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Couple charged with violating N.J. coronavirus lockdown, endangering kids after cops break up big lawn party
UPDATE: Cops find 35 men at Lakewood religious school, charge 2 with violating N.J. coronavirus lockdown, police say A New Jersey couple who hosted a gathering Sunday of 40 to 50 people on the lawn and street in front of the home have been charged with five counts of child endangerment and the husband was …
Meghan Markle’s Disney debut gets a drubbing from critics
Meghan Markle’s performance as narrator of a documentary about elephants has been branded ‘over-eager to please’ and packed with ‘schmaltz and cheesiness’ by critics. The Duchess of Sussex, who officially steps down as a senior member of the Royal Family today with Prince Harry, provided the voiceover to the Disney production after a direct request from …
Wisconsin college students return home from spring break with coronavirus
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. An undisclosed number of college students returning from a spring break trip to Alabama’s beaches have tested positive for coronavirus, according to news reports. SPRING BREAKERS CRITICIZED FOR PACKING BEACHES DURING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: ‘YOU’RE AN IDIOT’ The University of …
Trump brags the U.S. is sending medical aid to ITALY despite hospitals warning of shortages at home
President Trump boasted that the U.S. would send $100 million in medical supplies to Italy despite American hospitals fretting about shortages at home due to the coronavirus epidemic. ‘We’re going to be sending approximately $100 million worth of things, of surgical and medical and hospital things to Italy,’ Trump told reporters Monday in the White …
NSW residents face $11,000 fine for breaking quarantine, ACT follows suit
NSW Minister for Health Brad Hazzard signed the Public Health (COVID-19 Restrictions on Gathering and Movement) Order 2020 last night. Photo: Twitter. UPDATED 2:40 pm NSW and ACT residents who leave their homes without a valid excuse could face fines of up to $11,000 or six months’ jail time as the states and territories toughen …
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Isn’t ‘Breaking’ With Bernie Sanders
In the realm of ordinary politics in extraordinary times, this Politico story about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is causing no little buzz in and around the Intertoobz. Ever since she backed Nancy Pelosi for the speakership in the newly elected Democratic-majority House of Representatives, I’ve been telling people that she has natural political chops that it’s dangerous …
Amazon fires Staten Island coronavirus strike leader Chris Smalls
Amazon has fired a Staten Island warehouse worker who organized a strike to demand greater protections for employees amid the coronavirus outbreak. Chris Smalls, a management assistant at the facility, known as JFK8, said he was fired Monday afternoon following the strike. Smalls and other employees walked out to call attention to the lack of protections …
Man arrested in Cricket Wireless break-in
Piedra By Olivia Neeley olivia@wilsontimes.com | 252-265-7879 A Wilson man faces charges after police say he broke into a cellphone business Monday morning and stole merchandise. Police responded to a 2:45 a.m. burglary alarm call at Cricket Wireless located at 2336 Forest Hills Road, according to Sgt. Steve Stroud. When officers arrived, they found that …
Hungary’s Viktor Orban gets sweeping powers under ‘coronavirus bill’
The government has said that the emergency powers are necessary to fight the outbreak, but political analysts say they have questions about whether Orban will relinquish them when the health crisis subsides. Hungary has 447 coronavirus cases and 15 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. “He is using this crisis to further increase his …
Break-ins force Hawaii Foodbank to hire additional security
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