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Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar offered rare praise for President Trump Wednesday evening, calling his response to the coronavirus pandemic “incredible.”
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“American Idol” is the latest TV show to shut down in light of the coronavirus outbreak: The ABC singing competition is suspending production, effective immediately, TVLine has learned. Filming has been halted to ensure that contestants can get home to their families, according to a source; the rest of the production is working remotely, and …
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JPMorgan Chase is closing about a fifth of its bank branches to help contain the spread of COVID-19. The finance giant will shutter about 1,000 Chase bank locations temporarily, according to a memo sent to employees Wednesday. The roughly 4,000 other branches will reduce their operating hours starting Thursday. The bank is trying to balance …
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Two members of Congress announced Wednesday that they have been diagnosed with Chinese virus
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Australian airline Qantas is forcing most of its employees to stop working as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to gut its finances. Australia’s flag carrier and its budget subsidiary Jetstar will “stand down” two thirds of their 30,000 employees until at least the end of May to preserve jobs for the long term, the company said …
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Tesla founder Elon Musk has offered to make ventilators during the coronavirus crisis. “We will make ventilators if there is a shortage,” the 48-year-old tech pioneer tweeted late Wednesday. His ventilator tweet had more than 10,000 likes within hours, and quickly received a rush of excited praise — as well as ridicule for saying the …
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Going to bars is banned, but Suzanne Somers and her husband have opened their own hot spot at home — for virtual cocktail parties. But they’ve been doing it well before the coronavirus outbreak: “My husband [Alan Hamel] and I have a wonderful ritual several nights a week … We meet at our outdoor bar, …
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Will warring exes Johnny Depp and Amber Heard finally come face to face at a trial over his alleged abuse at London’s High Court? Despite the worldwide travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, Depp plans to fly in from his French chateau to be at the court in person for the anticipated start of the …
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The Big Board’s famous trading floor is about to go dark. The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday said its COVID-19 screening process has yielded two positive tests. As a result, the exchange said it will close its physical trading floor on Monday, March 23, and move to a fully electronic trading system. “They’re finally …
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Wealthy people who have flocked to the Hamptons to escape the coronavirus are ransacking grocery stores in epic shopping sprees that are costing thousands of dollars a pop. Since COVID-19 hit Long Island’s tony beach towns last week, its residents have been lining up for groceries and other essentials as they prepare to hunker down …