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| It's Monday, Daily Briefing readers. Let's get this week started with a quick recap of the biggest news you missed while you were social distancing this weekend: |
| • | President Donald Trump announced the White House would be extending its social distancing guidelines through April 30. | | • | Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, projected millions of Americans will contract COVID-19 and between 100,000 and 200,000 people could succumb to it. | | • | The CDC insisted that residents in New Jersey, Connecticut and New York refrain from non-essential travel for 14 days, effective immediately. | | • | Strong storms brought tornadoes, high winds, hail and rain to Arkansas, Illinois and Iowa. | | • | Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and Martin Luther King Jr. aide, died at 98. | |
| It's N'dea, and here's more news you need to know today. |
Stocks poised to extend losses Monday |
| Stocks were poised to extend losses Monday as the coronavirus pandemic deepened over the weekend, with the U.S. death total escalating. On Sunday evening, futures for the Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 400 points, signaling another volatile week on Wall Street after it tumbled more than 900 points on Friday. Despite Friday's losses, the Dow still notched its biggest weekly gain since 1938, helped by promises from Congress and the Federal Reserve to provide aid for the economy and markets. But analysts caution that the recent rally could fade until there's a long-term solution to fight coronavirus infections. |
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You can help a small business survive |
| Restaurants, bars and small businesses across the country are closing due to the coronavirus pandemic. We are asking our readers to join us in supporting the local businesses that our communities rely on. You can help save a local business by buying a gift card through Gannett's new Support Local platform . Simply search for a local business in your community, add a business if you can't find it, and purchase a gift card to use now, or later. We can get through this together. |
Amazon workers in New York plan walkout over COVID-19 concerns |
| Amazon employees at a New York City warehouse are planning to walk off the job Monday as a growing number of delivery and warehouse workers demand better pay and protections in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Employees at the Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island will strike until the building is sanitized in the wake of several workers testing positive for the coronavirus, says Chris Smalls, a manager assistant who is coordinating the walkout. The action is not the only one planned for Monday: More than 150,000 workers for the online grocery service Instacart are planning a national strike they say will continue until the company offers an additional $5 per order in hazard pay, the provision of supplies like cleansing wipes, and expanded pay for those affected by the coronavirus. |
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Want more coronavirus news? Here's the latest: |
| As America entered the next week in its struggle against a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 2,500 people, President Donald Trump extended social distancing and self-isolation measures until at least the end of April. |
| In just one day, the U.S. death total doubled and, as of early Monday, stood at 2,513, with more than 143,000 confirmed cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University data dashboard. |
| I'll be rounding up the biggest updates related to coronavirus every day in the newsletter so you can stay informed. Want daily coronavirus updates in your inbox? Sign up here. |
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Hospital ship USNS Comfort heads for New York |
| Naval hospital ship USNS Comfort is scheduled to arrive in New York Harbor on Monday to help combat the coronavirus outbreak. On Saturday, while speaking as part of a send-off for the Comfort in Norfolk, Virginia, President Donald Trump called the ship "a 70,000-ton message of hope and solidarity ." Coronavirus patients won't be treated on the ship, Trump said. Instead, it will be used to treat New Yorkers who don't have the virus but still require urgent care. The naval hospital ship has 12 operating rooms, 1,000 hospital beds, a pharmacy, an optometry lab, radiology, CAT-scan equipment, two oxygen-producing plants and a helicopter deck, Trump said. |
James Corden to host star-studded 'Homefest' from his garage |
| James Corden is bringing the entertainment and music world to living rooms across the country with the prime-time special "Homefest: James Corden's Late Late Show Special." The coronavirus-safe show will premiere Monday on CBS at 10 p.m. ET featuring Corden, from his garage, introducing stars from their homes around the world. Performers will include BTS, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish and John Legend. Magician David Blaine, Will Ferrell and others are also expected to make appearances. Corden and his guests will encourage viewers to follow the CDC guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Additionally, the show will raise money for the nonprofit Feed the Children and The CDC Foundation. |
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ESPN to fill airtime with classic Monday Night Football games 🏈 |
| The coronavirus pandemic has brought live sports to a halt, leaving networks to dig into the archives to fill the airtime void . Over the next five weeks, ESPN will fill its Monday prime-time slot with classic offerings from Monday Night Football. Re-airs begin this Monday at 8 p.m. and will continue weekly through April 27. The series kicks off with the Rams' 54-51 win against the Chiefs in 2018, the highest-scoring contest in Monday Night Football history. |
In better news: Once upon a time, coronavirus couldn't stop grandma's story time 📚 |
| A grandmother and grandson in Austin, Texas, share a love of books. When coronavirus threatened their story time, they made it work. Theo Maitland, 4, and Marilyn Maitland, 72, moved their reading session to the front door – which has a glass storm door – so Theo could see the pictures better when Granzo held up the book. |
| He calls her Granzo. She calls him Theezy. The reading list included much of the Amelia Bedelia canon, some Care Bears, some Three Musketeers. |
| It's hard for Theo to conceptualize time. His parents measure time in soccer practices, which happen once a week. So, if something is two weeks away, they would usually say that it is "two soccers" away. But now soccer practice is canceled. |
| He does know when he can hug his Granzo again, though. |
| "When the sickness goes away." |
 | | Marilyn Maitland, 72, reads to her 4-year-old grandson, Theo. When coronavirus infiltrated Austin, Texas, they had to read to each other from opposite sides of the door. | | Sarah Wilson | |
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