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Wall Street Has Worst Quarter Since 2008
Dow Has Worst Quarter Ever
MARKETS
Mar 31, 2020 3:00 PM CDT

Dow Has Worst Quarter Ever

This was Wall Street's worst quarter since 2008 financial crisis

(Newser) - Stocks are down in subdued trading Tuesday, as Wall Street's wraps up its worst quarter of performance since the 2008 financial crisis, the AP reports. The S&P 500 is down in afternoon trading after flipping between modest losses and gains, pushing its loss for the first three months...

Fountains of Wayne Singer on a Ventilator

Adam Schlesinger sickened with the coronavirus

(Newser) - Another celebrity has been hit hard by the coronavirus. Adam Schlesinger, known first as the singer of Fountains of Wayne and later as a songwriter for the TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, has been hospitalized in upstate New York since last week and is on a ventilator, his lawyer said Tuesday....

New Rules After Dad Hides Virus Symptoms in Hospital

He entered maternity ward, and his wife showed the symptoms after giving birth

(Newser) - A dad-to-be wanted to be with his wife so badly in a hospital maternity ward that he lied about the coronavirus symptoms he was experiencing. Staff at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, let him into the maternity ward as a result, and the Democrat and Chronicle reports that...

Interview About Goodbye Call Brings Anchor to Tears

CNN's Brooke Baldwin talks to woman who was able to FaceTime with her dying mother

(Newser) - Video chat services aren't just keeping people in touch amid the pandemic. With deathbed visits off the table, they're also allowing people to speak their final words to loved ones before they succumb to the coronavirus. CNN 's Brooke Baldwin couldn't hold back tears Monday as...

Legend Resurfaces in Italian Village Still Free of Coronavirus

Mayor of Montaldo Torinese says 'miracle water' probably not the reason

(Newser) - As the coronavirus pandemic ravages Italy, the village of Montaldo Torinese has so far escaped unscathed. Though it's just 11 miles from Turin—which had 3,658 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday—in the country's northern Piedmont region, none of its residents had as of the...

By One Measure, Virus Is Now Worse Than 9/11

Death toll in US now exceeds that of the initial 2001 attacks

(Newser) - The coronavirus tally of American deaths kept by Johns Hopkins University rose above 3,000 Tuesday morning, exceeding the toll from the 9/11 attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, notes the Washington Post . (Thousands more have since died from 9/11-related illnesses.) It was just a matter of the time for...

CDC May Change Advice on Face Coverings
CDC May Change
Advice on Face Coverings
the rundown
Mar 31, 2020 11:27 AM CDT

CDC May Change Advice on Face Coverings

DIY masks are becoming more popular

(Newser) - Last month, the surgeon general issued an all-caps plea to Americans: "STOP BUYING MASKS!" But as the coronavirus outbreak worsens, a more nuanced debate is unfolding about whether Americans should be wearing masks, or some type of face covering, in public. Nobody is suggesting that people wear surgical...

CNN's Chris Cuomo Tests Positive for Virus

He'll continue anchoring his show from his basement

(Newser) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has emerged as a prominent voice in managing the coronavirus outbreak. Now the disease just hit much closer to home. His younger brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, has tested positive for COVID-19, reports the Hill . The younger Cuomo, 49, tweeted the news Tuesday. CNN reports...

FBI Agents: Arrested Man Deliberately Coughed on Us

Brooklyn man Baruch Feldheim charged with assault, lying to officers

(Newser) - A doctor who bought supplies from Baruch Feldheim told police the 43-year-old New York man had enough protective materials and sanitation supplies "to outfit an entire hospital." When FBI agents arrived at his Brooklyn home Sunday to confront him about the hoarding, he allegedly coughed on them and...

People Were Still Visiting 'Blue Lagoon,' So Cops Dyed It Black

UK needed to deter visitors to tourist hot spot amid coronavirus pandemic

(Newser) - The "Blue Lagoon," a former limestone quarry in Buxton, England, has become a tourist hot spot thanks to its bright blue waters—and visitors were still flocking to it, despite the prime minister ordering UK residents to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic. So local police took a...

New Theory Floated on Origins of Coronavirus
New Theory Floated on
Origins of Coronavirus
new study
Mar 31, 2020 8:03 AM CDT

New Theory Floated on Origins of Coronavirus

Study suggests it could have been spreading in humans for years

(Newser) - Scientists studying the origins of the coronavirus have found similar strains in bats and pangolins , leading to speculation that it jumped from one or perhaps both of those animals to humans earlier this year. But a new study floats a different idea: that the virus was spreading in humans for...

Nation's President Mocks Virus 'Psychosis,' Soccer Goes On

Belarus' Premier League is carrying on as if there's no pandemic, and it's gaining fans

(Newser) - It's the "last league standing," per the Guardian , and that's no exaggeration. Like pro sports throughout much of the globe, professional soccer is virtually canceled across the EU due to the coronavirus —except for the Belarusian Premier League, which has bucked what other neighboring countries...

Now Walking Out: Grocery, Delivery Workers

Workers at Instacart, Amazon, Whole Foods want hazard pay, protective gear, sick time

(Newser) - Grocery and delivery workers are doing some of the most potentially dangerous jobs in America during the coronavirus outbreak and they are demanding better pay and protection. Amazon workers at a New York City warehouse walked off the job Monday and Instacart workers held strikes nationwide, reports the San Diego ...

Scientist: New Data on US 'Gives Me Hope'

Nation is 'cooling,' according to smart thermometers

(Newser) - Hundreds of millions of Americans are staying home amid tight restrictions aimed at slowing down the coronavirus pandemic. It appears to be working, according to Kinsa Health, a company that makes "smart thermometers" and has used the data to create a "Health Weather" map of the US . The...

4 European Countries Make Masks Mandatory

Austria orders all shoppers to wear 'alien' masks

(Newser) - "I'm fully aware that mask wearing is something alien to our culture," Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Monday after announcing that face masks will be compulsory for people visiting supermarkets and other stores. The Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina have also made mask-wearing in public, formerly unusual...

In Some Areas, Gas Is Below $1 a Gallon
Gas Is Cheap, Not
That You'd Notice
Mar 31, 2020 3:13 AM CDT

Gas Is Cheap, Not That You'd Notice

National average hovers around $2 a gallon, but for many motorists there's nowhere to go

(Newser) - US gasoline prices have dropped to their lowest levels in four years, and they are almost sure to go lower as oil prices plunge. Price-tracking services put the national average Monday around $2 a gallon. Some stations were spotted charging under a dollar. But don't expect a stampede to...

Formula One Official Suggests Exposing Drivers to Coronavirus

He says the idea 'was not accepted positively'

(Newser) - With motorsport halted by the coronavirus pandemic, a top racing official in Europe has suggested that drivers pass the time by becoming infected with the coronavirus. Helmut Marko, an adviser to the Formula One team Red Bull, told Austrian public broadcaster ORF that drivers could get together to build immunity...

LA County Sheriff Drops Effort to Close Gun Stores

Villanueva ordered shutdown last week

(Newser) - Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who was sued by gun-rights groups after trying to shut down firearms dealers in the wake of coronavirus concerns, said Monday that he is abandoning the effort. The sheriff said he's heeding a federal Department of Homeland Security advisory issued on Saturday that...

Fauci: Trump's Shift Came After He Saw Latest Data

'It was a pretty clear picture,' he says of higher death toll projections

(Newser) - Siding with public health experts' dire projections, President Trump on Monday defended his decision to extend restrictive social distancing guidelines through the end of April, while bracing the nation for a coronavirus death toll that could exceed 100,000 . “Challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days,”...

Democrats Want Racial Data Collected in Pandemic

Lack of information impairs efforts to address disparities in care, lawmakers say

(Newser) - Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address disparities in the national response to the coronavirus outbreak. In a letter sent Friday to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, both...

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