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Moscow (AFP) - Russia is ready to cooperate with Saudi Arabia and the United States to cut oil production, President Vladimir Putin said Friday. Putin said Russia was willing to make agreements within the framework of the OPEC+ group and that "we are ready for cooperation with the United States of America on this issue," according to a statement published by the Kremlin. "I believe that it is necessary to combine efforts in order to balance the market and reduce production." Oil prices have tumbled in recent weeks in the face of a drop in demand and global economic uncertainty...

Authorities continued searching Friday for two members of the Kennedy family who disappeared in the Chesapeake Bay after they had set out in a canoe to retrieve a ball in the water — a mission that family said “turned from rescue to recovery.” Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, 40, and her 8-year-old son Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean went missing near Annapolis on Thursday evening while the family had gathered at a waterfront house owned by McKean’s mother, family and authorities said.

If there are two things that are clear during this Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, it’s that the liberal media is terrible. And the progressive Left is outright insufferable. The liberal media is making a daily habit trying to tank the markets with their trash reporting and desperate trap this administration in a ‘gotcha’ moment for their broadcasts. It’s sick. If there is one institution that could torpedo or threaten a united front in combating this disease, it’s the liberal media. Also, they’ve tried to for three years to entrap this White House, with each time ending in failure. They’re an embarrassment....

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, postal workers have been on the front lines, considered "essential workers" who must continue to do their jobs as usual while others stay home. But some lawmakers are warning that without more support, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) could completely shut down in the next few months, threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

In a critical health crisis like the one we are experiencing, no single activity is more important than the role of the news media. People need the best information on the nature of the threat, how they can protect themselves, what to do if they suspect they are infected, etc. On March 25, President Trump conducted a daily briefing on the coronavirus. Attorney General Barr was there to warn people about price gouging. Health experts were there to update everyone on the latest information about testing – including the promise of a soon-to-be-approved test that can detect the virus with...

Broadway fans around the world will soon be able to stream the works of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on YouTube — for free. The series, dubbed “The Shows Must Go On!,” will stream weekly to help ease cabin fever during the coronavirus quarantine. The musical theater legend plans to air some of his most celebrated — and reviled — shows. The first installment begins at 2 p.m. Friday with Lloyd Webber’s 2000 revival of 1991’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” starring Donny Osmond, Maria Friedman, Richard Attenborough and Joan Collins, available for a 48-hour period. The next production, scheduled...

It’s just the flu, bro. It is interesting to follow the countries who have Flubros as leaders: Mexico Brazil Belarus Sweden While these countries aren’t 100% Flubro, they do represent one end of a spectrum. We can watch to see how both viral deaths and the economy fare there, relative to those nations that have taken more of a Fearper approach. Some things to watch for: 1. If any world leaders discuss an endgame for their panic-driven lockdowns 2. Any evidence that people will stop inflating the official death count with people dying with Corona as opposed to from Corona...

Shannon Bream discusses a Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Developed At UPMC (Pitt) Researchers are waiting on approval from the FDA to start human trials ________ PITTSBURGH -- The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced Thursday a potential vaccine for the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. The vaccine has been effective on mice when delivered through a patch on the skin that researchers say feels like Velcro on the skin. Researchers say production of the patches and vaccine is scalable and if effective, can be produced in large quantities. It is the first study to be published after it was critiqued by...

Were Canadian officials a little slow off the mark on COVID-19? Maybe. They probably didn’t implement travel bans quickly enough but they were reasonably quick at shutting non-essential services and demanding social distancing once the full threat was understood. And they did vastly better than their American counterparts. There are reports from Toronto and Vancouver that federal officials are still letting foreign air travellers into the country without proper screening and mandatory isolation. If that’s true, it’s unforgivable.

The Trump Organization has laid off or furloughed about 1,500 employees at hotels in the United States and Canada as the coronavirus pandemic inflicts further pain on the president’s private business. With most of President Trump’s hotels and clubs closed amid stay-at-home orders around the world, the Trump Organization has responded by slashing costs, much like other companies in the hospitality and tourism industries. The Trump Organization has laid off or furloughed employees at hotels in New York, the District of Columbia, Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas, Vancouver and Honolulu, according to public filings and people familiar with the properties, including...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Emmitt Peters, Sr., the 1975 Iditarod Champion know as the "Yukon Fox," passed away Thursday in Ruby. He was 79 years old. Peters won the Last Great Race on Earth in 1975 as an Iditarod rookie, the most recent first-time racer to do so. He would not win a second title, but finished in third in 1978 and took the runner-up position in 1979. Along with his race crown, Peters' Iditarod accolades were numerous. After becoming champion and Rookie of the Year at the same time in 1975, he would go on to win the Golden...

This will be a weekly post. Count remains at 191 judges confirmed. 138 District Court judges 51 Circuit Court judges 2 Supreme Court justices This week President Trump nominated two good conservatives for the vacancies on the 5th Circuit and the DC Circuit. Though who knows when the Senate Judiciary Committee will sit and have hearings or vote these nominees to the floor.

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"... orange man bad , orange man bad ..." They won’t know which they’ve received, and they’ll be contacted weekly by researchers running the study, then in-person both at week four and week eight to determine if they have any symptoms of COVID-19, or any side effects from the medication.

Ok. Today’s Q&A. What is the topic? Aquarium cleaner? Dog worm medicine?

Please FReep Mail me regarding the ping list for these reports. Thanks. COVID-19 Update As of 04/03/2020 23:12 PDT (taken at 23:59) Good morning everyone. Thank you for dropping in to check out this Update. New Feature: States, Territories, and Counties Here is a spreadsheet with the States50, Territories5+, and Counties200 listed alphabetically and by declining case numbers. ACCESS This feature also linked at the bottom, and will only appear there after today. New Feature: Links to other resources. Coming tomorrow The Following Addresses the Nubmers Here in the United States of America There Was Impressive Growth Again Yesteray Declared...

Sen. Lindsey Graham demanded the Chinese government close down its wet markets to stem the spread of diseases that he said likely originate in the stalls’ unusual game and produce. The South Carolina Republican appeared on Fox News on Friday and said he is sending a letter with Democratic Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Chris Coons of Delaware to the World Health Organization and the Chinese government demanding the closure of wet markets. The novel coronavirus is suspected to have originated in a wet market in Wuhan, China. "How many times do we have to go through this...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The disruption caused by COVID-19 has been incredibly inconvenient for everyone. But for some young adults, the timing of this lockdown has been heartbreaking. The second semester of senior year is usually full of milestones: senior prom, senior trips, and graduation, just to name a few. But high school seniors across the state and country are missing some of these once-in-a-lifetime memories in an effort to stop the spread of Coronavirus. Now, as the cancellations have started, local seniors are struggling to accept that for their class, these rites of passage may never happen. “It’s devastating...

More fun with the British Shorthair kittens. Video, 14 minutes, 34 seconds.

Sean Davis, co-founder of The Federalist, took a serious look at the IHME (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) Coronavirus model and called it “garbage.” Davis makes his case through a series of tweets (below). Davis found that the actual numbers of hospitalizations on April 1 were a fraction of the numbers projected by the IHME model. The problem with the model, he discovered, is that it uses New York and New Jersey data and applies it to the rest of the states. The actual numbers range from a low of 9% in Tennessee of the projection to a high...