Coronavirus school shutdowns threaten to deepen U.S. ‘digital divide’
Liz Peasley, a special education aide in the rural Grand Coulee Dam School District in Washington State, drives 10 miles from her home on the Colville Indian Reservation just to get a workable cellphone signal.
U.S. judge dismisses actor Jussie Smollett’s lawsuit alleging malicious prosecution
A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett who accused the city of Chicago of malicious prosecution in concluding that his claim to having been the victim of a racist and homophobic beating was a hoax.
Severe storms, tornado kill at least six in Oklahoma and Texas
Severe storms and a tornado swept through the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas, killing at least six people and injuring dozens, officials said on Thursday.
Severe storms sweep through Oklahoma, Texas killing at least five: CNN
Severe storms swept through the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas on Wednesday killing at least five and injuring dozens, CNN reported https://cnn.it/355afdG, citing emergency officials.
Pompeo: U.S. calls on China to permanently close wildlife wet markets
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States has called on China to permanently close its wildlife wet markets, citing links between those markets and zoonotic diseases.
Trump disagrees with Georgia’s push to re-open economy
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he strongly disagrees with Georgia’s aggressive push to re-open its economy in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, saying it’s “just too soon” to lift some restrictions.
What U.S. doctors wish they had known before the coronavirus outbreak
“What I did not recognize was the severity of illness that would be seen in patients who are older and the rapidity with which this illness would spread through elderly populations.”
Trump order temporarily limits U.S. immigration during coronavirus crisis
President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered a temporary block on some foreigners from permanent residence in the United States, saying he wanted to protect American workers and jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.
More U.S. states make plans to reopen; California holds firm
More states in the U.S. South and Midwest signaled readiness on Wednesday to reopen their economies in hopes the worst of the coronavirus pandemic had passed, but California’s governor held firm to sweeping stay-at-home orders and business closures.
Coronavirus spreads easily in U.S. homeless shelters, CDC says
((This April 22 story corrects to say 249 residents and 59 staff members at two homeless shelters in Atlanta were tested, not 1,192 residents and 313 staff members at 19 shelters in 6th paragraph))
