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If a person declines to wear a mask for medical reasons, the business’ staff can’t ask the person to show medical documentation verifying their condition.

Putting up trade barriers causes everyone to lose in the long runA child washes hands with anti-bacterial soap in Dhaka on Mar. 27: hand soap faces a global average tariff of 17%. © LightRocket/Getty Images James Crabtree is an associate professor in practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is author of "The Billionaire Raj." The World Trade Organization made clear the economic calamity of the coronavirus pandemic this week, predicting that global trade could plunge by as much as a third over the next three years. Yet even...

"If our workers don't die from coronavirus, they'd die of starvation." This is the stark assessment of how the pandemic is impacting the clothing industry from garment factory owner, Vijay Mahtaney, the chairman of Ambattur Fashion India. In normal times, Vijay Mahtaney and his partners Amit Mahtaney and Shawn Islam employ a total of 18,000 workers in three countries - Bangladesh, India and Jordan. But the outbreak has forced them to shut down the majority of the business, with just one factory, in Dhaka, partially operational.

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by David Eccles. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. David Eccles was an American businessman and industrialist who founded many businesses throughout the western United States and became Utah's first multimillionaire in the latter half of the 19th Century. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns)...

When The Passion of the Christ opened in theaters on February 25th, 2004, it not only gave us the rawest, grittiest glimpse into the last 12 hours of Jesus Christ, but it would leave a lasting impression that would forever change the way we look at the events that transpired in human history, and get a stronger glimpse of the price that was paid for us so that we would not stay forever stuck in the habits, mindsets, condition of heart, and the consequences that all of them inevitably leads to. Isaiah 53:5--700 B.C. But He was wounded for our...

Washington (AFP) - With an aircraft carrier forced into port and staff at bases handling nuclear missiles hit by COVID-19, the US military wants rivals to understand: don't test us, we have not been weakened. Statement after statement from the Pentagon has sought to deliver that message amid questions this week over whether the US fighting force can maintain full readiness, with cases among service members now at 2,031. "We're still capable and we're still ready no matter what the threat," Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley said Thursday. "I wouldn't want any mixed messages going out there to any...

FReepers I don't know this kid but about a week ago his picture came up on one of my facebook pages Would seem his condition is not getting better and his family will have to make a tough decision in the next 24 hours. His name is Teddy Nelson, as the title implies he is from Logan, WV. The kid is only 25 years old. Below is a facebook link with his picture and I'm posting in my comments what his friend has said. Please pray for his recovery. Thank you

The state on Friday loosened restrictions on using a controversial malaria drug for COVID-19 patients, making it more readily available for people in nursing homes and other facilities. The decision comes amid reports of nursing home residents dying from complications of the disease and after some doctors, politicians and pharmacists had called for a change in the state's rules. Until Friday's order, doctors had been barred from prescribing hydroxychloroquine and some other drugs to treat COVID-19 outside of hospitals unless patients tested positive for the virus.

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...Pierce started prophesying last September and then again in January about what the world is going through now. He said, "plague-like" conditions would hit the Earth through February, March, and April. In a new interview with CBN News on "The Prayer Link" show, he also had a word of hope about Passover. "This year would be the year that Believers would really have to understand Passover and that we will pass over!"..

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 9, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – As several localities across the United States invoke the coronavirus panic to attempt to stop pro-lifers from praying, protesting, or counseling outside of abortion facilities, police in Columbia, South Carolina went so far as to issue a citation to a man for allegedly violating a statewide stay-at-home order that had not yet taken effect. Mark Baumgartner, who heads the evangelical pro-life outreach group A Moment of Hope, was leading a group of protesters outside a Columbia Planned Parenthood facility on Tuesday, FITSNews reported. The participants more than satisfied the 6-foot “social distancing”...

On Good Friday, Christianity’s most solemn day, lawyers for religious freedom are expanding their war on governors and mayors who have ordered an Easter church lockdown and ban on drive-in services due to the coronavirus. Notable cases in Kansas, Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi argue that the orders violate the First Amendment and religious freedoms that the country was founded on. And in Washington, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has strongly urged opponents to drive-in services to drop the ban. In a letter to Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, a ban fan, the Kentucky senator urged, "Religious people should not be singled...

Former President Barack Obama joined prominent Democrats arguing that the United States should implement a vote-by-mail option in the upcoming fall elections. “Let’s not use the tragedy of a pandemic to compromise our democracy,” Obama wrote on social media. “Check the facts of vote by mail.” Obama joined prominent voices such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who argue that the coronavirus crisis is an opportunity to instigate a national vote by mail option for Americans. President Trump has been strongly opposed to the idea of voting by mail, citing inevitable fraud. “I think a...

A judge denied a request for a temporary injunction in a lawsuit that states Virginia’s stay-at-home order violates religious freedom. Southern Virginia Russell County Circuit Court Judge Michael Moore ruled in favor of Democratic Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Thursday and denied a request for a temporary injunction in Russell County resident Larry Hughes’s lawsuit, Hughes v. Northam, the Virginia attorney general’s office told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Friday. “The equities do not weigh in [petitioner’s] favor based on this pandemic,” Moore said in a statement, according to the AG’s office. “And to say that this injunction...

We know it’s spring, but you may want to dig out your Christmas lights. Denver residents are encouraged to decorate with colorful lights to show their gratitude and support for essential and frontline workers who are keeping us safe and healthy during the coronavirus pandemic. The Denver City and County Building was lit in red and white lights Thursday night to pay tribute to first responders and medical personnel. Mayor Michael Hancock was joined by Councilwoman Kendra Black and Police Chief Paul Pazen for the lighting ceremony.

The state that sent Bernie Sanders to the U.S. Senate has ordered Target, Wal-Mart, and other stores to stop selling “non-essential” vegetable seeds because “the ability to browse for seeds and purchase them in person doesn’t outweigh the risk of spreading the virus” Vermont is the state that sent Bernie Sanders to the U.S. Senate.Sanders once said that it was a “good thing” when people have to wait in line for food.These are Sanders’s exact words:“It’s funny, sometimes American journalists talk about how bad a country is, cause people are lining up for food. That’s a good thing! In other countries...

Washington Post reporter Darran Simon was found dead Thursday in his apartment, according to a memo sent to staffers. The cause of death has not been announced. Simon covered government and politics at WaPo, according to a Jan. 30 announcement from WaPo. Simon previously worked as a senior news writer at CNN, the announcement noted. “We are deeply saddened to report that yesterday, Darran Simon was found dead in his apartment,” the memo from Tracy Grant, WaPo’s managing editor for staff development and standards, reads according to the Washingtonian. “Our sympathy goes out to Darran’s family; we will share information...

Police fined members of a Mississippi church $500 each for attending a “drive-in” church service and supposedly violating social distancing orders. Meanwhile, the sole abortion clinic in the state continues to kill babies in abortion despite an order from the governor to stop all non-essential medical procedures. As the Washington Times reports, Temple Baptist Church is suing Greenville, Mississippi’s city government and mayor for busting up its “drive-in” church service: Police officers issued $500 fines this week to drive-in churchgoers whose service required churchgoers stay inside their cars with their windows rolled up while listening to an FM radio station...

Staff photo by Wyatt Massey The Very Reverend J. David Carter, far right, of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul holds a monstrance to bless a family on April 8 while Fr. Valentin Iurochkin shakes incense from a thurible. The priests made home visits the past week to bring encouragement to families who could not attend in-person worship services because of COVID-19 concerns. In an effort to encourage Chattanooga's faithful through the ongoing global pandemic and its economic fallout, the Very Rev. J. David Carter of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul visited people at their homes...

The survey of 762 people carried out between April 6-8 found that 72% would not feel safe attending a sports event without a vaccine.