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FILE -- San Francisco Mayor London Breed, speaks about new measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, in San Francisco, Monday, March 16, 2020. Breed announced a shelter in place order days before the rest of California and nearly a week before New York. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times) less FILE -- San Francisco…

At least 6,900 of the virus deaths in the U.S. are connected to nursing homes. Epidemiologists expect resurgent waves of infection that could last into 2022.Right NowPresident Trump posted tweets openly fomenting protests of virus restrictions in three states with Democratic governors, less than a day after advising governors to “call your own shots” on…

LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” and “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” — two states whose Democratic governors have imposed social distancing restrictions that have shut down businesses and schools and forced people to remain at home. He also tweeted “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!”Mr. Trump’s tweets were a remarkable example of a president egging…

Here are some significant developments:The death toll in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak in China, was revised upward by 50 percent on Friday. The change followed widespread criticism of China’s data, although officials offered several reasons for the revision, including at-home deaths that were not included in earlier statistics.U.S. stocks soared as investors responded…

  28m ago Japanese government to offer every resident about $930 cash to ease economic pandemic pain Japan will offer a cash payment of 100,000 yen ($930) to every resident, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday, as measures to contain the coronavirus decimate the world's third-top economy."We are moving quickly to deliver cash to all…