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IN CRISIS
“I just don’t want Atlanta to be the next New York City,” an ER doctor told The Daily Beast, as cases in his city continue to surge.
‘OVERWHELMED’
“We are so unprepared for the need that seems to grow daily,” one doctor told The Daily Beast. “Honestly, I’m terrified.”
‘NARCO-TERRORISM’
Maduro and other top officials were slapped with narco-terrorism charges for allegedly facilitating the importation of tons of cocaine into the U.S.
PLEASE STAY HOME
Officials across the U.S. are taking various measures to combat COVID-19. Here is what lockdown looks like in various states as residents are urged to remain indoors.
‘LOT OF QUESTIONS’
“I can’t promise charges will ever come out of this, but I can promise there are people who are very worried now,” Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders said.
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‘REAL ACTION HEROES’
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is among the celebrities who have already donated to the Frontline Responders Fund to help health care professionals battling the coronavirus pandemic.
CONSEQUENCES
A group of New York City midwives warned that postpartum depression will increase and more women will choose to give birth at home without proper care.
LET ME OUT
The Brooklyn rapper has been hospitalized “regularly due to serious asthma attacks” and has complained about “shortness of breath,” his lawyer argued in a Sunday letter.
ADDED TO THE LIST
A newspaper reported Weinstein was placed in isolation, but his spokesman said Monday his legal team will neither confirm or deny the diagnosis to protect his privacy.
