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Need an escape from the corona virus blues? Do you have the self isolation blues? In need of some good laughs and dark humor? You need some of Ruth's ultra sassy dialog? Are other family members getting on your nerves as they have been laid off from their jobs? Then tune into Ozark via NetFlix. Season three stands alone OK. If you like it you can circle back and see the first two seasons. Gov't workers are home bound, getting paid for doing pretend work via tele-commuting. But Ozark is your private sector bonus and there for the rest of...

The state's directive requires that "large 'big box' retailers must": Restrict access to non-essential goods. Stores must close aisles, close portions of the store, or remove items from the floor. Only offer non-essential items via online portals, telephone, delivery, or curbside pickup, to the extent possible. Except in the event of emergencies threatening the health and welfare of a customer, showrooms and garden sections of large home improvement centers should be closed. WCVB-TV reported that "according to the state, large retailers must cease in-person sales of items that include, but are not limited to: Arts and crafts, beauty supplies, carpet...

Newark police closed 15 non-essential businesses and issued 161 summonses to people accused of violating governmental orders designed to combat the coronavirus, authorities said Tuesday. The tickets are further proof that authorities won't tolerate "knucklehead gatherings," Gov. Phil Murphy said. "I don't know why people are not thinking about themselves," NJ State Police Supt. Col. Patrick Callahan said during the governor's daily news briefing . "At least think about the first responders. When law enforcement has to go to a large gathering, (they) are exposing themselves, as well.

...The Classic Learning test or CLT is not new. Founded in 2015 by Jeremy Tate, the test aims to “provide alternative standardized tests rooted in tradition and taking advantage of modern technologies,” according to the company’s website. Tate told The College Fix in an email that registration rate for the CLT exam had increased by 300 percent in the past week..The test derives its content from a broad range of authors and thinkers throughout history from religious and irreligious backgrounds alike..

MILAN—In the town of Coccaglio, an hour’s drive east of here, the local nursing home lost over a third of its residents in March. None of the 24 people who died there were tested for the new coronavirus. Nor were the 38 people who died in another nursing home in the nearby town of Lodi. These aren’t isolated incidents. Italy’s official death toll from the virus stands at 13,155, the most of any country in the world. But that number tells only part of the story because many people who die from the virus don’t make it to the hospital...

A phone call between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the leading Democratic contender for his position, is in the works to discuss the coronavirus pandemic. "Our teams will be in touch and we will arrange a call," said Kate Bedingfield, Biden's deputy campaign manager, in a statement Wednesday evening.

...According to the Washington Examiner, online searchers for prayer have also increased dramatically. "As the coronavirus’ spread keeps more people at home, internet searches for prayer have skyrocketed, a study from the University of Copenhagen found. Google Analytics data shows that, in the month of March, searches for prayer hit a five-year high."

During National Financial Capability Month, we recognize the importance of financial literacy to a free and prosperous society, and we commit to ensuring that all Americans have the resources they need to make informed financial choices and provide opportunities for a brighter and more secure future.Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and workforce.  As we continue to face the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, my Administration is working tirelessly to ensure that individuals and business owners have the information they need to overcome recent hardships.  I am continuing to take concrete actions to protect the American...

No person should ever have to endure the anguish and indignity of sexual assault.  This horrific crime affects Americans of every age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.  During National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to supporting survivors of sexual assault, encouraging strong criminal justice responses to these crimes, and ending the scourge of sexual violence in our homes and communities.Sexual assault is a particularly egregious and dehumanizing form of violence.  Even after physical injuries of a sexual assault have healed, emotional and mental trauma can persist.  Survivors often struggle with lingering anxiety, fear, anger, shame,...

As we reported earlier — There were 83,780 flu-pneumonia deaths in America this season.The CDC estimated 24,000 to 62,000 flu deaths this year. We also have Washington DC experts continually changing their “scientific models.”Dr. Anthony Fauci changed his estimates from 1.7 million deaths to 200,000 possible deaths in a span of 14 days!This is the same doctor who proposed shutting down the US economy.The experts continue to promote “models” and “theories” at their press briefings.Why not facts? According to FOX News — 78% of COVID-19 Patients have At Least One Underlying Health Problem!From this current CDC weekly report 74% had at least one underlying condition present (255/965 total)....

5-year-old girl treated for non-life-threatening injuries; park closed to visitorsEast Bay Regional Park District staff closed Dublin Hills Regional Park to visitors after a 5-year-old girl was attacked and bitten by a coyote Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Park officials immediately responded to a park location around 2:20 p.m. after learning that the girl, who was walking with family members, was approached and bitten by one of five or six coyotes. The girl’s family quickly intervened and the animals fled. Alameda County Fire Department firefighters also responded, and provided care before transporting the girl to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland for...

Pro-gay group triggered by call to holinessA leading homosexual activist is calling on Pope Francis to remove Cdl. Raymond Burke immediately from public ministry. Francis DeBernardo, Executive Director of the pro-LGBTQ New Ways Ministry, was triggered by a video and letter from His Eminence addressing the Wuhan virus and a Catholic response. Burke says today's culture has strayed from God, citing abortion, violence and attacks on human sexuality such as so-called gender theory. In response, the activist fake-Catholic homosexual said Burke's comments "only incite desperate people seeking an 'enemy' behind the virus to perpetrate acts of violence toward LGBTQ people."...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Like every Sunday, Brazilian Pastor Silas Malafaia took the stage of his Pentecostal temple in a middle-class Rio de Janeiro neighborhood. But this week, he wore a T-shirt instead of a blazer and, behind the three cameras broadcasting to his legion of YouTube followers, were thousands of empty seats. Brazil’s churches have landed on the front lines of a battle between state governors, who have introduced quarantine measures designed to contain spread of the new coronavirus, and President Jair Bolsonaro, who is actively undermining them and says a broad lockdown will ultimately destroy Brazil’s economy. Brazil’s...

ROME (CNS) -- While many churches in Italy remain open, visiting a church to pray is not a valid excuse for leaving one's home during Italy's COVID-19 lockdown, said a note from the Ministry for Internal Affairs. Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia, president of the Italian bishops' conference, had asked the government to clarify the lockdown rules and how they apply to the church and church services. People who want to pray in a church may do so only if "the church is situated along one's way" to or from a government-approved reason for leaving one's home: going to the...

The Treasury Department said late Wednesday that Social Security recipients who typically don't file tax returns will automatically receive their coronavirus relief checks and will not have to file tax returns to receive their payments

Earlier this week, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, called upon every diocese of the UOC to actively participate in measures to help counteract the spread of the coronavirus, providing material assistance to the medical institutions in their respective areas. Now he is calling upon all the Church’s monasteries to participate as well. In a circular sent to all diocesan hierarchs yesterday, March 25, His Beatitude blessed all monasteries of the UOC to prepare their premises for the possible reception of coronavirus patients, reports the Information-Education Department of the Ukrainian...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ UNDERWATER INSPECTION Navy Capt. Kyle Moses, left, and Master Chief Petty Officer Chris Borkenheim conduct pier inspections during International Mine Countermeasures Exercise 16 in Jordan, April 15, 2016. Moses and Borkenheim are the commodore and command master chief, respectively, of Commander, Task Force 56. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Furey Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. BEST RANGER FIRST Army Staff Sgt. Erich Friedlein navigates a...

The Department of Justice today announced that it is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the recent stimulus legislation signed by President Trump, will allow eligible state, local, and tribal governments to apply immediately for these critical funds. The department is moving quickly to make awards, with the goal of having funds available for drawdown within days of the award.“This is an unprecedented moment in our nation’s history and an especially dangerous one for our front-line law enforcement...

Scientists around the world have been racing to develop treatments, cures and a vaccine for COVID-19, and are getting closer by the day. Jacob Glanville - one of the stars of Netflix documentary Pandemic - runs Distributed Bio, which has been working to find an antibody therapy. On Monday he tweeted that a development was imminent. "I'm happy to report that my team has successfully taken five antibodies that back in 2002 were determined to bind and neutralise, block and stop the SARS virus," Dr Glanville told Checkpoint. "We've evolved them in our laboratory, so now they very vigorously block...

A San Francisco doctor featured in the Netflix documentary “Pandemic” announced that he and his team have discovered a potential coronavirus cure — which will now be tested by the US military.