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Germany’s Coronavirus Cases Tick Up After Lockdown Restrictions Loosen Up
By Associated Press
04.28.20 | 9:07 am
FILE - This Wednesday, April 8, 2020 file photo shows the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., where health officials reported dozens employees have confirmed cases of COVID-19. On Friday, April 17, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the company's hogs will be raised in the U.S., but slaughtered and packaged for sale in China before being sent back. The false claim has been circulating online since 2014 after Smithfield Foods was sold to Chinese pork giant WH Group in 2013. Jenna Wollin, a spokeswoman for Smithfield Foods, told The Associated Press in an email that the claims circulating online were false. “No Smithfield products come from animals raised, processed, or packaged in China,” she said. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves) FILE - This Wednesday, April 8, 2020 file photo shows the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., where health officials reported dozens employees have confirmed cases of COVID-19. On Friday, April 17, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the company's hogs will be raised in the U.S., but slaughtered and packaged for sale in China before being sent back. The false claim has been circulating online since 2014 after Smithfield Foods was sold to Chinese pork giant WH Group in 2013. Jenna Wollin, a spokeswoman for Smithfield Foods, told The Associated Press in an email that the claims circulating online were false. “No Smithfield products come from animals raised, processed, or packaged in China,” she said. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves)
Coronavirus Likely To Make Meat More Expensive And Harder To Find
By DAVID PITT
04.27.20 | 4:08 pm
Nearly A Quarter Of NYC Residents Show COVID-19 Antibodies, Cuomo’s Survey Suggests
By Matt Shuham
04.27.20 | 1:30 pm
Trump Warps Space-Time Continuum, Insisting He’s Been Stuck At WH For ‘Many Months’
By Matt Shuham
04.27.20 | 10:56 am
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Urges Patience Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
By JILL LAWLESS
04.27.20 | 9:16 am
Louisiana Pastor Defies House Arrest To Hold Service With 100+ Congregants
By Associated Press
04.26.20 | 5:46 pm
A For Sale By Owner and closed due virus sign are shown at Images On Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., Thursday, April 2, 2020. The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak has triggered a stunning collapse in the U.S. workforce with 10 million people losing their jobs in the past two weeks and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage from the crisis piles up around the world. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) A For Sale By Owner and closed due virus sign are shown at Images On Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., Thursday, April 2, 2020. The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak has triggered a stunning collapse in the U.S. workforce with 10 million people losing their jobs in the past two weeks and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage from the crisis piles up around the world. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Coming Soon: A ‘Tsunami’ Of Business Bankruptcies
By Joyce M. Rosenberg
04.26.20 | 5:02 pm
A 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident, is shown in Detroit, Sunday, April 5, 2020. The Census Bureau is required by federal statute to send the president the counts that will be used to carve up congressional districts — known as apportionment — and draw state legislative districts by Dec. 31. The new coronavirus COVID-19 spread forced the U.S. Census Bureau to suspend field operations (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) A 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident, is shown in Detroit, Sunday, April 5, 2020. The Census Bureau is required by federal statute to send the president the counts that will be used to carve up congressional districts — known as apportionment — and draw state legislative districts by Dec. 31. The new coronavirus COVID-19 spread forced the U.S. Census Bureau to suspend field operations (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
The Many Potential Consequences Of A Delayed Census During Coronavirus
By DAVID A. LIEB and MIKE SCHNEIDER
04.26.20 | 11:08 am
** HOLD FOR STORY ** In this April 7, 2020, photo released by the U.S. Navy, sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt move ready to eat meals for sailors who have tested negative for COVID-19 at Naval Base Guam who were being taken to local hotels in an effort to implement social distancing. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Julio Rivera/U.S. Navy via AP) ** HOLD FOR STORY ** In this April 7, 2020, photo released by the U.S. Navy, sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt move ready to eat meals for sailors who have tested negative for COVID-19 at Naval Base Guam who were being taken to local hotels in an effort to implement social distancing. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Julio Rivera/U.S. Navy via AP)
Pentagon Focuses On Testing Most Vital Personnel For COVID-19
By ROBERT BURNS
04.26.20 | 8:50 am
View of general merchant shops during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, April 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) View of general merchant shops during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, April 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Global Death Toll Tops 200,000 As Some States Start To Loosen Restrictions
By SARA BURNETT and KATE BRUMBACK
04.25.20 | 5:15 pm
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