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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has warned that the city could shut down places of worship. If people continued to violate the state’s stay-at-home mandates and continue congregating for religious services there. De Blasio, a Democrat, said at a news conference on the coronavirus outbreak that “A small number of religious communities, specific churches and specific synagogues are unfortunately … Read More

A megachurch pastor who made national headlines for holding crowded services Sunday has been arrested today for defying government orders amid the coronavirus pandemic. Rodney Howard-Browne, pastor of The River at Tampa Bay Church in Florida, argued his congregation was essential, on par with Walmart. However, law enforcement officials, who said they tried to reason with him, disagreed, charging him with “unlawful … Read More

Real-life scenes in the U.S. are becoming more like an apocalypse movie. Now Florida is setting up highway checkpoints to stop people who could be carrying the new coronavirus. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said, “We will be authorizing the use of the checkpoints on highways coming into Florida. New Orleans obviously has got a lot of problems. There was a … Read More

The states of Florida and Texas are imposing quarantines on air travelers from the states of New York and Louisiana. As those states have developed serious coronavirus outbreaks as hot-spots in the U.S. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said in a news conference that anyone flying from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to Florida will be placed under a mandatory … Read More

New Orleans is on track to become the next coronavirus epicenter in the United States besides New York after the massive Mardi Gras celebrations. Infectious disease specialists point to the Mardi Gras parades and celebrations when more than 1 million people packed the city streets squeezed shoulder-to-shoulder to party in the French Quarter as the likely catalyst for the coronavirus … Read More

Students will be allowed to return to Liberty University’s campus after school officials confirmed the conservative Christian school based in Lynchburg, Virginia, will reopen this week. Liberty’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr, defied nationwide calls for mandatory school closures, inviting students to return amid a worsening coronavirus pandemic. At Liberty residence halls will reopen, and despite most classes moving online, faculty … Read More

US President Trump in an interview with Fox News said that by Easter he wanted to see packed churches all over the country as he offered the holiday as a deadline because “Easter’s a very special day for me.” The President also said he wants the U.S. economy to open back up by Easter Sunday, which is April 12, less … Read More

New York has become the US coronavirus hot-spot, as the US President has directed FEMA to declare New York a major disaster area. As thousands of cases are ramping up there at what doctors have said is at startling speed, as there are concerns for something like what has happened in Italy possibly happening in New York. Italy has been … Read More

The pandemic of coronavirus pestilence continues its march across all the US, as thousands more are being added to the number of cases and hundreds more are being added to the death toll. As there are signs that the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S. can also be severe as it has in other countries. Where at the end of last … Read More

President Trump today announced he is invoking the Defense Production Act as part of the administration’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic describing himself as being a “wartime president.” The act ensures support for the private sector enabling them to ramp-up manufacturing and distribution of emergency supplies and equipment for the country. The move gives the White House the authority … Read More