White House weighing plan to replace Azar  —  White House officials are weighing a plan to replace Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, according to four people familiar with the discussions.  —  Among the names on the short list to replace Azar are White House coronavirus coordinator …

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 …

“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.

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 …

Statement From CEO Goli Sheikholeslami To The NYPR Staff On The Death Of WNYC's Richard Hake  —  It's with a heavy heart that I write to inform you that our beloved colleague and friend Richard Hake passed away suddenly on Friday at home.  We are in touch with his family, and the exact cause of death hasn't yet been determined*.

“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 …

'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.

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 …

Experts worry ‘quarantine fatigue’ is starting  —  Researchers tracking smartphone data say they recently made a disturbing discovery: For the first time since states began implementing stay-at-home orders in mid-March to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, Americans are staying home less.

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 …

No, Poison Control Calls Aren't Suddenly Spiking After Trump's Disinfectant Comments  —  On Thursday, the president suggested that perhaps an “injection” of disinfectant could help cure people of COVID-19.  Critics of Donald Trump went to town—and rightfully so!—while supporters scrambled …

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 …

This Pandemic Is Over.  Let's Stop the Economic Suicide, and Get Back to Work  —  With the latest reports of plummeting death rates from all causes, this crisis is over.  The pandemic of doom erupted as a panic of pols and is now a comedy of Mash-minded med admins and stooges …

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 …

Tens of thousands of Californians escape their homes to open beaches during a heatwave despite Gov. Newsom's pleas for them to stay home as state reached 40,000 cases  — California recorded its deadliest day yet, with 115 fatalities in the 24 hours from Wednesday to Thursday

With rallies banned, Joe Biden welcomes voters to another kind of show  —  Gov. Jay Inslee told Joe Biden he had used a 30-mile bike ride to clear his head from “ludicrous noises out of the White House.”  Sen. Amy Klobuchar joked how her husband, after fully recovering from the novel coronavirus …

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.

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 …

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 …

Cuomo: ‘I dare you’ to let states declare coronavirus bankruptcy in scathing new attack on GOP  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo angrily challenged Republicans to force hard-hit states to declare bankruptcy instead of giving them stimulus aid to cope with the coronavirus crisis.  —  “Pass the law.

Top Pentagon leaders split on next steps for fired captain who warned of coronavirus  —  The nation's top military officer wants a broader investigation into the events leading up to the firing of an aircraft carrier captain, after top Navy leaders recommended Capt. Brett Crozier be reinstated …

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 …