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Small business deal 'very close'; US death toll hits 40,000: The latest on COVID-19 |
| The White House and Congress were "very close" to a deal on Sunday for a $300 billion relief package for small businesses , Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. The money would replenish a small business loan program, which already depleted an initial $350 billion in less than two weeks. He said the deal could be approved by the Senate on Monday and the House could vote on it by Wednesday. Meanwhile, the death toll in the U.S. surpassed a new plateau, hitting the 40,000 mark on Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University data. |
| • | Which states are relaxing social distancing restrictions and moving away from lockdowns? Here is a running list of states making moves to roll back social distancing regulations. | | • | Democratic and Republican governors pushed back Sunday on President Donald Trump's tweets to "liberate" some states where people protested social distancing measures enacted to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee told ABC News that Trump's tweets were "dangerous" because some might take them as encouragement to ignore stay-at-home orders | | • | New York state will begin antibody testing thousands of residents this week to try to determine the breadth of the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. Cuomo said a test was approved by the FDA and that testing will take place "in the most aggressive way in the nation." | | • | Stimulus checks are landing in the bank accounts of about 80 million taxpayers this week. But many are also wondering how the checks will impact their taxes. The good news, tax experts say, is that people won't owe taxes on their stimulus payments. | | • | The decision to reopen some of Florida's beaches was met with criticism on social media. | | • | Bill Cosby won't be leaving incarceration any time soon, despite concerns that he could be susceptible to coronavirus while in prison. Because he's a sex offender, "inmate Cosby is not eligible for a reprieve by the governor," Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokeswoman Susan McNaughton told USA TODAY in an email Saturday. | |
When will a second wave of the virus hit, what will it look like? |
| Even before the first horrific phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has run its course, scientists are worried about the second wave of the disease . It could crash worse than the first. Or it could be a mere swell, with so many people having been infected without symptoms that levels of immunity are higher than realized. Until there's a vaccine "it's unfortunately not unlikely that we may see a second wave or even a third wave," said Peter Marks, director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, which oversee vaccines. |
Students are weary of online classes. But colleges can't say if they'll open in fall 2020. |
| College students say they'll revolt if universities put another semester of classes online to avoid spreading the coronavirus – but that's increasingly what campus leaders are considering doing. For Ryan Sessoms, a marketing student at the University of North Florida, the transition to online classes has already been rocky. "If it's going to be online at the same tuition price, then I'll just wait for the spring semester." |
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The South is bracing for another wave of storms |
| An outbreak of severe thunderstorms is forecast starting Sunday , and the greatest threat stretches from east Texas and extending through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a moderate tornado watch for parts of western Louisiana, east Texas and coastal regions that became effective Sunday morning and will run through the late afternoon. The watch indicates that wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour are likely. Last week during Easter Sunday, a series of tornadoes swept through the South. It was the worst outbreak the U.S. has seen in six years. |
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'One World: Together at Home' brought out the celebrities |
| "One World: Together at Home" leaned on musical performances and messages of hope from A-list celebrities to help spread some cheer during a time when much of the world is shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. Saturday's event began with a six-hour livestream on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, then headed to prime time on ABC, CBS and NBC for two hours. Stars who appeared on the broadcast portion included Billie Eilish, Jennifer Lopez, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Oprah Winfrey and Stevie Wonder. Scores of celebrities took time to thank health workers. Here are some of the highlights you may have missed from prime time event. |
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Judge calls alleged investigator misconduct in Lori Loughlin case 'serious and disturbing' |
| A federal judge Friday called allegations of law enforcement misconduct in the nation's college admissions scandal headlined by actress Lori Loughlin "serious and disturbing" as he ordered prosecutors to provide more information in the blockbuster case. At issue are notes Rick Singer, the mastermind of a nationwide college admissions scheme, took on his iPhone after discussions with FBI investigators on Oct. 2, 2018 about recorded phone calls they directed him to make to parents who were his clients. Loughlin and seven other parents accused of bribing USC are scheduled to go to trial in Boston federal court in October. |
'The Last Dance' on Michael Jordan airs tonight: 'A side of (him) you maybe haven't seen' |
| People talk in the film world, so it wasn't long after the Chicago Bulls' 1997-98 championship season that Mike Tollin first heard about the treasure trove of footage — the coveted "500 hours," as he calls it — that would form the foundation of the much-anticipated documentary "The Last Dance." The footage sat idle for nearly 20 years until Tollin approached the NBA and started trying to convince Jordan and his team to tell the full story of that year. Episodes 1 and 2 of the documentary will air Sunday on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET. |
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