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| A swarm of destructive tornadoes raged across the South as more than 310 million Americans continued to carry out stay-at-home orders to combat COVID-19. |
| It's Ashley, and I'm BACK with the news you need to know Monday. |
| But first, sheltering while sheltering: What do you do if a tornado is coming and you have to crowd together in a shelter during the coronavirus pandemic? "Shelter is more important when the weather turns bad," experts say. |
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Harrowing night of tornadoes leaves at least 30 dead |
| Destructive winds walloped the East Coast on Monday after a harrowing Easter that saw people huddled in basements, closets and tubs as tornadoes raged across the South, leaving at least 30 people dead. Ferocious winds were reported across the East Monday, the Weather Channel said, a day after at least 40 reported tornadoes pounded several states. The death toll from the storms so far is staggering: Eleven people were killed in Mississippi, nine were found dead in South Carolina, and six more died in northwest Georgia. Others died under falling trees or inside collapsed buildings in Arkansas and North Carolina. |
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US coronavirus deaths may finally be declining |
| It's officially been one month since the president declared a national emergency to combat the coronavirus, unending nearly everyone's lives in one way or another. But today, we have rare good news on the coronavirus front: The U.S. death toll declined for the second straight day in a row, providing hope that the worst of the pandemic could soon be over. While a decrease in mortality rates is definitely welcome news, experts say it should be received with cautious optimism. |
| 'Time to #FireFauci...'? |
| President Donald Trump raised questions about the future of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the medical face of the White House battle against the pandemic, by retweeting a post that called for his firing. Important note: Trump did not explicitly endorse the call to remove Fauci in his tweet, but defended himself against claims he did not act quickly enough to curb the spread of the virus. |
| Sailor on virus-stricken USS Roosevelt dies of coronavirus |
| A sailor aboard the COVID-19-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt, whose captain was fired after pleading for help, died of the disease, the Navy announced Monday. As of Sunday, 585 members of the 4,800-member crew had tested positive for the coronavirus. |
| Give it to me straight |
| The U.S. numbers have exploded, with more than 23,000 deaths – more than any other country – and over 568,000 confirmed cases, according to Johns Hopkins. Worldwide, there were more than 118,000 deaths and 1.9 million coronavirus cases. |
 | | Geraldo Uytingo is all smiles looking at alpacas Thunder, Lego and Finn. Nicole and Tim George brought the three alpacas to the Cedar Woods Assisted Living to brighten up the day for some of the 110 nursing home residents that live there. | | Via OlyDrop | |
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Former Vikings, Seahawks QB dies in car crash |
| Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson died in a car crash in Alabama on Sunday. He was 36. Jackson was driving his 2012 Chevrolet Camaro when the car hit a tree and flipped, according to Alabama law enforcement. A second-round draft pick out of Alabama State, Jackson played parts of nine seasons in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks. He also won a Super Bowl ring as Russell Wilson's backup in 2014. "TJack... you will be missed. Praying for your family...Love you man," Wilson wrote on Twitter on Monday. |
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 | | Tarvaris Jackson played parts of nine seasons in the NFL as a quarterback for the Seahawks and Vikings. He died April 12, 2020 in a car crash in Alabama at 36 years old. | | Joe Nicholson, USA TODAY Sports | |
Bernie's going all-in on Biden |
| Sen. Bernie Sanders officially endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president, just five days after the Vermont Senator suspended his presidential campaign. "Today, I am asking all Americans, I'm asking every Democrat, I'm asking every independent, I'm asking a lot of Republicans to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy, which I endorse," Sanders said Monday after joining Biden on a campaign livestream. Biden, who is the presumptive nominee, is more moderate than Sanders, an independent senator and self-described Democratic socialist. |
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 | | Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, embraces Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a Democratic presidential primary debate, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) | | Elise Amendola, AP | |
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Today's reader question: Can I quit my job and collect unemployment? |
| USA TODAY's Charisse Jones says, "Guidance in regard to the federal relief act specifically states that quitting a job without cause to get benefits would be deemed fraud." Lots of readers have sent us questions. We're taking and answering more reader questions on jobs, finances and other money issues here. Check it out. |
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