Новости за 02.04.2020

National Nurses United on Thursday said President Trump must invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA) to expand production of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the coronavirus pandemic.The union, which represents over 155,000...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called on his Senate colleagues to sign on to a letter to the ambassador from China urging Beijing to rethink a decision to open so-called wet markets, where live animals are killed and sold in often unsanitary...

A man was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat in Cuba, Mo., after he allegedly coughed on the customers of a local business, breathed on merchandise and wrote “COVID” in the condensation inside of a cooler.John Swaller, 33, has...

CNN host Chris Cuomo joined his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), at the governor's Thursday press briefing to discuss his own experience fighting the coronavirus after testing positive. "...

The federal government is loosening restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men in light of a blood shortage brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.In revised guidelines published Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

On Dec. 12, 1901, Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi demonstrated the very first transatlantic radio-wave transmission and ushered in a new age of wireless communications. More than a century later, wireless technology still is one of our primary...

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is doubling down on his call for President Trump to name a "czar" to oversee the production and distribution of coronavirus-related medical supplies.Schumer sent a letter to Trump on Thursday saying it...

A group of siblings in Washington state say they used a walkie-talkie to say their last words to their 42-year-old mother, a breast cancer survivor, as she died from the coronavirus in a nearby room.Elijah Ross-Rutter told CNN that his mother,...

Chris Smalls, an Amazon worker who was fired from his job at the retail giant’s Staten Island warehouse after organizing a walkout, demanded on Thursday that CEO Jeff Bezos better protect workers and noted the company is reliant on them amid the...

A South Korean singer has apologized after posting a video to Instagram as an April Fools' Day prank telling his fans that he had been infected with coronavirus.Kim Jae-joong apologized in a statement posted to Instagram Wednesday after...

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday urged the Trump administration to quickly implement bolstered unemployment aid included in the massive $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package.  Schumer's comments come...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday announced the creation of a special House committee charged with overseeing the unprecedented, multitrillion-dollar federal response to the coronavirus pandemic.Pelosi ha...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is expected to hold a news conference on Wednesday morning to give updates on the response to the coronavirus pandemic in his state.The event is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.Wa...

Florida megachurch pastor Rodney Howard-Browne closed the doors to his church Monday to protect his congregation from "a tyrannical government."

Southwest Airlines intends to apply for aid from the federal government for assistance during the coronavirus pandemic, which has restricted travel and beleaguered the airline industry.Southwest CEO Gary Kelly anno...

Sony Corp. said Thursday that it has established a $100 million coronavirus relief fund to support health care workers, children and educators working remotely, as well as artists and creators who have lost work.“Our Corporate Social Responsibility...

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (R) and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) are running neck-and-neck in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary, according to a new ...

Hoarded personal protective equipment seized by the FBI in a price-gouging investigation will be distributed to New York and New Jersey health care workers to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS...

Under a motion passed by the city council in Laredo, Texas, earlier this week, residents in the town can now face a fine of up to $1,000 for not wearing some form of covering on their nose and mouth in the midst of the co...

Associates of Joe Biden have reached out to former Attorney General Eric Holder about the process of selecting a running mate, according to a person close to the former vice president's campaign.Holder helped guide...

Jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. died on Wednesday after complications from the coronavirus, his family said in a statement.The legendary musician's death was confirmed on Twitter by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D), who called the 85-year-old...

Dozens of journalism professors and working journalists signed an open letter to Fox News heads Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch on Thursday, bashing the network's coverage of the coronavirus pandemic as a "danger to public hea...

Family members of Americans who are wrongfully detained overseas or held hostage by non-state armed groups say the U.S. government must more effectively communicate with them about their relatives' cases, despite recent i...

Family members of Americans who are wrongfully detained overseas or held hostage by non-state armed groups say the U.S. government must more effectively communicate with them about their relatives’ cases, despite recent improvements.In a new report...

A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the conviction of the man found guilty in the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.The Karachi court instead found Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh guilty of kidnapping, sentencing...