Associated Press
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Michael Biesecker
– Apr 5, 5:24 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the…
The Washington Post
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Yasmeen Abutaleb
– Apr 4, 6:00 AM
By the time Donald Trump proclaimed himself a wartime president — and the coronavirus the enemy — the United States was already on course to see more of its people die than in the wars of Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq combined.
WBEZ
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María Inés Zamudio, Elliott Ramos
– Apr 5, 7:25 AM
The COVID-19 virus is killing black residents in Cook County at disproportionately high rates, according to early data analyzed by WBEZ. While black residents make up only 23 percent of the population in the county, they account for 58% of the…
Officials at the Internal Revenue Service have warned that $1,200 relief checks may not reach many Americans until August or September if they haven't already given their direct-deposit information to the government. Taxpayers in need of answers…
