Negotiations over a third pandemic relief package have dragged on for weeks with scant signs of progress, and the dysfunction was on full display as officials traded barbs on Sunday morning news shows
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California became the third U.S. state to report more than 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus. At least 10,189 people have died of the virus in the state, where daily deaths have steadily increased since early July. Only New York and New Jersey have reported more deaths since outbreaks began. The United States leads the world in reported coronavirus cases. Brazil and India follow with 3 million and 2.1 million reported infections respectively.Article content continued
Testing problems were especially pronounced in Kansas City, Mo., where patients are facing 14-day delays amid a sharp rise in the city’s cases. Asked in an interview with CBS News’s “Face the Nation” what the city needed to fix the backlog, Mayor Quinton Lucas responded: “Money.”
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