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PROTESTS

General Electric Workers Launch Protest, Demand to Make Ventilators

GE workers who normally make jet engines say their facilities are sitting idle while the country faces a dire ventilator shortage.
Edward Ongweso Jr
3.30.20
Sports

How Beto Calavera Got His Name

Dodger Stadium was built on top of communities that once housed more than a thousand families. This is the story of one of them—the Eliases.
Eric Nusbaum
3.30.20
Coronavirus

Here's Where You Could Be Arrested or Fined for Violating Coronavirus Lockdowns

One governor is now threatening fines and arrests for New Yorkers who flee to her state and refuse to self-quarantine.
Paul Blest
3.30.20
Harm Reduction

What Happens When You Mix Xanax and Alcohol?

The combo can be relaxing and euphoric. But it can also cause memory loss, disorientation and even seizures.
Suzannah Weiss
3.30.20
Coronavirus

Canadian Airlines Getting Sued for Not Refunding Coronavirus Cancellations

A proposed class-action lawsuit against Air Canada, WestJet, Air Transat, Sunwing, and Swoop is for people owed a refund for a flight canceled by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Anne Gaviola
3.30.20
Whole Foods

Whole Foods Employees Are Staging a Nationwide 'Sick-Out'

Workers say they will strike Tuesday because the Amazon subsidiary has failed to prioritize their safety during a period of record sales.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
3.30.20
housing

'We Were Out of Options': Chicago Tenants Are Refusing to Pay April Rent

They are calling on their landlord to cancel rent payments that many of them can't make.
Taylor Moore
3.30.20
Coronavirus

Video Appears to Show Brooklyn Hospital Loading Dead Bodies Onto Refrigerated Morgue Truck

“This is for real, this is Brooklyn, y’all,” the person recording the footage says in the video.
Emma Ockerman
3.30.20
wellness

The Rise of the Retreat

How vacation became just another thing we’re working on.
Kathryn Jezer-Morton
3.30.20
Coronavirus

Hentai Site Makes All Porn Free During Coronavirus, Is Immediately Overloaded

Fakku announced that it would make its content free to encourage people to stay home.
Samantha Cole
3.30.20
Coronavirus

A Couple Drove 5,000 KM to Yukon to Escape Coronavirus. Locals Were Furious

"We were busy dealing with a life-altering pandemic, and this couple just strolls off the plane like cartoon characters," said First Nations chief Dana Tizya-Tramm.
Jimmy Thomson
3.30.20
Coronavirus

Inside the Federal Prison That's ‘Ground Zero’ For the Coronavirus Outbreak

Coronavirus is spreading across the Bureau of Prisons, already killing one inmate in Louisiana and threatening to overwhelm local hospitals.
Keegan Hamilton
3.30.20
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