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Attorney sues Cuomo over NY ban on large gatherings, says it hurts Jewish faith

Lee Nigen also protests limits on travel as violating his right to meet with clients, friends and family; lawyer is attacked by commentators on social media

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Global lockdown tightens as coronavirus deaths mount

Harsh lockdowns aimed at halting the march of the coronavirus pandemic extended worldwide Monday as the death toll soared past 37,500 amid new waves of US outbreaks. Despite slivers of hope in stricken Italy and Spain, the tough measures that

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Trump pushes conspiracy theories about mask thefts, instead of using the DPA to make more – Vox.com

Trump pushes conspiracy theories about mask thefts, instead of using the DPA to make more  Vox.com Cuomo says he doesn’t want to fight with Trump in coronavirus response, appeals for unity  Reuters Watch live: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a press

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Trump’s Coronavirus Response Coordinator Warns ‘No Metro Area Will Be Spared’ From Pandemic – Newsweek

Trump’s Coronavirus Response Coordinator Warns ‘No Metro Area Will Be Spared’ From Pandemic  Newsweek Dr. Birx predicts up to 200,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths ‘if we do things almost perfectly’  NBC News Model cited by White House says 82,000 people could die from

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In isolation, Brits find unity

This isn’t a country coming apart at the seams, writes PBS NewsHour special correspondent Ryan Chilcote. In the middle of lockdown, Britons are actually coming together to face COVID-19.

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Democratic lawmakers call for racial data in virus testing

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley say in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar dated Friday that comprehensive demographic data on people who are tested or treated for the coronavirus does not exist.

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What Iran’s severe virus crisis might mean for its threat to the region

With Islamic Republic suffering severe losses and under growing pressure amid the pandemic, leaders have worried observers by increasingly lashing out at perceived outside enemies

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The ‘Men in Black’ and ‘Addams Family’ director wrote an extremely Jewy memoir

Neurotic filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld’s bar mitzvah took place in a Catholic church. Here he names his favorite Jewish films

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We must consider secure online voting

Amelia Powers-Gardner Contributor Share on Twitter Amelia Powers-Gardner is county clerk of Utah County in Utah and was sworn into office in January 2019. Chris Walker Contributor Chris Walker is county clerk of Jackson County in Oregon. First appointed in

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‘Strega Nona’ Author Tomie dePaola Is Dead at Age 85

CONCORD, New Hampshire — Tomie dePaola, the prolific children’s author and illustrator who delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful old witch in Italy, died Monday at age 85. DePaola died at the Dartmouth-Hancock Medical Center

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