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Month: April 2020

Maryland agency receives more than 100 disinfectant use calls

Maryland agency receives more than 100 disinfectant use calls

narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, WILLIAM MANSELL and ELLA TORRES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 195,000 people worldwide. Over 2.7 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data […]

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Smithfield Foods employee sues over working conditions amid coronavirus crisis

Smithfield Foods employee sues over working conditions amid coronavirus crisis

Bill Oxford/iStockBy JAMES HILL and CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC NEWS (SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) — Members of a rural workers’ rights group and an anonymous employee at a Missouri Smithfield Foods processing plant have sued the company alleging “horrific” work conditions during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The “Jane Doe” and the Rural […]

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Trump Addresses Media Friday

Trump Addresses Media Friday

WASHINGTON-Friday, United States president Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus task force addressed the media. Trump started things off joyously, saying “in the last 7 days, there has been very significant progress.” He cited the fact that there is a decline nationwide in positive tests. He confirmed the country […]

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SUU Men’s Basketball To Visit Michigan In November

SUU Men’s Basketball To Visit Michigan In November

CEDAR CITY, Utah-Friday, Southern Utah University men’s basketball continued to bolster its non-conference schedule as they will visit Ann Arbor, Mich. to face the Michigan Wolverines November 27. Thunderbirds head coach Todd Simon, a native Michigander, has taken his squad to the Wolverine State on two previous occasions in his […]

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Family of man killed by police in Walmart angered by lack of notification, calls for investigation

Family of man killed by police in Walmart angered by lack of notification, calls for investigation

Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStockBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC NEWS (SAN LEANDRO, Calif.) — The grandmother of a bat-wielding man, who was shocked by two stun guns, and fatally shot by police officers inside a Walmart, is still waiting for notification from authorities to find out what happened to her grandson. Steven Taylor was seen […]

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New York man accused of hoarding COVID-19 materials for price gouging

New York man accused of hoarding COVID-19 materials for price gouging

Marilyn Nieves/iStock By AARON KATERSKY AND JUSTIN DOOM, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — In what prosecutors are calling the first criminal case in the U.S. charged under the Defense Production Act, the owner of a sneaker and apparel store on Long Island allegedly began accumulating and selling at inflated prices […]

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U.S. states build stockpiles of malaria drug touted by Trump

U.S. states build stockpiles of malaria drug touted by Trump

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State and local governments across the United States have obtained more than 30 million doses of a malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump to treat patients with the new coronavirus despite warnings from doctors that more research is needed. The states acquired the medication […]

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Coronavirus updates: Maryland agency receives more than 100 disinfectant use calls

Coronavirus updates: Maryland agency receives more than 100 disinfectant use calls

narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, WILLIAM MANSELL and ELLA TORRES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 190,000 people worldwide. Over 2.7 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data […]

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SUU Men’s Basketball Signs Australian National

SUU Men’s Basketball Signs Australian National

CEDAR CITY, Utah-Friday, Southern Utah University men’s basketball head coach Todd Simon confirmed he has a new addition to his program. The Thunderbirds have signed 6-5 guard Kingsley Box, who hails from Melbourne, Australia. Simon said he is excited about this addition as Box is “a big guard who can […]

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Utah law graduates can skip bar exam during pandemic

PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court says recent law school graduates can become practicing lawyers without taking the typical bar exam under new temporary rules forced by the coronavirus pandemic. The Daily Herald says the process requires the graduates to perform 360 hours of supervised legal service under […]

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