WASHINGTON — An American jailed for months in Lebanon was released from custody Thursday, while a Navy veteran was granted medical furlough from an Iran prison as the country struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus, U.S. officials said. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Michael White, imprisoned more...
Gov. Newsom Imposes Statewide Stay at Home Order
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered the state's 40 million residents to stay at home, restricting non-essential movements to control the spread of the coronavirus that threatens to overwhelm the state's medical system. “This is a moment we need to make tough decisions,” Newsom said. "We need to recognize reality.”...
Madera Unified Chief: Goal Is For 100% Of Kids Online During COVID-19 Closures
Madera Unified School District wants every one of its 20,000 students to have access to high-speed internet — no matter the family's income level — and devices like Chromebooks to connect to it so they can keep learning at home during the COVID-19 outbreak. Superintendent Todd Lile outlined that goal,...
Saints Coach Payton Says He Tested Positive for Coronavirus
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton says he has tested positive for the coronavirus, is resting comfortably at home and is making his test result public in hopes he can motivate people to do more to fight the pandemic. Payton learned Thursday that he has tested...
Senator Dumped Up to $1.6 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness
[aggregation-styles] ProPublica Soon after he offered public assurances that the government was ready to battle the coronavirus, the powerful chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Richard Burr, sold off a significant percentage of his stocks, unloading between $582,029 and $1.56 million of his holdings on Feb. 13 in 29 separate...
Corona Is Slowing Down, Humanity Will Survive, Says Biophysicist Michael Levitt
[aggregation-styles] CTECH by CALCALIST Nobel laureate Michael Levitt, an American-British-Israeli biophysicist who teaches structural biology at Stanford University and spends much of his time in Tel Aviv, unexpectedly became a household name in China, offering the public reassurance during the peak of the country’s coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. Levitt did not...
The Immoral Cruelty of the Trump Administration’s Refusal to Grant Iran Sanctions Relief Amid Its COVID-19 Crisis
[aggregation-styles] Responsible Statecraft There is a growing consensus that — to prevent Iran from spiraling out of control from the coronavirus epidemic and causing untold harm to the Iranian people — the Trump administration must immediately relent in its use of sanctions and allow Iran the ability to combat the...
Pacific Grove Doctor Says California Is Not Far Behind Italy
[aggregation-styles] KSBW 8 Concerns over the growth rate of the coronavirus are being expressed by one Pacific Grove doctor. Dr. David Craig Wright said he may have an unpopular opinion, but believes simple statistics show COVID-19 in California could soon turn into a situation very similar to what Italy is...
Police and Fire Chiefs Ask Public For COVID-19 Heads-Up
The chiefs of Fresno's police and fire departments reassured the public they are ready and able to respond to emergency needs Thursday afternoon. But Fresno Fire Chief Kerri Donis is asking for the public's help to warn first responders if they have COVID-19 symptoms when calling for service. "We are...
Fighting Fear With Beer: Virus Spurs Curbside Beer Sales
WAKE FOREST, N.C. — Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name. But with the new coronavirus popping up all over the country, a trip to your favorite tap room isn’t in the offing. So breweries are stepping up, offering curbside growlers to stave off the grumbling. Amid the...