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Protesters Demand Masses Resume
Protesters:
'We Want Mass'
Nov 15, 2020 10:30 AM CST

Protesters: 'We Want Mass'

France allows church visits but no services during partial lockdown

(Newser) - With banners reading "Let us Pray" and "We Want Mass," Catholic protesters held scattered demonstrations around France on Sunday to demand that authorities relax virus lockdown measures to allow religious services. In the western city of Nantes, hundreds gathered in front of a statue of the Virgin...

School to Javanka: Take Your Kids Away

But Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner insist it was their decision

(Newser) - Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have pulled their kids out of an upscale day school in Washington, DC, saying they needed in-person learning—but the move was apparently prompted by parental complaints, the Daily Beast reports. Parents at Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School say they were concerned about Trump and...

'My God': Pelosi Nixes In-Person Dinner Amid Backlash

The House speaker decides to be a 'model for the nation'

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi has called off an in-person dinner for new House members because there's, you know, a pandemic going on. "To be a further model for the nation, this event has been modified to allow Members-elect to pick up their meals to go in a socially-distanced manner,"...

Biden Advisors Debate Nationwide Lockdown

But they're nearly impossible for a president to enact alone

(Newser) - Joe Biden faces a decision unlike any other incoming president: whether to back a short-term national lockdown to finally arrest a raging pandemic, the AP reports. For now, it's a question the president-elect would prefer to avoid. In the week since he defeated President Trump, Biden has devoted most...

Trump: When Vaccine Is Ready for US, NY Won't Get It at First

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, NY AG Letitia James push back on president's inflammatory remarks

(Newser) - On Friday, President Trump gave his first public remarks since losing the election to Joe Biden, speaking at the White House about the need for Americans to remain "vigilant" against COVID-19, and how a vaccine would soon be on its way. One statement about the vaccine, however, raised eyebrows,...

Another Governor Tests Positive
Another
Governor
Tests Positive
Nov 14, 2020 6:00 AM CST

Another Governor Tests Positive

Steve Sisolak of Nevada says he hasn't had any symptoms, other than feeling rundown

(Newser) - Yet another US governor has tested positive for COVID-19, this time in Nevada. Steve Sisolak made the announcement Friday, adding that he's asymptomatic except for feeling a bit fatigued earlier in the week, though he thinks that was more due to his "demanding schedule," reports KLAS . The...

Samuel Alito Gave Quite a Speech
Samuel Alito
Gave Quite a Speech
the rundown
Nov 13, 2020 10:29 AM CST

Samuel Alito Gave Quite a Speech

Supreme Court justice worries about religious freedoms, pandemic restrictions, gay marriage

(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gave a 30-minute speech via video to conservative lawyers with the Federalist Society on Thursday, and his comments on issues ranging from religious freedom to gay marriage to COVID restrictions were getting lots of attention on Friday. The details:
  • COVID: Alito stressed that he didn'
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Smoking in Public Just Got Banned Here to Curb COVID

Turkey says too many people are lighting up and lowering their masks

(Newser) - With more than 400,000 COVID-19 cases and upward of 11,000 deaths already logged in Turkey, the country isn't messing around when it comes to its latest numbers surge. Per Bloomberg , nearly 2,700 new cases were IDed on Wednesday—the highest daily count since the end of...

Op-Ed Suggests Fauci Understated the 'Hurt' That Looms

'WaPo' op-ed warns that, amid current surges, interventions can't wait until Inauguration Day

(Newser) - Last month, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that "we're in for a whole lot of hurt" this winter as coronavirus numbers spike. A new opinion piece in the Washington Post agrees—but also suggests that Fauci may have understated things. Penned by former Trump homeland security adviser Thomas Bossert,...

CDC: Masks Offer More Protection Than We Thought

Agency says masks also protect wearers from COVID-19

(Newser) - Evidence has pointed for some time to the fact that face masks can cut down on the risk of you spreading the coronavirus to others if you're infected. Now the CDC says masks do even more: The health agency says a face covering can protect you as well, reports...

For NFL's Roethlisberger, Good News and Bad News

Steeler QB achieves a milestone, but he also must isolate as a COVID risk

(Newser) - The last few days have brought a milestone and a health precaution for the NFL's Ben Roethlisberger:
  • Milestone: When Roethlisberger led his Pittsburgh Steelers to a comeback win over Dallas on Sunday, he lifted the team to an 8-0 record. That guarantees Roethlisberger won't have a losing season
...

This Governor Didn't Want a Mask Mandate. Now He's Doing It

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has declared state of emergency, instituted new restrictions on COVID

(Newser) - Utah has been seeing an alarming surge in hospitalizations in a week where COVID-19 records are being broken across the country. Now, the state's governor is taking further action to try to control the spread, declaring on Sunday night a state of emergency and putting in place new restrictions,...

Donald Trump Jr. Thinks Vaccine News Is a Little Fishy

He suggests Pfizer delayed news to benefit Joe Biden

(Newser) - Pfizer's announcement that its vaccine appears to deliver strong protection against COVID-19 was hailed as great news in the stock market and beyond. But Donald Trump Jr. sees a political conspiracy at play, suggesting that the company held off on the news to hurt his father's reelection chances,...

This Film Just Topped the Box Office. It Didn't Take Much

Western thriller with Kevin Costner, Diane Lane had a $4.1M weekend, a new COVID reality

(Newser) - The Kevin Costner and Diane Lane film Let Him Go had the highest-earning box office weekend of any film in over a month, and it didn't even have to break $5 million to earn the distinction. Focus Features on Sunday estimated that the Western thriller made $4.1 million...

Biden Names Whistleblower to COVID Team

Rick Bright, ex-Surgeon General Vivek Murthy among those on new advisory panel

(Newser) - As coronavirus records are smashed across the US, Joe Biden isn't wasting any time in starting to address "one of the most important battles our administration will face." On Monday morning, the president-elect announced a 13-member Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board to "help shape my approach to...

Rachel Maddow: I'm Going Into Quarantine

MSNBC host will self-isolate at home after 'close contact' is infected with COVID

(Newser) - Don't go looking for MSNBC's most-watched anchor for the immediate future. Rachel Maddow has announced that she'll be off the air for a little while as she quarantines after a "close contact" tested positive for COVID-19, reports USA Today . "Everything happens, all at once,"...

Sources: We Were Told to Keep Quiet on Meadows' COVID

White House chief of staff has long pushed back on wearing face masks, and on their effectiveness

(Newser) - Another high-level person in Trump's inner circle has reportedly been infected with the coronavirus. This time it's chief of staff Mark Meadows, who's said to have tested positive on Wednesday, a source tells Bloomberg , which first reported on the development. Another source adds that Meadows informed a...

Few Are Tapping Their 401(k)s Under COVID Exception

Americans given chance to raid funds without penalty, but not many have opted for it

(Newser) - Earlier this year, Congress gave Americans the chance to raid their own 401(k) funds without penalty amid the pandemic. But the Wall Street Journal reports that few people have actually done so. The nation's biggest 401(k) provider, Fidelity Investments, says 4.6% of people have taken advantage of the...

Italy Puts 'Economic Engine' Under Lockdown

Premier Giuseppe Conte says, 'United, we can do it'

(Newser) - Four Italian regions are being put under "red-zone" lockdown, with severe limits imposed on the circumstances under which people can leave home, Premier Giuseppe Conte announced on Wednesday night, the AP reports. What he called "very stringent" restrictions begin on Friday for Lombardy, Piedmont, and Valle d'Aosta...

Not-So-Sweet News for Friendly&#39;s Chain
Another Corporate
Casualty of COVID
Nov 2, 2020 10:00 AM CST

Another Corporate Casualty of COVID

Friendly's restaurant chain, known for its ice cream sundaes, has filed for Chapter 11

(Newser) - Friendly's Restaurants, an East Coast dining chain known for its sundaes, is filing for bankruptcy protection. The company, which runs its restaurants under the parent company FIC Restaurants Inc., will sell substantially all of its assets to the restaurant company Amici Partners Group, per the AP . All 130 of...

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