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Many of the states' chief executives say they don't want to move too quickly and risk a public health crisis, despite pressure from Republican lawmakers, business leaders, professional sports leagues and some parents
Amazon threatened Wednesday to halt all its activities in France, a day after a court ordered the online retail giant to stop selling, receiving or delivering non-essential goods for the next month to protect its employees from the virus
Top Chinese officials secretly determined they were likely facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus in mid-January, ordering preparations even as they downplayed it in public
Ambassador Terry Branstad also says the U.S. has concerns about how China initially handled the virus outbreak in the central city of Wuhan, but that such issues should be addressed after the pandemic has been brought under control
Sales fell sharply across many categories: Auto sales fell 25.6%, while clothing store sales collapsed, dropping 50.5%.
Guatemala again began receiving deportation flights from the United States after a one-week pause prompted by three deportees testing positive for COVID-19
Restaurants and bars still are only allowed to offer drive-thru or takeout
Unlike talk in the Trump administration of possibly reopening the country as early as May, military leaders are suggesting that this summer may be the best-case scenario of tiptoeing toward a return to normal activities
Federal officials have suspended placing children in states including New York and Washington over concerns with the outbreak
Japan has the world's oldest population, and the virus can be especially dangerous for the elderly
An estimated drop in demand of 9.3 million barrels a day this year is equivalent to a decade's worth of growth
Officials suggested that German craftsmen could remake some of the large clerestory windows located far above eye level and designed to let light and air into the cathedral
The coronavirus outbreak, which first emerged in Hubei province late last year, ground activity in the world's second-largest economy to a halt as drastic curbs on people movement shut down factories, transport and shopping malls
The coronavirus is spreading in immigration detention, with more than 70 detainees in 13 states testing positive and hundreds of others under quarantine
The disaster response reflected how the coronavirus pandemic has changed relief efforts: Workers are still trying to provide all the comfort they can, but from a distance
Coalitions of governors coordinate reopenings, even though President Trump insists he has 'absolute power' on deciding when and how to loosen restrictions
African governments have approved adoptions, but COVID-19 disruptions have slowed US side of process
Resumption follows one-week pause prompted by three deportees testing positive for COVID-19
Fauci's comments come as President Trump and others in the administration weigh how quickly businesses can reopen and Americans can get back to work weeks after the fast-spreading coronavirus essentially halted the U.S. economy
The evangelicals signing the letter said they would 'encourage the many churches and ministries within our networks to provide any assistance they can' to help released detainees shelter safely
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