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Wearing a mask is a matter of “personal responsibility” to reduce the coronavirus’s spread given evidence of the pathogen’s aerosolization and the prevalence of asymptomatic carriers, said Dr. Nicole Saphier.

The LPGA Tour bought itself an extra month to make sure it’s safe to resume playing, releasing a new schedule that could end with two of its biggest events and finish five days before Christmas.

National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell has pledged to forego his 2020 salary in the face of the continuing coronavirus crisis.

Get used to the concept of pods and pucks if the NHL is going to have any chance of completing its season, with the most likely scenarios calling for games in empty, air-conditioned arenas during the dog days of summer.

New York State officials allowed nursing home employees infected with coronavirus to continue to work and to treat residents at the Hornell Gardens facility in rural Steuben County, according to a New York Post report.

California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to issue an order closing all beaches and state parks, effective May 1, according to a report by Fox 11 Los Angeles.

There is a nearly 92 percent chance that the much-hyped anti-malaria drugs chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) can help patients afflicted by the novel coronavirus, doctors told the governor of Arizona in a letter this week.

Teachers’ union heads are condemning Trump’s suggestion that schools in some areas of the nation consider reopening prior to summer.

America should use the National Emergencies Act to seize and liquidate China’s assets in the U.S., including $1.1 trillion in treasury notes, said Gavin Clarkson.

President Trump minced no words on Wednesday, when he said he would like the country opened up “as soon as possible.”

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) on Wednesday announced that the state would begin reopening its economy after it was almost completely shut down over the coronavirus pandemic

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Wednesday that he would extend the state’s “stay-at-home” order amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

The latest report on discussions inside Major League Baseball contends that pro ball’s opening day this year could be July 4th.

Major League Baseball is reportedly close to an agreement on re-starting baseball for 2020 with a late June start and a realigned division.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently stated that “a crisis tends to strip away façades and reveal who we are and what we believe. At best, we become stronger as communities and a nation; at worst, we slip into fear and oppression.”

A search and rescue operation involving federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies led to the rescue of two migrants lost in the Arizona desert near Gila Bend.

Two weeks ago, Dr. Anthony Fauci sounded optimistic about a return to sports this summer, even if it was without fans. Two weeks Later? The doctor doesn’t sound nearly as optimistic.

Local authorities in Uganda are facing accusations of raiding an LGBT shelter based on the perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of the residents, then charging them for allegedly defying coronavirus regulations on physical distancing, AllAfrica reported on Monday. The

The city council of Newport Beach, California, decided Tuesday to keep its beaches open — despite a rebuke from Governor Gavin Newsom that earned national media attention.

Grand Rapids Bishop David J. Walkowiak has issued a statement slamming recent declarations by Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer that abortion is “life-sustaining.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to arrest Jewish mourners not adhering to social distancing decrees following Tuesday’s funeral for Rabbi Chaim Mertz in New York City.

Grenell shoots down more media reports claiming the intelligence community gave President Trump an early warning about the coronavirus.

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera called out Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for voting against $484 billion in relief during the coronavirus pandemic.

The DNC is intervening in the election integrity group True the Vote’s effort to challenge Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s plan to impose universal mail-in voting for the state’s June 9 primary election.

The U.S. State Department, as of Tuesday afternoon, has helped 71,538 Americans return home after being stranded in 127 countries and territories amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic plaguing the globe.

A rancher who raises cattle in Texas and Colorado sounded the alarm that the U.S. government is importing what he considered inferior beef from Namibia while American ranchers are facing the possible “depopulation” of their herds.

Major League Baseball has decided to give teams the go-ahead to refund tickets bought for games that won’t be played.

An artificial depression created around the coronavirus outbreak will kill thousands of Americans, explained Jacki Pick.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The governor of North Carolina said Tuesday that NASCAR can go forward with the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway without fans in attendance at the end of May unless health conditions deteriorate in the state.

Gov. Ned Lamont (D) made a point Monday of asserting states such as Georgia and Oklahoma are opening up businesses “prematurely” and that Connecticut residents would have to get accustomed to social distancing as part of a “new normal.”

A New Jersey high school teacher is under investigation for allegedly yelling that she hopes kids she saw playing football in a city park would die “a long painful death” from the coronavirus, for violating stay-at-home orders.

The Coalition Against Rate-Setting (CARS) released a letter Tuesday signed by more than 160 economists who oppose healthcare rate setting in any legislation, particularly any future COVID-19 relief legislation.

The Paycheck Protection Plan was a government-run program meant to assist small businesses as they deal with the financial hardships resulting from the coronavirus and related quarantine efforts.

The leader of Italy’s principal opposition party has slammed Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte for failing to deliver on promises to liberate Italians from the coronavirus lockdown and get the country working again.

A 101-year-old New York woman who survived cancer and the Spanish influenza pandemic has now overcome her battle with the deadly coronavirus.

Boris Johnson had one job in his first speech since recovering from his bout with coronavirus. Unsurprisingly he failed completely.