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May 20, 2020

Ex-WHO official says coronavirus not increasing in reopened spots: 'It's as though something has changed'

Dr. Karol Sikora, an oncologist and former chief of the World Health Organization's Cancer Program, told "The Ingraham Angle" Tuesday that locations that have lifted coronavirus-induced restrictions on economic and other activities are not seeing the feared spike in cases.

May 19, 2020

NJ gym owner cited by cops after reopening, says defiance of lockdown is 'for all small businesses'

Despite orders from the state's government, a New Jersey gym owner who opened this week in defiance of coronavirus health and safety measures is standing resolute in his convictions that the decision to shutter small businesses like his is a constitutional matter.

May 16, 2020

Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia says US re-examining dependency on China after coronavirus fallout

As America begins its reopening process in the wake of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government is re-examining its dependency on other nations with a focus on China, U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia stated Saturday. 

May 16, 2020

Deroy Murdock: Stark difference between Cuomo and DeSantis' handling of nursing homes during coronavirus pandemic

The difference in efforts to protect seniors from the coronavirus pandemic between New York State Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Florida State Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is "very sad," Fox News contributor Deroy Murdock stated Saturday. 

May 16, 2020

California sheriff says $0 bail policy flies in the face of her four decade career in law enforcement, ignores victims

The zero-cash bail emergency mandate in California, which has led to reduced prison populations to reduce the spread of COVID-19, ignores victims and favors criminals, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims asserted Friday night.

May 14, 2020

California florist grows worried as area remains shut down: My business won't survive if I can't open

California florist Mihaela Caldarescu said Thursday her business will not be able to survive if the state is not fully reopened soon. 

May 13, 2020

People are catching hepatitis from rats in Hong Kong, but scientists don't know how

A new strain of the hepatitis E virus that usually only infects rats is now sickening people in Hong Kong, with nearly a dozen human cases reported so far, according to news reports. But exactly how the virus jumps from rats to people is a mystery.

May 12, 2020

Joe Biden says he's 'frustrated' by push to reopen states, calls Trump's response 'ridiculous'

2020 Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden told ABC Tuesday morning that President Trump has not provided the necessary materials to reopen America's economy during the coronavirus pandemic and that he was "getting frustrated" with those pushing to do so. 

May 12, 2020

NYC lawmaker calls for federal inquiry into Gov. Cuomo's deadly nursing home order

Congressional candidate and New York Republican Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis is calling for an independent federal investigation into Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's controversial coronavirus nursing home order following the deaths of thousands. 

May 12, 2020

Releasing inmates will create 'public safety crisis' to go with public health crisis, union president warns

New York State government -- and local governments nationwide -- cannot solve a public health crisis like coronavirus by creating a public safety crisis, Correction Officers' Benevolent Association President Elias Husamudeen urged Tuesday.