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17 US states sue Trump over deportation threats to international students
Jul 16, 2020 14:57More than a dozen US states joined together on Monday July 13th to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration, following an announcement last week from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stating that international students could be deported if universities allowed them to utilize online-only options for their education.
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With Covid-19 deaths on the rise, hardest-hit US states report hospitals are near capacity following early reopenings
Jul 16, 2020 14:55Following weeks of warnings from public health experts regarding the dangers of allowing the public into restaurants, and other enclosed spaces while coronavirus case numbers continue to rise in several US states, hospitals in two of the hardest-hit US states showed signs that the pandemic has spun out of control in the United States' current epicenters.
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Trump threatens to cut funding for schools if they don’t reopen in fall
Jul 16, 2020 14:52US President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday July 8th to cut federal funding to schools that choose not to reopen their doors this fall in response to concerns about coronavirus.
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US health official says Tulsa’s spike in COVID cases likely linked to Trump rally
Jul 16, 2020 14:51A public health official in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has recently suggested that US President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in the city likely caused a spike in new cases of coronavirus seen in the jurisdiction.
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The last straw: As pandemic rages, Oxfam warns 12,000 could die per day from hunger
Jul 15, 2020 12:32Oxfam International warned on Thursday July 9th that up to 12,000 people could die each day by the end of the year as a result of hunger linked to the coronavirus pandemic—a daily death toll surpassing the daily mortality rate from Covid-19 itself.
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A COVID-19 vaccine may come soon. Will the blistering pace backfire?
Jul 15, 2020 04:50In January, vaccine researchers lined up on the starting blocks, waiting to hear a pistol. That shot came on January 10, when scientists in China announced the complete genetic makeup of the novel coronavirus. With that information in hand, the headlong race toward a vaccine began.
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Number of American food insecure households with children doubled from pre-COVID levels
Jul 13, 2020 12:04As US policymakers consider what could be the last COVID-19 relief package this year, they should respond to the alarming rise in the number of children who aren’t getting enough to eat by increasing SNAP (food stamp) benefits, which would minimize COVID-19’s lasting impact on a generation of children.
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US coronavirus relief funds are about to run out for the child care industry
Jul 12, 2020 12:29More than a third of all US child care workers have lost their jobs since March — nearly 330,000 people, or one third of the entire sector. Ongoing inaction threatens to disrupt the livelihood of the remaining child care workers still employed, as well as the 11.8 million families who depend on weekly care with non-parental providers.
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Poll shows two-thirds disapprove Trump’s handling of coronavirus and race issues
Jul 12, 2020 12:25Two-thirds of the American people say that President Donald Trump is doing a poor job handling both the coronavirus pandemic as well as race relations in the United States. The dismal numbers on his handling of coronavirus come as the United States set a record for the highest single-day report of new cases of the disease on Thursday July 9th, when 63,247 positive tests were reported across the country.
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Fears of going 'through hell again' as US Covid infection rate hits record high for 27th straight day
Jul 11, 2020 03:57In the US thirteen states including West Virginia, Tennessee, and Montana saw their highest cases to date as hospitalizations in Florida and Texas—two states now considered major epicenters of the US pandemic—spiked.