The nation’s coronavirus outbreak epicenter logged its single deadliest day yet. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the state had its highest single-day death toll due to COVID-19, with 779 reported Tuesday, but the average number of hospitalizations has decreased over the past couple of days. Cuomo said Wednesday that dramatic action and social distancing is …
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Bernie Sanders Ends His 2020 Presidential Campaign
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race on Wednesday. Former Vice President Joe Biden is now the party’s best chance to defeat President Donald Trump in November. Biden now has a clear path to the nomination, though the end of the primary is overshadowed by the global crisis of the …
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Disney Launches ‘At Home With Olaf’ Series With Josh Gad
Disney is launching a new series, At Home with Olaf, starring Frozen and Frozen 2 voice actor Josh Gad. The show is a weekly digital animated series featuring Gad as his Frozen character, the snowman Olaf. The series will consist of 20 vignettes featuring Olaf. The first episode, titled “Fun with Snow,” shows Olaf throwing snowballs, only for some of them to …
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Amazon To Stream Stage Version Of ‘Fleabag’ For Charity
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s “Fleabag” is all set to stream on Amazon Prime Video to raise money for people in need amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a press release, Waller-Bridge noted that the world is going through rough times and she hopes that the “filmed” performance could help in raising money for the people affected by the …
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Stephanie Grisham Leaving Role As White House Press Secretary
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving that role to become First Lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff and spokeswoman. President Donald Trump’s campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany will replace Grisham as White House press secretary. The first lady announced Tuesday in a statement: “I am excited to welcome Stephanie back to the team in …
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Acting Secretary Of The Navy Thomas Modly Resigns After Remarks Made On Open Micraphone
Defense secretary Mark Esper confirmed Tuesday that he had accepted the resignation of Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly after Modly called the aircraft carrier captain he fired last week “stupid” in an address to the ship’s crew. “Secretary Modly served the nation for many years,” Esper wrote in a statement on Modly’s resignation. “I have …
James Taylor Is ‘The Voice’ Season 18’s Mega Mentor
Music icon James Taylor will serve as the mega mentor on Season 18 of The Voice. Taylor will join the coaches to mentor the artists remaining from the Battle Rounds, and prepare each team for the Knockout Rounds, which will begin on Monday (April 13) at 8 p.m. EST/PST The Knockout Rounds will have the contestants …
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Lady Gaga To Headline Global Citizen’s ‘One World’ Concert Special
Lady Gaga announced that she is partnering with Global Citizen to put on a global special, One World: Together At Home, which will benefit the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for World Health Organization (“WHO”) amid the coronavirus pandemic. Gaga has already helped Global Citizen raise $35 million in support of WHO. Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel …
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Body Of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean Found After Canoe Accident
Authorities found the body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean on Monday, five days after her canoe apparently capsized in the Chesapeake Bay. McKean, 40, the daughter of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, went missing late Thursday afternoon along with her son 8-year-old son, Gideon. A preliminary investigation …
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President Trump Allows Navy Ship Comfort To Be Used For COVID-19 Patients
President Donald Trump said Monday that he granted New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s request to treat novel coronavirus patients on a hospital ship docked off of Manhattan. Cuomo had told reporters earlier Monday that he was “going to call the President this afternoon and ask him to shift the (USNS) Comfort from non-Covid to …
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