by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, May 10.
- Worldwide coronavirus cases top 4 million
- S. Korea reports 34 new coronavirus cases, highest in a month
- Pompeo’s Unproven COVID-19 Claims Have Officials Freaked Out (“The more Pompeo publicly blames a Chinese lab for the coronavirus pandemic, one State Department official said, ‘the higher the chances of an Iraq intel repeat happening.'”)
- People with coronavirus are dying 10 years earlier than they would have naturally: Study (“The study disproved those who are dying were already close to the end.”)
- Coronavirus Cluster Blossoms At White House As Trump Continues To Minimize Threat
- Live and Let Die, Trump-Style (“The world’s greatest con artist has finally come up against a foe he can’t fool.”)
- Obama Sounds Alarm After DOJ Drops Criminal Case Against Flynn: ‘Rule Of Law Is At Risk’
- ‘Chaotic disaster’: Obama hits Trump’s coronavirus response, warns of disinformation ahead of election
- As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it’s safe to inch back to normal (Trump’s full of crap, as usual.)
- White House aides rattled after positive coronavirus tests and officials send mixed messages on how to respond
- ‘Hidden’ Defaults Set to Soar as Recession Squeezes Companies
- Fauci to begin ‘modified quarantine’
- As virus draws closer to him, Trump turns to 2020 and stokes fears about voter fraud (Appallingly irresponsible and also flat-out false.)
- In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. government turned down an offer to manufacture millions of N95 masks in America
- Storm builds around Barr over dropping of Flynn case
- Republicans grow nervous about losing the Senate amid worries over Trump’s handling of the pandemic
- Coronavirus flares as states and countries ease social distancing guidelines
- 4 reasons state plans to open up may backfire — and soon (“States are opening up their economies. Scientists fear this isn’t going to end well.”)
- Meat-free future? Coronavirus exposes America’s fragile food system (“Supply chain problems and workplace infection risks mean experts are urging US producers to focus on sustainability”)
- We almost didn’t hear about Ahmaud Arbery. These stories must not go untold.
- The District Attorney Who Saw “No Grounds for Arrest” in the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery Has a History
- He Didn’t File Charges in the Arbery Case. But He Spent Years Accusing a Black Grandma of Voter Fraud.
- White People Are Demanding Their Lives Back In States Where Black People Are Losing Theirs (“In nine reopening states, ‘freedom’ is being built on the back of Black vulnerability.”)
- Biden Campaign Is Secretly Building a Republican Group
- Tesla sues California county in virus factory closure fight, threatens to leave
- States build contact tracing armies to crush coronavirus
- For Most States, At Least A Third Of COVID-19 Deaths Are In Long-Term Care Facilities
- Little Richard, the Great Innovator of Rock and Roll
- Maher to Tara Reade on timing of sexual assault allegation: ‘Why wait until Biden is our only hope?’
- ‘S.N.L.’ Salutes Mothers as Baldwin’s Trump Gives Advice to Graduates (“Alec Baldwin as President Trump congratulated “the class of Covid-19” in the season finale, which also featured Kristen Wiig and Boyz II Men.”)
- Video, Highlights: Fredericksburg Area Candidate Forum with VA-01 Democratic Candidates Qasim Rashid and Vangie Williams
- Video, Highlights: Virtual VA 5th CD Democratic Candidate Forum
- Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, Delegate Lashrecse Aird, and Dr. David Kessler Hold Virginia Health Care Roundtable
- Fixing inequities worsened by pandemic main issue for 5th Congressional District Democratic candidates (Nope, that’s not really the case. In fact, as Blue Virginia reported, only one question in five was on that topic.)
- Saturday (5/9) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +854 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 23,196), +105 Hospitalizations (to 3,164), +15 Deaths (to 827) From Yesterday
- Virus cases in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. top 60,000 as the region braces for a holiday weekend at home
- What Can Reopen in Virginia Under “Phase 1 Easing”? Under What Conditions? What Isn’t Reopening? Here’s Gov. Northam’s Full Executive Order Spelling It All Out.
- Graphs, Slides: Governor Northam Announces Phase One Guidelines to Slowly Ease Public Health Restrictions
- Social workers worry about an increase in child abuse as calls decrease across the state (“The Virginia Department of Social Services has seen a 50% drop in calls to the child abuse and neglect hotline since mid-March, but social workers are concerned that an increase in domestic violence and child abuse may be going unreported.”)
- Jay Jones: Time to double down on renewable energy
- Virginia misses key marks on virus testing as leaders eye reopening
- Editorial: For the class of 2020, a deferred dream of graduation
- George Fechter: Virginia can inoculate itself against coastal flooding (“For hurricanes and coastal flooding, we need a national commitment on the level of other public health crises, as this enemy also kills, maims and wreaks havoc on the economy.”)
- In Northern Virginia, A Grassroots Push To Help Latinos Combat Coronavirus
- At least 1 Virginia county says it’s not ready to reopen (“The Arlington County Board issued a statement Friday night saying it is working with the governor’s office and other northern Virginia jurisdictions to develop a separate, extended time frame for re-opening from the rest of the state.”)
- Arlington Co. says it’s not ready to reopen yet
- Fairfax couple makes, donates handmade face shields
- Milder for Mother’s Day; still cool through midweek before major warm-up
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