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How one Silicon Valley factory keeps running in the age of coronavirus
One customer is now rushing to build ventilators that might use printed circuit boards made by Green Circuits. "The defense customers were the first to let us know" that they had to keep producing, said Joseph O'Neil, the company's chief executive officer. The company, owned by the
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No parties, no problem: Introverts don't mind sheltering at home
A proud introvert, public health orders to stay put suited her just fine. "So many people are experiencing the painful aspects of this," said Hollowell, an air traffic controller who took early retirement five years ago, when she was 50. Cynthia Burrell, a massage therapist whose home-based
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Lebanese stranded abroad by coronavirus outbreak return home
Several flights carrying Lebanese stranded abroad by coronavirus lockdowns began arriving in Beirut on Sunday, part of a trial run to see whether thousands looking to come home can be safely repatriated without worsening the country's outbreak. Lebanon's crippling financial crisis including
- Los Angeles Times Opinion
Editorial: The absurdity of life without parole for juveniles
Judges aren't wizards who can see the future, so it's absurd to grant them legal power to brand any juveniles as incorrigible.
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FACTBOX-Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
Global cases of the new coronavirus have passed 1 million and more than 64,000 people have died, a Reuters tally showed on Sunday, in a pandemic that has hammered the world economy. ASIA * Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, up from 19 a day earlier as the number of cases involving
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EXCLUSIVE-Planned $1 billion U.S. aid cut would hit Afghan security force funds -sources
A planned $1 billion cut in U.S. aid to Afghanistan would come from funds for Afghan security forces, according to three U.S. sources, a step experts said would undercut both Kabul's ability to fight the Taliban and its leverage to negotiate a peace deal with them. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
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How one Silicon Valley factory keeps running in the age of coronavirus
The managers at Green Circuits — a small Silicon Valley electronics factory — thought they would have to close when the San Francisco Bay Area directed non-essential businesses to shut almost three weeks ago. One customer is now rushing to build ventilators that might use printed circuit boards made
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No parties, no problem: Introverts don't mind sheltering at home
With her painting, baking and near-constant gardening, Stephanie Hollowell kept busy at home even before efforts to stem the coronavirus pandemic meant she had to stay inside the Dallas, Texas house she calls her little kingdom. A proud introvert, public health orders to stay put suited her just fine
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UK coronavirus deaths could reach 7,000 to 20,000 -Ferguson
UK deaths from the coronavirus could rise to between about 7,000 and 20,000 under measures taken to slow the spread of the virus, Neil Ferguson, a professor at Imperial College in London who has helped shape the government's response, said on Sunday. "We had an exponentially growing curve of
Good Morning AmericaCoronavirus live updates: New Jersey city mandates all workers to use face covers
The actual number is believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations' outbreaks. Over 64,700 have died across the globe and more than 246,000 people have recovered, according to data compiled by
Good Morning AmericaWe are all experiencing loss from coronavirus. Let us push back with love: OPINION
Allow yourself to sit with the grief of the loss of the world as we knew it and know that everyone in their own way is sharing with you in this collective loss. Let us be kind and patient with others as they struggle and let us all help lift one another's hearts so the tears become less and the
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India curbs diagnostic testing kit exports as virus spreads
India is restricting the export of most diagnostic testing kits, as coronavirus cases in the South Asian nation topped 3,350 on Sunday despite a three-week nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the respiratory disease. India, which in recent weeks already banned the export of certain drugs, along
Good Morning AmericaWith constitutional questions murky, some churches continue to defy restrictions on gatherings
As more states hunker down to combat the spread of novel coronavirus, some houses of worship around the country are still holding services -- either in direct defiance of executive orders, in areas where governors have carved out special religious exemptions, or in states that have yet to crack down
Good Morning AmericaAs millions work from home, some online buyers see shortages, price jumps in at-home tech
Many items like these are either out of stock or prices have gone up, according to Will Evert, an IT professional in New York City, the current epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S. Evert regularly buys these peripherals online for his users. "A webcam that normally costs $50-60 is now around $100
Good Morning AmericaGeorge W. Bush in 2005: 'If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare'
In the summer of 2005, President George W. Bush was on vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, when he began flipping through an advanced copy of a new book about the 1918 flu pandemic. "You've got to read this," Fran Townsend remembers the president telling her. Thus was born the nation
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Malaysia reports 179 new coronavirus cases and four more deaths
Malaysia on Sunday reported 179 new coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative total to 3,662 cases as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy grapples with the highest number of infections in the region. The new cases include 4 deaths, raising the tally to 61 people who have died as of noon on Sunday
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UK will have to take further action if people flout lockdown rules: Hancock
Britain will have to further restrict rules allowing outdoor exercise if people flout lockdown rules designed to combat the coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday. "I don't want to have to take away exercise as a reason to leave home ... if too many people are not following
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UK will have to take further action if people flout lockdown rules -Hancock
Britain will have to further restrict rules allowing outdoor exercise if people flout lockdown rules designed to combat the coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday. "I don't want to have to take away exercise as a reason to leave home ... if too many people are not following
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Domestic violence calls increase amid coronavirus lockdown, police say
Isolation and financial stress can contribute to domestic violence, police and advocates say.
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Domestic violence calls increase amid coronavirus lockdown, police say
Isolation and financial stress can contribute to domestic violence, police and advocates say.
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British health minister denies clash with finance chief over lockdown strategy
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Sunday denied there was any disagreement with Finance Minister Rishi Sunak about when lockdown restrictions to fight the coronavirus could be lifted. British newspaper reports on Sunday said Sunak was pushing for a path to be mapped out towards lifting the restrictions
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INSIGHT-Death at home: the unseen toll of Italy's coronavirus crisis
It took Silvia Bertuletti 11 days of frantic phone calls to persuade a doctor to visit her 78-year-old father Alessandro, who was gripped by fever and struggling for breath. When an on-call physician did go to her house near Bergamo, at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, on
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Capital One says it won't use CFTC waiver related to oil lending
U.S. lender Capital One Financial Corp said on Saturday it would not use a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) waiver after commodity price volatility lifted the bank's derivatives exposure toward a key regulatory threshold. The exemption relieved the firm from a requirement to register
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Tokyo sees more than 130 new coronavirus cases, highest jump in one day: NHK
More than 130 people were newly infected with the novel coronavirus in Tokyo, Japan's NHK public broadcaster reported on Sunday, citing officials from the metropolitan government. It was the highest daily jump in confirmed cases so far, bringing the number of positive cases in the capital to more
Good Morning AmericaJohn Stamos stuns 'Full House' castmates by revealing he took the set's couch
One of the pivotal props on "Full House" was the Tanner family couch, situated in the center of the household's living room by the front door. For those curious as to what happened to it following the show's finale can rest easy knowing that it was John Stamos who took it. The actor
