N. KOREA DICTATOR KIM JONG-UN REPORTEDLY DEAD ... After Botched Heart Surgery  —  North Korea's Supreme Leader/dictator Kim Jong-un has reportedly died, or is on his death bed with no hope for recuperation — according to media outlets in China and Japan.  —  Amid reports China has sent …

How a media-distracted Trump ended up derailing his own briefing  —  See Dr. Birx's reaction to Trump's dangerous suggestion  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was absent from the Situation Room on Wednesday when William Bryan, the acting head of science at the Department of Homeland Security …

A spike in New Yorkers ingesting household cleaners following Trump's controversial coronavirus comments  —  An unusually high number of New Yorkers contacted city health authorities over fears that they had ingested bleach or other household cleaners in the 18 hours that followed President Trump's bogus claim …

Nervous Republicans See Trump Sinking, and Taking Senate With Him  —  The election is still six months away, but a rash of ominous new polls and the president's erratic briefings have the G.O.P. worried about a Democratic takeover.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's erratic handling …

Biden's accuser says mother called into ‘Larry King Live’ in 1993 for advice after alleged sexual assault  —  (CNN)Newly surfaced video from 1993 appears to feature the mother of Tara Reade, a woman who accused presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of sexual assault …

Trump, Putin Statement Stirs Concern Among Some  —  Rare declaration comes amid U.S.-Russian strains, military tension, disinformation complaints  —  President Trump issued a symbolic joint statement Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a move that has stirred debate within …

'That's the one there': A photo of a protesting nurse in Phoenix goes viral  —  He saw that the rally to reopen businesses shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic was transitioning from speeches at the plaza to a march to the Arizona state Capitol across the street.

“Immunity passports” in the context of COVID-19  —  Scientific Brief  —  WHO has published guidance on adjusting public health and social measures for the next phase of the COVID-19 response.1 Some governments have suggested that the detection of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 …

Young and middle-aged people, barely sick with covid-19, are dying from strokes  —  Thomas Oxley wasn't even on call the day he received the page to come to Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan.  There weren't enough doctors to treat all the emergency stroke patients, and he was needed in the operating room.

America Shouldn't Have to Play by New York Rules  —  A national lockdown is bad medicine and worse politics.  —  In 1976, the artist Saul Steinberg drew a cover for The New Yorker — “View of the World from Ninth Avenue” — that became an instant classic.  You know the one …

Say it loud, say it clear: Donald Trump needs to resign over his handling of the coronavirus  —  The United States has just over 4 percent of the world's population, but had about one-third of all global coronavirus cases and one-quarter of the fatalities, as of Friday.

Trump expands battle with World Health Organization far beyond aid suspension  —  President Trump and his top aides are working behind the scenes to sideline the World Health Organization on several new fronts as they seek to shift blame for the coronavirus pandemic to the world body …

“It was not a Confederate flag,” State Senator explains questionable mask  —  LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Friday afternoon during a senate vote at the capitol it was brought to our attention that one State Senator was wearing a mask that appeared to have the confederate flag on it.

40 Coronavirus Cases In Milwaukee County Linked To Wisconsin Election, Health Official Says  —  Forty people in Milwaukee County may have become infected with the coronavirus as a result of participating in Wisconsin elections on April 7.  —  Milwaukee Health Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik …

March, April, May: City's Mood Darkens as Crisis Feels Endless  —  With no clues about when the pandemic might subside, short-term discomfort is becoming long-term despair: “I feel like I have accepted this, and given up.”  —  A walk in the park brings tense flare-ups: Back off, you're too close.

I work at Smithfield Foods.  I'm suing them over putting our lives at risk for your dinner.  —  Meat processing plants can do more to protect us from the coronavirus  —  On the “cut floor” at Smithfield Foods, the meat processing company where I work in Milan, Mo., we use knives to butcher …

Prescriptions Surged as Trump Praised Drugs in Coronavirus Fight  —  Prescriptions for two antimalarial drugs jumped by 46 times the average when the president praised them on TV.  There's no proof they work against Covid-19.  —  It was at a midday briefing last month that President Trump …

San Francisco mayor says city's PPE orders have been diverted, confiscated: It ‘blows my mind’  —  San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D) said Friday that her city's orders for personal protection equipment (PPE) have been diverted to other U.S. cities and foreign countries.

SATURDAY UPDATE: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Virginia jump by 733, deaths increase by 25  —  The Virginia Department of Health reported Saturday there are 11,902 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state - an increase of 733 from the 11,169 reported Friday.  —  Also, there are 432 confirmed …

Trump narrowly leads Biden in presidential race in Texas, UT/TT Poll finds  —  President Donald Trump leads Democrat Joe Biden by 5 points in the race for president in Texas, but voters give the president mixed grades on his handling of the pandemic and the economy.  They think Gov. Greg Abbott is doing a better job.

Coronavirus detected on particles of air pollution  —  Exclusive: Scientists examine whether this route enables infections at longer distances  —  Coronavirus has been detected on particles of air pollution by scientists investigating whether this could enable it to be carried over longer distances …

Reopening Has Begun.  No One Is Sure What Happens Next.  —  5.2k  —  The economy shut down almost overnight.  It won't start back up that way.  —  Politicians and public health experts have sparred for weeks over when, and under what circumstances, to allow businesses to reopen and Americans to emerge from their homes.

‘My World Is Shattering’: Foreign Students Stranded by Coronavirus  —  When the pandemic shuttered colleges, many international students had no idea where to live or whether they would ever be able to return to class.  —  When universities abruptly shut down last month because of the coronavirus pandemic …

Column: As coronavirus devastates state budgets, conservatives target public worker pensions  —  Apparently on the principle that one shouldn't let a crisis go to waste, conservatives are using the coronavirus crisis to take aim at a favorite target: public employee pensions.

Firms with Trump links or worth $100 million got small business loans  —  Three companies with ties to the Trump admin received millions under the PPP program.  Another got a loan from a bank that once employed its board's chair.  —  The government's $349 billion small business lending program …