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CLOSE Practicing social distancing during coronavirus doesn't mean you have to give up TV watch parties with your friends thanks to Netflix Party. USA TODAYBreak out the popcorn.As the country takes the first baby steps back from the coronavirus shutdown, movie theaters could be one of the early beneficiaries.Cinemas would be allowed to reopen in the…

President Donald Trump's new guidelines for reopening parts of the country recommend states and localities confirm a two-week downward trend in coronavirus symptoms and documented cases before starting to ease lockdowns while assuring hospitals have adequate capacity and robust testing in place. The administration envisions states or localities meeting those criteria each time they progress…

April 16, 2020Money poured into Senate contests across the country in the first three months of the year, bolstering some Democrats’ war chests in key races favoring Republicans, including those in which Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Senator Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, are seeking re-election.In Senate contests in states…

CBS News probes nursing home virus deaths New Jersey police discovered 17 bodies inside an overwhelmed nursing home's morgue on Monday. The Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center, in Andover, New Jersey, was only equipped to handle four bodies.  According to police, the bodies were discovered after New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer received a request from…

A California hospital suspended a group of nurses after they refused to enter rooms where patients were being treated for COVID-19 without first getting N95 respiratory masks, the National Nurses Union told The Associated Press. The union said that 10 nurses working at the Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., are not allowed to…