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What it's like to be locked in prison during the coronavirus pandemic
PHILADELPHIA -- At the Pike County, Pa., Correctional Facility, a contraband economy has sprung up around limited supplies of soap.
Fights have broken out between prisoners in Montgomery County over phone time since the ...Read more
California may face 5,000 coronavirus deaths a week if social distancing eases too soon, health official says
MILLBRAE, Calif. -- California faces 5,000 coronavirus deaths a week if the state's stay-at-home policies are relaxed too early, a health officer in the Bay Area said Tuesday.
"Some of the modeling is predicting -- at the...Read more
Coronavirus stay-at-home orders have reduced California traffic accidents by half
LOS ANGELES -- Coronavirus stay-at-home orders that went into effect on March 20 have reduced vehicle collisions on California roadways by roughly half, according to a UC Davis survey that is the first to estimate the ...Read more
Coronavirus vaccine race gets unlikely partner: big tobacco
Cigarette makers may seem like an unlikely source of life-saving vaccines, yet Philip Morris International Inc. and British American Tobacco Plc are trying to devise a defense against the coronavirus from the humble ...Read more
At the state level, no shortage of COVID-19 policies or spats
WASHINGTON -- States' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have created a patchwork of policies and, in some states, opportunities for intrastate political skirmishes.
The dust-ups have occurred mostly in states where ...Read more
Spain virus deaths rise by 864 in deadliest day of outbreak
Spain reported 864 new coronavirus fatalities on Wednesday, marking its deadliest day since the crisis began as the number of confirmed cases surged past 100,000.
Total deaths rose to 9,053 in the past 24 hours, from 8,...Read more
Defense industry on sidelines, for now, during pandemic fight
WASHINGTON -- The defense industry has high-tech production lines sprinkled around the country and a skilled workforce that has been deemed essential during the COVID-19 pandemic, factors that would seemingly make it a ...Read more
28 test positive for coronavirus after returning from spring break trip to Mexico, Austin health officials say
AUSTIN, Texas -- Twenty-eight University of Texas students who returned to Austin from a spring break trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, have tested positive for the coronavirus, UT officials say. Dozens more are being ...Read more
Billion-dollar blows to US states crater spending plans
The coronavirus is threatening to blow a massive hole in U.S. state and city budgets as millions of people stay home, workers are idled and the stock market flounders.
New York, the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak, is ...Read more
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