Some communities around the country are loosening stay-at-home orders. “Health officials say that all of this mixed messaging is confusing, but everyone seems to agree that social distancing and wearing a mask must continue,” Clayton_Sandell reports.
It is the second action of its kind by the Justice Department as Attorney General William Barr seeks to crack down on social distancing restrictions that he says unfairly target religious institutions.
The Justice Department says in the statement that it is not taking a general position on Virginia's stay-at-home order, but instead is arguing that the order in this case unfairly targeted Lighthouse Fellowship Church in comparison with other commercial institutions. One of the arrests was caught on video and shows a Taser-wielding officer slapping and punching a suspect. The arrest is being investigated by the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau and an officer was placed on modified duty, Shea said.Uber will require both drivers and riders to wear face coverings, a spokesperson confirmed to ABC News.
In early April, Uber began shipping disinfectant sprays and millions of face masks to drivers and delivery people worldwide, as well as started urging riders to wear face coverings.Seven Northeast states are launching a regional purchasing consortium to procure medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic.
Cuomo said the states will identify the total amount of equipment they need and share notes on vendors. There will also be an emphasis on purchasing in the United States. He said that before the coronavirus pandemic hit, New York City had about 1.2 million people who were experiences some level of food insecurity.
During an interview Saturday on Fox News, Hassett noted that some states appear to be opening up their economies safely and faster than expected. "It became clear to me that that was just a bridge too far. People were not going to accept the government telling them what to do," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican,
Nearly 500,000 of the loans were made by lenders with less than $1 billion in assets and non-banks, including community development financial Institutions, certified development companies, microlenders, and farm credit-lending institutions, according to Carranza and Mnuchin. More than 850,000 loans, or about a third of those approved, were made by lenders with $10 billion in assets or less, they said.
6:44 a.m.: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks about government's contingency plan if he died from his coronavirus infection Johnson continued:"I was in denial because I was working and I kept doing these meetings by video-link. But I was really feeling pretty groggy ... I was feeling pretty wasted, not in an intoxicated way, but just, you know, pretty rough."The National Football League confirmed that they will release its full 2020 schedule later this week which includes a season opener on Sept. 10 and Super Bowl LV scheduled to be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida, on Feb.
For now, the NFL and NFLPA have agreed to keep buildings closed until every state in which a team resides lifts its stay-at-home mandate and teams are currently preparing to conduct offseason workouts virtually instead of in person.
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