of retaliation came from Beijing. Australian Foreign Minister Marisa Payne initially voiced support for an investigation on a Sunday morning television show in late April. Days later, China’s ambassador to Australia Chen Jingye responded…… MORE
