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A plateau in new coronavirus cases |
| Just shy of 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States, a leading health expert says the country is "near the end of the beginning." Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said Sunday the COVID-19 outbreak has reached a plateau in new cases but probably will not ease much before Memorial Day . This is in contrast to Vice President Mike Pence's claim that the U.S. would "largely have this coronavirus epidemic behind us" by the holiday. |
Six new coronavirus symptoms, CDC says |
| Chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and a new loss of taste or smell. Those are the six new symptoms the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is cautioning could be signs of the coronavirus. The additions come as health experts' understanding of the deadly disease continues to evolve and confound. The CDC previously listed fever, cough and shortness of breath as symptoms. |
| There are more than 960,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S., according to the John Hopkins database, with the death toll surpassing 54,000. Globally, there are more than 2.9 million confirmed cases and 205,000 deaths. |
Wary of reopening, country divided on next steps |
| Fractures in leadership between local, state and federal governments are creating an uncertain path toward reopening the country . Georgia has become a high-profile outlier after it set in motion aggressive plans to ease stay-at-home restrictions, over the objection of some local officials — even President Donald Trump. Mayor Van Johnson, of Savannah, Georgia, asked local churches to remain closed over the weekend, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms urged residents to stay home. |
| Most states have favored a slower, more gradual approach. Many announced in recent days a framework for reopening, often with tentative dates or benchmarks where restrictions may be relaxed. |
| In New York, one the states hit hardest by the coronavirus, the daily death toll dipped to 367 — the lowest one-day total in weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. He said hospitalization and testing numbers continue to show improvement and that the state agrees with federal guidelines for 14 days of declines before reopening begins. |
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to Trump: Stick to the facts |
| Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican who has butted heads with President Trump over his messages about the coronavirus, urged the nation's chief executive to use "fact-based'' information in his media briefings . On Thursday, Trump pondered the possibility of introducing disinfectants or ultraviolet light into the human body to kill the coronavirus, which Hogan said prompted hundreds of calls into his state's emergency hotline inquiring about ingesting Clorox or cleaning products as a treatment. "I think when misinformation comes out or you just say something that pops in your head, it does send a wrong message," Hogan said. |
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What is going on with Kim Jong Un? |
| There has been lots of confusion around the health and whereabouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Last week, South Korea's government said it had no information to corroborate a media report suggesting Kim was gravely ill after he reportedly underwent heart surgery this month. On Sunday, the Associated Press reported a train likely belonging to Kim has been parked at his compound on the country's east coast since last week, satellite imagery showed. The speculation about his health has been caused, in part, by a long period out of the public eye. |
 | | Media reports say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to be in "grave danger" after surgery, but officials in South Korea believe otherwise. | | Getty | |
Chris Matthews says harassment allegation was 'highly justified' |
| In his first interview since resigning over inappropriate comments about a female reporter's appearance, former MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews said the reporter's complaint about him was "highly justified." Speaking to Vanity Fair's Inside the Hive podcast, Matthews, 74, acknowledged both that he made inappropriate workplace comments. "I accepted the credibility of the complaint in the article. I didn't want to challenge the person that made the complaint and wrote the article. I thought it was very credible and certainly within the person's rights to write that article, of course. That was highly justified." |
NFL draft in the books |
| That's a wrap. The 2020 NFL draft has a bow on it. That means it's time for instant gratification: report cards for all 32 teams. Who got an A? Who got an F? We break it down here. And here is every pick from rounds 4 - 7. But also: the 13 biggest steals. And a team-by-team look at all of the 255 picks. |
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 | | Apr 23, 2020; In this still image from video provided by the NFL, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks from his home in Bronxville, N.Y., during the 2020 NFL football draft. Mandatory Credit: NFL/Handout Photo via USA TODAY Sports | | Handout Photo-USA TODAY Sports | |
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