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'I'm a Little Overwhelmed': Salon Owner Freed From Jail

Shelley Luther of Dallas refused to close her business

(Newser) - Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther, who refused to close her business in defiance of state orders, won't be serving a week in jail after all. Luther walked free on Thursday after the state Supreme Court ordered her release, reports the Dallas Morning News . Luther spent two days in jail....

Gollum Voice Actor Reading The Hobbit Non-Stop

Andy Serkis charity event can be live-streamed on Friday

(Newser) - Fans of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings looking for something to do while stuck at home on Friday now have a tempting offer. Andy Serkis, who voiced Gollum in the movies, plans to read the JRR Tokien novel on which it was based non-stop for charity, reports the...

What Would Gabriel Garcia Marquez Think of All This?

Son of the author of 'Love in the Time of Cholera' writes him an open letter

(Newser) - The editors who put together the popular Modern Love column at the New York Times recently noted that they received 78 submissions in March with the same title: "Love in the Time of Coronavirus." It's an ever-present riff these days on the classic novel Love in the ...

Frontier Scraps Vilified Fee After One Day

Passengers could pay $39 to guarantee having an empty seat next to them

(Newser) - One sign of a PR fail: You have to write a letter to lawmakers insisting that your company was not trying to profit from pandemic fears. Just ask Frontier Airlines, which announced Wednesday it is scrapping a new fee related to social distancing. "We recognize the concerns raised that...

'Shocking': Most NY Patients Were Staying Home

New survey: 66% came to hospitals after being 'predominantly' at home, not out and about

(Newser) - More than 100 hospitals in New York were recently asked to find out where their COVID-19 patients were staying before they were admitted, and the findings are "shocking," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. NBC News reports that 66% of the patients came from their own homes, where they...

A Personal Valet to Trump Tests Positive for COVID

White House says president, VP are still in the clear

(Newser) - A US Navy member who serves as one of President Trump's personal valets has tested positive for the coronavirus, reports CNN and Politico . The White House confirmed the diagnosis of a military member who works at the White House, though not that it was one of the president's...

First Department Store Chain Falls to Coronavirus

Luxury giant Neiman Marcus files for Chapter 11

(Newser) - Neiman Marcus, the 112-year-old storied luxury department store chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the first department store chain to be toppled by the coronavirus pandemic, per the AP . The move follows the bankruptcy filing by J. Crew , which became the first major retailer to reorganize during the...

Officials Backtrack After Blasting 'COVID-19 Parties'

No evidence anyone wanted to be exposed in Washington state

(Newser) - Health officials in Washington state came down hard this week on "coronavirus parties," where the supposed intent is to spread the potentially deadly virus to others who would eventually recover and gain immunity. They're now walking back those comments. Some 94 people had tested positive for COVID-19...

Cops: McDonald's Workers Shot Over Virus-Closed Dining Area

3 employees injured in shooting, scuffle in Oklahoma City

(Newser) - Two employees of a McDonald's in southwest Oklahoma City were shot Wednesday in what authorities described as a dispute involving the closure of the restaurant's dining area. A third employee who fell and suffered a head injury during the scuffle was also taken to hospital, per KOCO . Oklahoma...

45% of Dads Say They Handle Homeschooling. Moms Disagree
Who Handles
Homeschooling?
Answers Don't Sync
new poll
May 7, 2020 8:02 AM CDT

Who Handles Homeschooling? Answers Don't Sync

Poll shows perception divide between men and women

(Newser) - Perception is everything, and nowhere is that proving to be more true than in a recent poll on how housework and child care are being divvied up during the pandemic. Per the New York Times , the latest Morning Consult poll asked 2,200 Americans in April about these tasks, and...

University Says It Won't 'Pause' COVID-19 Modeling

Arizona told ASU researchers their work was no longer needed

(Newser) - With Arizona and the rest of the US in the grip of a pandemic, Arizona State University researchers have decided to disregard the state government's instruction to "pause" their work producing projections and models. "Moving forward, ASU will continue to perform its COVID-19 research, and will make...

Report: Feds Rejected CDC's Guide to Reopening US

Officials were told it would 'never see the light of day'

(Newser) - A set of detailed documents created by the nation's top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public places such as mass transit, day care centers, and restaurants during the still-raging pandemic has been shelved by the Trump administration, the...

Trump: Virus 'Is Worse Than the World Trade Center'

President stops short of referring to China as a wartime enemy

(Newser) - President Trump on Wednesday referred to the coronavirus as an attack on the US—and not just any attack. "We went through the worst attack we've ever had on our country, this is worst attack we've ever had," Trump told reporters from the Oval Office, per...

'Best Chance' for Coronavirus Cure? Might Be This Llama

Scientists are trying 'antibody therapies' for near-term coronavirus cure

(Newser) - Llamas are known as sociable animals with pleasantly soft wool—and now, a possible cure for the coronavirus. Scientists say llamas and alpacas at a research farm in Belgium are producing special antibodies that show promise in stopping the coronavirus, the Washington Post reports. A new scientific paper says these...

California Beaches Reopen, With a Catch

In Orange County, only weekday 'active use' allowed

(Newser) - Residents of Orange County, California, have the green light to go back to the beach—but authorities don't want to see crowds of sunbathers. Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose administration faced protests and lawsuits over its decision last week to close the county's beaches, has reached a deal with...

Arizona Government Halts Work on Pandemic Models

Experts had warned it would not be safe to reopen until end of May

(Newser) - A team of university experts producing pandemic models and projections in Arizona has been told to put their work on hold, the Arizona Republic reports. The team recently warned that coronavirus cases would surge unless reopening was delayed until at least the end of May, but the state government is...

Kevin Spacey Compares Your Pain to His Pain

The actor compares his banishment to the pandemic lockdown

(Newser) - Kevin Spacey is back in the news for the first time in months—this time for comparing his professional exile to the lockdown triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, Mediaite reports. "I don't often like to tell people that I can relate to their situation because I think it...

It&#39;s the Largest Outbreak Tied to One Facility on Our Continent
Here, a 'Staggering'
Number of Virus Cases
longform
May 6, 2020 2:22 PM CDT

Here, a 'Staggering' Number of Virus Cases

The CBC goes inside a Cargill meat-packing plant

(Newser) - "We need a public inquiry and we need a criminal investigation and we need them now." The words were uttered by the head of the Calgary and District Labour Council after the death of Hiep Bui. The 67-year-old Canadian woman lost her life to COVID-19—after contracting the...

Trump: COVID-19 Task Force Is Changing Focus

He says it will continue indefinitely, but it's switching focus to the economy

(Newser) - One day after saying that the COVID-19 task force would be winding down, President Trump said Wednesday that it would continue indefinitely, but focus more on rebooting the economy. Trump tweeted that the panel's focus would be on "SAFETY & OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY AGAIN." Trump's...

Member of Kushner's Virus Team Slams Its Work

Written complaint says adviser's group had little experience in hunt for medical equipment

(Newser) - Jared Kushner's role in helping shape the US response to the coronavirus came under increased scrutiny Wednesday with a spate of new stories. The presidential son-in-law, though, won't be pleased. The New York Times and the Washington Post have stories with a similar theme: They assert that an...

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