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Associated Press:
Reade: 'I didn't use sexual harassment' in Biden complaint — WASHINGTON (AP) — Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, says she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office that did not explicitly accuse him of sexual assault or harassment.
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Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Tara Reade Isn't Ready to Respond to Biden Sexual-Harrassment Denial — Reade also says safety concerns prompted her to cancel TV interview — WASHINGTON—The woman accusing former Vice President Joe Biden of sexual harassment and sexual assault said she isn't ready to respond to his recent interview denying her claims.
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Penny Starr / Breitbart:
AP Admits Not Reporting, Deleting Tara Reade 2019 Interview Detailing Charges Against Joe Biden
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Tara Reade says ‘creepy’ voice messages, online harassment targeting her, family
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Joe Says It Ain't So — With partisan goggles, we plunge back into the muck.
NBC News:
Biden accuser Tara Reade ‘not sure’ what complaint she claims was filed with Senate says
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New York Times:
The Allegation Is Against Joe Biden, but the Burden Is on Women
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Tyler Pager / Bloomberg:
Obama Alumni Say No Biden Allegations Found During Vetting
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Washington Post:
34 days of pandemic: Inside Trump's desperate attempts to reopen America — The epidemiological models under review in the White House Situation Room in late March were bracing. In a best-case scenario, they showed the novel coronavirus was likely to kill between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans.
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William Feuer / CNBC:
The US just reported its deadliest day for coronavirus patients as states reopen, according to WHO — The U.S. saw 2,909 people die of Covid-19 in 24 hours, according to the data, which was collected as of 4 a.m. ET on Friday. — That's the highest daily death toll in the U.S. yet based …
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Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Oklahoma city ends face mask rule for shoppers after store employees are threatened — “Store employees have been threatened with physical violence and showered with verbal abuse,” the Stillwater city manager said. “There has been one threat of violence using a firearm.”
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Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Monty Bennett, Trump donor and largest recipient of PPP funds, will return money — The largest recipient of COVID-19 bailout loans, Trump campaign donor Monty Bennett, announced Saturday he would return all money received through the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Hotel Group Will Return Tens of Millions in Small Business Loans
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Washington Post:
Maryland cancels $12.5 million PPE contract with firm started by GOP operatives — The state of Maryland on Saturday terminated a $12.5 million contract for personal protective equipment with a firm started this spring by two well-connected Republican operatives.
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Wall Street Journal:
Maryland Cancels Big Coronavirus-Mask Order — The state says it has notified the attorney general about a high-profile broker — The state of Maryland has canceled a large order of coronavirus supplies from a politically connected company and asked state law-enforcement officials to investigate the matter, Maryland officials said.
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Axios
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
She Predicted the Coronavirus. What Does She Foresee Next? — Laurie Garrett, the prophet of this pandemic, expects years of death and “collective rage.” — I told Laurie Garrett that she might as well change her name to Cassandra. Everyone is calling her that anyway.
Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
Our city, unmasked: Imagining New York, for worse and better, after the coronavirus pandemic — The city that never sleeps is taking a nap now, and it's going to be a very different place when it finally wakes up. — Not long after the World Trade Center was destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001 …
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
There's a more accurate way to compare coronavirus deaths to the flu — If we measure flu mortality the same way we count covid-19 deaths, the picture becomes very stark — Months into the coronavirus pandemic, some politicians and pundits continue to promote ham-handed comparisons between covid-19 …
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
‘Murder Hornets’ in the U.S.: The Rush to Stop the Asian Giant Hornet — Sightings of the Asian giant hornet have prompted fears that the vicious insect could establish itself in the United States and devastate bee populations. — BLAINE, Wash. — In his decades of beekeeping, Ted McFall had never seen anything like it.
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Dan Christensen / Florida Bulldog:
Sheriff Gregory Tony's secret: As a teenager, he shot and killed a man — Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony shot and killed a man when he was a teenager living in a poor urban neighborhood in Philadelphia, according to records and interviews with family members of the dead man.
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Sun-Sentinel, Raw Story and Florida Politics
Washington Post:
Excess U.S. deaths hit estimated 37,100 in pandemic's early days, far more than previously known — New analysis of six-week period shows 13,500 more deaths than are now attributed to covid-19 as updated federal data reveals added details on the broad toll
Ayesha Rascoe / NPR:
Trump Received Intelligence Briefings On Coronavirus Twice In January — President Trump twice received intelligence briefings on the coronavirus in January, according to a White House official. The official tells NPR the briefings occurred on Jan. 23 and Jan. 28.
Washington Post:
Trump campaign divided over how to attack Biden amid worries over troubling poll numbers — For weeks the Trump reelection effort has diligently cut, catalogued and pushed out viral videos of every verbal stumble Joe Biden makes in interviews, relentlessly pushing the idea …
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Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Kills People an Average of a Decade Before Their Time, Studies Find — Research, which can help governments assess economic cost of lockdowns, shows Covid-19 isn't merely hastening the end for the already ill — People dying of Covid-19 could have expected to live on average …
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
What the Coronavirus Models Can't See — We're committed to keeping our readers informed. … On April 20, less than two weeks ago, Donald Trump predicted the ultimate coronavirus death toll would be between 50,000 and 60,000 Americans. The prediction was strategic …
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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Anti-Vaccination Activists Are Growing Force at Virus Protests — Public health experts fear that their messaging could further harm the country's response to the pandemic. — The protest on Friday in Sacramento urging California's governor to reopen the state resembled the rallies …
Jenny Gross / New York Times:
Colorado Paramedic Who Came to Help New York Dies From Covid-19 — For three weeks, Paul Cary transported coronavirus patients to hospitals by ambulance. He had already signed up for a second 30-day deployment in New York when he started feeling sick. — On the same day that New York …
Robert T. Garrett / Dallas Morning News:
Texans wary of flying because of coronavirus, cautious about in-person shopping, Dallas News-UT Tyler poll shows — A narrow majority feels comfortable visiting a close friend or relative at their home, but nearly 4 of every 5 Texans are uneasy about attending a crowded event.
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Auschwitz Museum condemns Nazi slogan at ‘Re-open Illinois’ protest — The Auschwitz Museum and Memorial condemned a protester who brought a sign featuring the Nazi slogan “Arbeit macht frei” to a rally against Illinois's stay-at-home orders. — The museum's official Twitter account responded …
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New York Times:
Masked or Not, Mike Pence Keeps the Peace With a Poker Face — “Task forces and vice presidents don't get to decide things,” said Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor. — WASHINGTON — The paradox of Vice President Mike Pence getting in trouble for failing to wear a mask is that perhaps …
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