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The announcement by Bernie Sanders that he is no longer campaigning for the Democrat presidential nomination has caused a wave of very depressed reactions from his supporters. Many of these reactions, as you can see in this video, are quite funny. The only person not depressed is the last guy who sees Sanders ending his campaign as a great opportunity to push for Communist revolution.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday announced the state’s initial framework for lifting statewide closures affecting millions across the state, saying she would take a slow, science-based approach to deciding how to move forward, without specifying when it would happen. “I’m not going to put a date on this,” Brown said. The governor said she wants five things to be in place before gradually lifting the unprecedented stay-at-home restrictions: A declining growth rate of active cases, sufficient personal protective equipment for healthcare workers, surge capacity in hospitals, increased testing capacity, tracing and isolating positive cases and strategies to protect vulnerable...

Some Democrats are demanding that stimulus payments as part of the coronavirus response include illegal immigrants -- part of an ongoing effort to eliminate all barriers to public assistance for those in the country without documentation.

Pinellas County’s world-famous beaches have been nearly empty for three weeks, but that could change on Thursday. During an emergency meeting Monday for the Pinellas County Commission to extend emergency orders, a majority of the seven commissioners said they want information for a Thursday meeting so they can consider opening private pools at condominiums and parts of the county’s beaches for exercise and recreation. One such scenario could allow residents to use the shoreline for walking and jogging, but not allow crowds to congregate in beach chairs or under canopies. Another could allow private condominium pools to open, but would...

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GUTHRIE, Okla. (KFOR) – Cities across the state are enforcing new guidelines, such as wearing face masks in public, for residents amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a list of cities/ towns requiring or highly recommending residents wear face masks in public.

Sometimes, the best way to get what you want is simply to ask for it. An elderly woman in Pennsylvania recently made headlines for her simple request to help her get through the coronavirus lockdown. She didn’t ask for much, she just wanted more beer. Well, her request has been answered – and then some – after Molson Coors saw her plea go viral on social media. ~snip~ We came. We saw. We delivered to a friend in need. Cheers, Olive! #TakeTimeToChill 3,211 3:42 PM - Apr 13, 2020

Germany has been advised to reopen its schools and stores following the coronavirus pandemic. Leopoldina, Germany’s equivalent of the National Academy of Sciences, has recommended that the country relax its lockdown rules and begin to reopen some schools, stores, and restaurants, according to the Local. Chancellor Angela Merkel will decide whether to extend Germany’s lockdown on Wednesday. The academy has recommended that primary and middle schools open as soon as possible, but warned that secondary schools might need to use distance learning initially. The researchers have also endorsed the widespread use of face masks, saying citizens should be required to...

In this episode, we examine the way God had a hand in the development and launching of the Hubble Space Telescope (launched 30 years ago this month), and we discuss how astounding its successor the James Webb Space Telescope will be (launching March 2021). These incredible telescopes mean the cosmos's breathtaking message is now displayed with unprecedented clarity. Do you see what it is showing us? Right now, while the world is in these surreal and unsettling times, with much unknown and with more time for many of us to reflect on some of the big questions, maybe right now...

The Senate will not return to Washington for regular legislative action before May 4, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday. The move follows a Monday announcement that the House will also push back its expected return date until May. “As the country continues working together to flatten the curve, following the advice of health experts, the full Senate is not expected to travel back to Washington D.C. sooner than Monday, May 4th. All members will receive at least 24 hours’ notice if this changes,” McConnell said in a statement. The Senate was scheduled to return for regular legislative business on...

In 1787, the HMS Bounty set out on a journey that took it through perilous seas to a tropical paradise…and into history as one of the most ill-fated vessels ever to sail for King and country. Lewis Milestone (All Quiet on the Western Front) directed this color-drenched spectacular nominated for seven Academy AwardsÒ* including Best Picture. Filmed before in 1935 and again in 1984’s The Bounty, the gripping tale, based on a true story, centers on two men. Marlon Brando puts his own stamp on the role of first officer Fletcher Christian, the tormented first mate transformed into a man...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Jack Nicklaus. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Jack Nicklaus is one of the greatest golfers of all time. With 18 victories in the 4 major tournaments on the PGA tour, Jack's greatest moment was his last victory, when he shot a 30 on the back nine at in the 1986 Masters, winning by one stroke. 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...

As everyone knows, New York City is the main center of COVID-19 infection and fatality in the U.S., with something like 40% of all American deaths. The reasons why shouldn’t be a mystery. When the Black Death struck Europe in the 14th Century, people had no idea what caused the disease, and all of their theories were wrong. But experience showed, as was the case in later plagues, that the countryside was safer than the city. Most people who could decamped from cities to the country. And New York City, with more than 28,000 people per square mile, is by...

The U.S. Air Force flight demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, performed an inspiring flyover of the greater Las Vegas area on Saturday, April 11, 2020 in honor of healthcare workers and first responders working during the international COVID-19 crisis. The flight, which included all six of the Thunderbird F-16s in wedge formation along with at least two camera aircraft accompanying the aircraft, took place at 2:30 PM local Las Vegas time and was watched by hundreds of thousands of spectators who were separated all over Las Vegas by social distancing guidelines. Local media, aviation photographers around Las Vegas, and the Thunderbirds...

Watch for symptoms Reported illnesses have ranged from mild symptoms to severe illness and death for confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. These symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure (based on the incubation period of MERS-CoV viruses). •Fever •Cough •Shortness of breath

In the video, Pompeii Archaeological Park Director Massimo Osanna narrates a tour of two Pompeiian homes that were entombed in ash alongside the rest of the city when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. The director's Italian remarks are translated into English in a statement and can also be read using YouTube's auto-translate feature, according to HeritageDaily. Osanna takes viewers inside two domus dwellings, or private residences, on either side of Vicolo dei Balconi, or Alley of the Balconies. In the first home, dubbed the House With the Garden, researchers were able to make casts of the roots of plants...

While most people are staying home during the circuit breaker, a few others are out and about, but not without their face masks on. However, not everyone is complying with the new measures introduced to curb the spread of the coronavirus. On April 12, an elderly woman snapped at an enforcement officer at People's Park Centre when he reminded her to put on a mask. Instead of complying, she told him in a mixture of English and Mandarin: "I don't like people forcing me. Now I go out, I don't care or what (sic)" In a video clip posted on...

Giroir is a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), the federal uniformed service of the Public Health Service, and as ASH, a top adviser to the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). He is a member of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence’s White House Coronavirus Task Force and has emerged as the so-called “testing czar.” In that role, Giroir is charged with the logistics of scaling up U.S. efforts to test for coronavirus from about 100,000 when he took over the effort just a few weeks ago to now more...

More than three decades before Greta Thunberg was born — the Swedish environmental activist on climate change — more than 20 million Americans participated in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. We now look back at quotes from Earth Day, Then and Now,” by Ronald Bailey, Reason.com. May 1, 2000 of the spectacularly wrong apocalyptic predictions from Earth Day 1970. Considering the current doomsday predictions scaremonger activists are verbalizing about global warming that will result in the demise of civilization within the next decade, many of those unscientific 1970 predictions are being reincarnated on today’s social and news...

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