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Tensions in Texas Rise as More Rules Lifted

Some cities are trying to keep restrictions

(Newser) - Few states are rebooting quicker than Texas, where stay-at-home orders expired May 1. With cases still rising, including single-day highs of 1,458 new cases and 58 deaths Thursday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has defended the pace by pointing out that Texas’ 1,200 deaths are still behind similarly big...

McDonald's Is Making Dozens of Changes

Guide to reopening restaurants is 59 pages long

(Newser) - "We only get one chance to do this the right way," states a McDonald's guide to reopening its 14,000 US restaurants for dine-in service. The 59-page guide seen by the Wall Street Journal lists dozens of changes restaurants must implement "in addition to state and...

A Big Test for Hollywood, and America, Comes in July
A Big Test for Hollywood,
and America, Comes in July
the rundown
May 15, 2020 8:29 AM CDT

A Big Test for Hollywood, and America, Comes in July

New Christopher Nolan film, Tenet, is scheduled for release in theaters

(Newser) - Director Christopher Nolan has a new movie scheduled to come out in theaters on July 17. In normal times, that in itself would be big news in the entertainment world. In these weird pandemic times, that is even bigger news, and not just in the world of entertainment. Coverage:
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He Left His Room for 3 Hours. He Got 4 Weeks in Jail

Singapore jails US pilot for breaching quarantine

(Newser) - An American FedEx pilot has become the first foreigner jailed for breaching Singapore's strict quarantine regulations. Alaska resident Brian Yeargan, 44, and two co-pilots were told to spend 14 days isolated in an airport hotel before entering the city after arriving from Australia on April 3. They had planned...

First European Country Declares Outbreak Over

Slovenia is opening its borders

(Newser) - Slovenia has become the first European country to proclaim an end to the coronavirus epidemic at home. The European Union state’s government said Friday the COVID-19 spread is under control and there is no longer a need for extraordinary health measures, the AP reports. The government says EU residents...

Mystery Ailment Linked to Kids, Coronavirus Has a Name

CDC alerts doctors about multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C

(Newser) - First came the warnings from Europe , then the US . Next came the deaths . Now, the CDC is officially warning doctors to be on the lookout for a rare mystery illness in children that is thought to be linked to the coronavirus. Previously described as an inflammatory ailment similar to Kawasaki...

Feinstein: I Talked to FBI About Stock Deals

Senator volunteered, spokesman says

(Newser) - Sen. Dianne Feinstein has answered FBI questions about her husband's stock trades and turned over documents. The California Democrat volunteered to be interviewed, a spokesman said. Also, Politico reports, she "provided additional documents to show she had no involvement in her husband's transactions," the spokesman said....

Chaotic, Partial Reopening Follows Wisconsin Ruling

State high court threw out governor's stay-at-home order

(Newser) - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers warned Thursday of "massive confusion" after the state Supreme Court tossed out the Democrat's stay-at-home order , and Republicans said they may leave it up to local governments to enact their own rules. The court's order threw communities into chaos, the AP reports, with...

Michigan Protesters Meet Again at Capitol

Rally against stay-at-home order also draws supporters

(Newser) - More than 200 demonstrators, some armed, returned to Michigan's Capitol on Thursday for a rainy protest of the state's stay-at-home orders during the pandemic. Social distancing guidelines were ignored by the protesters, as well as some members of the media, the Detroit Free Press reports. Two of the...

Big Lines in Virus Whistleblower's Testimony

Trump rebukes Rick Bright as 'disgruntled'

(Newser) - More high-profile testimony on the coronavirus took place on Capitol Hill Thursday, this time from Rick Bright, the vaccine official who says he was ousted from his government post for defying the White House on its coronavirus response. Bright hit some key points in advance excerpts , in which he warned...

Black Driver in Vermont Has Disturbing Encounter

2 others motorists flag down driver with New York plates, tell him to leave state, say police

(Newser) - State police in Vermont say they're investigating a black driver's disturbing run-in with two other motorists that had "racial undertones," reports the Burlington Free Press . The man told police he was driving with his 11-year-old son near their home in Hartford when two vehicles approached and...

Chair of Senate Intel Panel Steps Down Amid Inquiry

Richard Burr will leave post until investigation into his stock moves in pandemic is completed

(Newser) - Sen. Richard Burr is temporarily giving up his chairmanship of one of the most powerful Senate committees while the FBI investigates insider trading allegations, reports the Hill . The North Carolina Republican will step aside as chair of the intelligence panel as the investigation continues. Burr, who was privy to classified...

Barber Who Reopened: 'I'm Not Caving In to This'

Michigan's Karl Manke, who's been cutting hair for 60 years, is fighting his license suspensions

(Newser) - Karl Manke has been cutting hair for nearly 60 of his 77 years. He plans to continue doing so, whether it's legal or not. "I'm not closing up. I’m not caving in to this," says Manke, who had his business and professional licenses temporarily suspended...

Greta Will Be on CNN Thursday. There's Controversy Over It

There's some 'confusion' as to why she's been asked to appear at a town hall on coronavirus

(Newser) - Greta Thunberg is confident she had the coronavirus a few weeks back—though it's not clear if that's why CNN has chosen her to appear in its Thursday town hall on the pandemic. Per the New York Post , the 17-year-old Swedish climate activist will appear with Dr. Sanjay...

One Pig Farmer Warns: 'There Will Be Suicides'

Hundreds of thousands of pigs are being culled amid backlogs at meatpacking plants

(Newser) - Chickens aren't the only animals getting gassed amid the coronavirus pandemic. As the New York Times reports, American pork producers are killing and disposing of hundreds of thousands of pigs "without processing them into food." Closures of meatpacking plants mean there's a backlog of pigs waiting...

Jobless Claims Add to Jarring New Normal

Nearly 3M more file for claims, bringing total to 36M in 2 months

(Newser) - The bleak number keeps growing: Nearly 3 million laid-off workers applied for US unemployment benefits last week, per the AP . That means roughly 36 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the two months since the coronavirus forced millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their...

Asymptomatic Cats Spread Virus to Other Cats
3 Cats Had the
Virus. Then It Was 6
NEW STUDY
May 14, 2020 8:20 AM CDT

3 Cats Had the Virus. Then It Was 6

Scientists say none of the cats that had COVID-19 in lab experiment ever showed symptoms

(Newser) - Cats can spread the coronavirus to other cats without any of them ever having symptoms, a lab experiment suggests. Scientists who led the work say it shows the need for more research into whether the virus can spread from people to cats to people again. Virus expert Peter Halfmann and...

DJs Get Interview of a Lifetime: a Locked-Down Matt Damon

'I feel like I'm about to throw up,' Dublin's Nathan O'Reilly told Damon, quarantined in small Irish town

(Newser) - Talk about an at-work win. Per the BBC , Dublin DJs Nathan O'Reilly and Graham O'Toole nabbed none other than Matt Damon for a Zoom interview after finding out the 49-year-old star was quarantining with his family in the coastal town of Dalkey. For six weeks, O'Reilly had...

In Antarctica, 'We Are Isolated Within Isolation'

Researchers are trying to keep continent virus-free

(Newser) - Antarctica is the only continent without confirmed coronavirus cases—and the hundreds of people spending the winter at research stations there want to keep it that way. Some 29 countries have a total of around 80 bases in Antarctica, but all intra-base visits have been called off amid fears the...

American's Plot to See German Girlfriend Ends Up Being a Flop

He hoped to blend in with janitors at Frankfurt airport

(Newser) - A US man flew to Frankfurt, threw on a yellow vest, and tried to convince airport security that he was a janitor in an effort to sneak into Germany, where his girlfriend resides. The 20-year-old Pennsylvania native flew from Washington, DC, on a United Airlines flight on Sunday despite the...

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