Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra on Wednesday rejected a bill approved by Congress earlier this month that would have let people withdraw up to 25% of their holdings in private pension funds and vowed to send a full pension reform plan to lawmakers.

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1. 42% of Alabama’s new coronavirus cases come from 1 county  AL.com
2. Coronavirus In L.A. County: Backlog Causes New Cases To Jump By Nearly 1,000; Scary Picture Seen If Social Distancing Is Abandoned  Deadline
3. L.A. County coronavirus cases top 22,000  Los Angeles Times
4. COVID-19 tracker: Known Florida coronavirus cases, deaths  Miami Herald
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1. First female federal inmate – who gave birth while on ventilator – dies of coronavirus  USA TODAY
2. Inmate who gave birth on ventilator dies of Covid-19  BBC News
3. Terminal Island prison coronavirus outbreak worst in system  Los Angeles Times
4. Federal inmate who gave birth while on ventilator dies from coronavirus  NBC News
5. Coronavirus kills its first female federal inmate weeks after she had an emergency C-section  Washington Post
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1. GOP senator gives activists grim 2020 assessment amid fears over holding Senate  CNN
2. GOP faces pressure to get tougher with Trump | TheHill  The Hill
3. Coronavirus stimulus: Mitch McConnell is gaslighting Democrats in the debate  Vox.com
4. The Coming GOP Spending Split  The Wall Street Journal
5. How Democrats can help Biden make the sale | TheHill  The Hill
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1. China Sets Date for Congress, Signaling Coronavirus Is Under Control  The New York Times
2. China to hold annual parliament meeting after two-month delay in signal that coronavirus is under control  CNN
3. China says it will convene its Congress in May after coronavirus postponed it  Fox News
4. In a sign the virus is contained, China schedules big political meetings for late May  The Washington Post
5. China to convene congress after coronavirus battle  Los Angeles Times
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1. Big banks temporarily shut out of small business loan portal, Treasury and SBA announce  CNBC
2. Mnuchin Now Says All PPP Loan Recipients Will Face Audits  pymnts.com
3. Many US restaurants ‘highly likely’ to return small business aid  Financial Times
4. Congress was wrong to leave PPP disbursement up to banks  American Banker
5. Paycheck Protection Program replenished, but still plenty of loopholes  CBS News
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1. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is Assassin’s Creed with vikings  The Verge
2. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Ubisoft announces the Viking sequel  Polygon
3. Assassin's Creed: Valhalla confirmed, full reveal coming April 30  GamesRadar+
4. Ubisoft Reveals Assassin's Creed Valhalla With An 8-Hour Painting Livestream  Kotaku
5. New Assassin's Creed Game Setting Being Revealed on Twitch - IGN  IGN
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1. Kristin Cavallari was 'blindsided' by Jay Cutler's divorce filing  Daily Mail
2. Kristin Cavallari accused Jay Cutler of 'marital misconduct' — but what does that mean?  Jimmys Post
3. Kristin Cavallari Files For Divorce From Jay Cutler | TMZ  TMZ
4. Jay Cutler Joining NFL Broadcast Booth Seems Like a Longshot  The Big Lead
5. Kristin Cavallari Makes Bombshell Claims About Jay Cutler Marriage  E! NEWS
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1. 10-team MLB divisions? Here's how 2020 season played out in simulation of potential realignment  CBS Sports
2. Here's what a 60-day MLB tournament could look like in 2020 | Get Up  ESPN
3. Washington-Baltimore region the perfect place for a salvaged Major League Baseball season | COMMENTARY  Baltimore Sun
4. Baseball Hall of Fame cancels 2020 induction ceremony | Breaking News | CBS Sports HQ  CBS Sports
5. This Local Virtual Reality Company is Shaping the Future of Major League Baseball  Austin Monthly
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While Kim Jong Un's two-week absence has inspired speculation and rumors that he is gravely ill, he is not the first member of North Korean's ruling elite to disappear from public view. Before his death in 1994, there was arguably no person South Koreans hated and feared more than North Korea’s state founder Kim Il Sung.

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Politicians hope to use antibody tests to help reopen countries. But the tests can be inaccurate, and some patients may not develop antibodies at all.

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A US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through waters near the Paracel islands in the South China Sea challenging China's claim to the area, the Navy said Wednesday. The USS Barry undertook the so-called "freedom of navigation operation" on Tuesday, a week after Beijing upped its claims to the region by designating an official administrative district for the islands. "Unlawful and sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea pose an unprecedented threat to the freedom of the seas, including the freedoms of navigation and overflight and the right of innocent passage of all ships," it said.

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The number of coronavirus cases aboard the USS Kidd rose to 64 as the Navy destroyer pulled into port at San Diego on Tuesday to get medical care for the crew and to disinfect and decontaminate the ship. The Kidd is the second Navy ship to have an outbreak of the disease while at sea, the other being the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier that has been docked at Guam for a month. The Roosevelt has more than 900 sailors with confirmed cases of COVID-19, but the entire crew has now been tested.

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Video released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability have shown the moment Chicago police shot an unarmed man twice at a subway station.The footage from the Chicago Transit Authority and police body-cams demonstrate in detail how the shooting of Ariel Roman took place on 28 February after he was pulled up for violating a city ordinance.

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The jets flew a 35-minute path across the Northeastern states as a part of "Operation America Strong" to honor essential workers.

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Starting Monday, customers will be required to wear masks covering their nose and mouth at all times while inside the store.

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The Food and Drug Administration will authorize the emergency use of the antiviral remdesivir on COVID-19 patients as soon as Wednesday, a senior administration official told The New York Times. Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences revealed promising study results involving remdesivir on Wednesday, but the FDA's reported move would still sidestep the usual testing required to authorize a drug's usage.Gilead said Wednesday that its own trial, as well one overseen by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, met its goals. Of the study's 397 severe COVID-19 patients, at least 50 percent of patients treated with a 5-day dosage of remdesivir improved and more than half were discharged from the hospital within two weeks. The overall mortality rate of the study was 7 percent, and relatively few patients developed bad side effects. But the study wasn't evaluated against a control group, and it's unclear if those recoveries were natural or if remdesivir actually had something to do with them. Hard data from the study also hasn't been released yet.Anecdotal reports, including two published in The New England Journal of Medicine, provided more credibility for remdesivir in the coronavirus fight. But they also didn't compared the drug against a placebo. A study published in The Lancet concluded remdesivir was "safe and adequately tolerated" but "did not provide significant benefits over placebo."More stories from theweek.com How Tara Reade's allegations could bring down Joe Biden The perils of Hooverism Florida's health department reportedly told medical examiners to remove causes of death from mortality data

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The discovery that the badger-like animal lived alongside dinosaurs challenges ideas about mammals.

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President Trump says the U.S. will be able to carry out five million coronavirus tests a day. The official overseeing testing strategy tells TIME that goal isn't feasible

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1. Coronavirus death toll 54% higher in England and Wales than daily stats showed  CNN
2. Coronavirus: Care home deaths up as hospital cases fall  BBC News
3. UK care homes death toll rises sharply amid warning 'peak not reached'  Channel 4 News
4. UK on track for one of Europe's worst virus death tolls  Reuters
5. Coronavirus: a third of deaths taking place in care homes - BBC News  BBC News
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1. Apple Maps now shows COVID-19 testing sites across the US  Engadget
2. Apple adds COVID-19 testing sites to Maps across the US, and shares more mobility data  TechCrunch
3. Apple Maps now displays COVID-19 testing sites in your area  AppleInsider
4. Apple Maps: How to find COVID-19 testing locations on iPhone, iPad, and Mac  9to5Mac
5. New mobile COVD-19 testing unit will head to Buffalo's East and West sidesIIII  WKBW TV | Buffalo, NY
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1. Tom Brady did not violate NFL rules by visiting Bucs offensive coordinator: report  Fox News
2. NFL says Tom Brady's house call to Bucs offensive coordinator didn't violate league rules  ESPN
3. Will NFL's explanation that Tom Brady, Bucs didn't break league rules satisfy opposing teams?  Yahoo Sports
4. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor reached out to Tom Brady with a pun-heavy welcome letter  Creative Loafing Tampa
5. Colin Cowherd Selects His Biggest Winners and Losers of 2020 NFL Offseason  Fox Sports Radio
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1. It's not unfair that Isiah & Pistons are getting heat, talks NFL Draft — Ryen Russillo | THE HERD  The Herd with Colin Cowherd
2. Thomas ranks Jordan as fourth-best player he ever played against  msnNOW
3. Bill Laimbeer chooses different path, escalates feud with 'whining' Bulls  New York Post
4. Stephen A. is still upset Isiah Thomas was left off the 1992 Dream Team | Get Up  ESPN
5. "The Last Dance"  Chicago Tribune
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Children are falling ill with a mystery ‘inflammatory syndrome’ thought to be linked to coronavirus, senior doctors have warned. NHS leaders have issued a nationwide alert after a sudden spike in children admitted to intensive care with rashes, kidney failure, and stomach problems. The young patients have been struck down by symptoms similar to toxic shock and Kawasaki syndrome, a rare condition that weakens the blood vessels and usually affects children under five. Some have been admitted to intensive care after their hearts became dangerously inflamed, while others have been put on ventilators, it is understood. On Monday night, Professor Stephen Powis, national medical director of NHS England, said he had asked experts to examine "as a matter of urgency" whether a coronavirus-related syndrome among children may be emerging in the UK. "We have become aware in the last few days of reports of severe illness in children which might be a Kawasaki-like disease," he said. "Both Chris (Whitty) and I are aware of that, and we have asked our experts; I have asked the National Clinical Director for Children and Young People to look into this as a matter of urgency." He said that Public Health England (PHE) was also looking into the reports, adding: "We're not sure at the moment - it is really too early to say whether there is a link."

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The Catholic Church in Italy is angry over the government’s refusal to allow the faithful to attend religious services, as the country edges towards a cautious relaxation of coronavirus lockdown rules. Under a new decree announced on Sunday night by the prime minister, businesses, factories and building sites will be allowed to restart on May 4 and people will be allowed out of their homes to exercise. Public parks will be reopened and children will be allowed out for fresh air and exercise, Giuseppe Conte said. But the government said churches and cathedrals would remain closed to congregations because there remained a high risk of the virus being spread. Elderly people are particularly vulnerable to Covid-19 and make up a high proportion of Italy’s dwindling churchgoers. "I understand that freedom of worship is a fundamental people's right," the prime minister said. "I understand your suffering. But we must continue discussing this further with the scientific committee." The Italian Bishops’ Conference accused the government of “arbitrarily” compromising religious freedom. The decree also exposed divisions within the government, with some ministers calling for congregations to be allowed to return to churches. "So, we can safely visit a museum but we can't celebrate a religious service? This decision is incomprehensible. It must be changed," tweeted Elena Bonetti, the equal opportunities minister. Catholic leaders said the Church was working hard to alleviate the suffering of the poor and the marginalised during the coronavirus emergency. “It should be clear to all that the commitment to serving the poor, [which is] so significant in this emergency, stems from a faith that must be nourished at its source, especially the sacramental life”, the bishops’ conference said.

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Speculation about Kim's health began to swirl after the North Korea leader failed to attend the April 15 celebration of his grandfather's birthday.

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What African countries are doing to help people to eat amid the lockdowns.

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"We made a judgment that we will not come back next week," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said in a phone call with reporters.

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The Pentagon has released three declassified videos taken by US Navy pilots that appear to show unidentified flying objects (UFO).The black and white videos were recorded during training flights – one in November 2004 and two in January 2015 – and later leaked to the public, the Department of Defense said in a statement on Monday.

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Kentucky has a bigger balance than 47 other states from the 2015 fiscal year through 2018, according to the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

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No experts are remotely advocating for people to take up smoking to prevent COVID-19, but some researchers have theorized nicotine may be playing some role in keeping the virus at bay, Vice reports. That's because there's a surprisingly low rate of smokers among coronavirus hospitalizations.In France, for example, 25 percent of the population smokes, but only 5.3 percent of coronavirus patients have been recorded as smokers, and studies have found low rates in China and New York City, as well.Greek cardiologist and tobacco harm-reduction specialist Konstantinos Farsalinos thinks nicotine (crucially, not tobacco) might be lessening the intensity of cytokine storms, an overreaction of the body's immune system which seems to be the cause of the most severe coronavirus symptoms. French researchers have a slightly altered theory that nicotine prevents the virus from entering cells (the difference lies in the type of receptors the virus latches onto), and they're hoping to test out nicotine patches on patients to see if they help fight off COVID-19. The French government suspended the online sale of patches to make sure people don't buy in bulk and try to treat themselves that way.The seemingly out-there theory has piqued the interest of scientists across the world, though many are urging caution. The lower rates could be a result of some other chemical in tobacco producing a protective effect, or it could be that the number of smokers is being underreported."Smokers who have developed chronic disease have likely quit because of their disease," Michael Siegel, a community health sciences professor at Boston University, said. "Many of the smokers who are continuing to smoke are doing so because they don't have disease yet. So this would be expected to skew the sample of hospitalized patients toward people who do not smoke." Read more at Vice.More stories from theweek.com Movies that debut on streaming and not in theaters can be eligible for the Oscars next year How Democrats blew up MeToo Pence refused a mask at Mayo Clinic because he wanted to thank workers by 'looking them in the eye'

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1. New York Board of Elections Cancels Democratic Presidential Primary  The New York Times
2. New York cancels presidential primary, citing coronavirus, after Sanders camp asked to stay on ballot  Fox News
3. New York cancels June primary because of coronavirus  CNN
4. N.Y. Cancels Democratic Primary: Live Updates  The New York Times
5. Sanders' delegate quest gets tougher after New York shuts down primary  POLITICO
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1. El Salvador authorizes 'lethal force' against gangs amid coronavirus crime spike, mixes rival gangs in jails  Fox News
2. El Salvador prisons: President authorises use of lethal force  Al Jazeera English
3. El Salvador's President Takes On The Country's Gangs Amid Coronavirus Pandemic  NPR
4. El Salvador prisoners crammed together in 24-hour jail lockdown after 22 murders in one day  The Sun
5. El Salvador: Gangs 'taking advantage of pandemic'  BBC News
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1. Tesla stock falls as extended shelter order dampens hope for California factory  MarketWatch
2. Tesla cancels plans to bring workers back to US car plant this week  CNBC
3. Tesla eyes Fremont factory restart despite stay-at-home order  Digital Trends
4. Coronavirus: Tesla might re-start some Fremont factory production on Wednesday  The Mercury News
5. Tesla stock rallies on hopes factory reopen is around the corner  MarketWatch
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The facades of several banks were smashed with at least one set on fire as protests fuelled by Lebanon's economic crisis turned violent in the northern city of Tripoli overnight, a witness said.

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New Zealanders queued for burgers, fries and coffee takeaway on Tuesday after they were freed from a month-long lockdown, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern credited with eliminating domestic transmission of the coronavirus.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he has a good idea how Kim Jong Un is doing and hopes he is fine, after days of speculation over the North Korean leader's health.

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1. Reopening US states are taking their first steps toward a new normal  CNN
2. Next wave of U.S. states prepares to reopen as coronavirus could increase jobless rate  AOL
3. Several states ease coronavirus mitigation despite warnings  CBS This Morning
4. Georgia eateries put menus on tables again as more U.S. states ease restrictions  Reuters
5. U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 55,000 as More States Start Reopening Economies This Week  U.S. News & World Report
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1. Cuomo says coronavirus may have infected around 25 percent of NYC residents  New York Post
2. Coronavirus live updates: NY cancels primary; states evaluate stay-at-home, will Trump's signature appear on future stimulus checks?  USA TODAY
3. Cuomo says parts of upstate New York could open as soon as May 15  CBS News
4. Cuomo doubles down on ordering nursing homes to admit coronavirus patients  New York Post
5. Conservative New Yorkers Trust Cuomo Over Trump On State Reopening, Poll Finds  NPR
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1. Nevada, Colorado join West Coast reopening alliance  POLITICO
2. Colorado and Nevada join Western States Pact as states work on unified coronavirus strategy  CNN
3. In CA: Colorado and Nevada join forces with the West Coast  USA TODAY
4. Colorado, Nevada Join Western States Pact to Fight Coronavirus Outbreak  U.S. News & World Report
5. Colorado and Nevada join western states cooperating on reopening | TheHill  The Hill
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1. Global coronavirus cases pass three million as lockdowns begin to ease  Reuters.com
2. Public antibody testing ramps up as US coronavirus cases approach 1 million  CNN
3. Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Surpass 3 Million Worldwide With Nearly 1 Million Infected in U.S.  Newsweek
4. Coronavirus: U.S. to become 1st country with a million cases  New York Daily News
5. Coronavirus live updates: Global cases surpass 3 million, U.S. states begin to reopen  NBCNews.com
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1. 'We are not out of the woods': Bond King Jeff Gundlach reopens his bets against the stock market as the c..  Business Insider
2. ‘Bond King’ warns the stock market could hit new lows amid ‘social unease’  MarketWatch
3. Jeffrey Gundlach is shorting the market, says a retest of the low 'very plausible'  msnNOW
4. Retest of market low is 'very plausible': Jeffrey Gundlach  CNBC Television
5. Here's Where Gundlach Has A Short Position In The S&P 500  Benzinga
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1. Duck Dynasty star Sadie Robertson calls drive-by shooting 'scary'  Daily Mail
2. Man arrested in drive-by shooting at 'Duck Dynasty' star's home as family says they are 'pretty shook up'  Fox News
3. Man charged in drive-by shooting at 'Duck Dynasty' estate  Yahoo Entertainment
4. 'Duck Dynasty' star drive-by shooting results in man's arrest  CNN
5. 'Duck Dynasty' star Willie Robertson's estate targeted with gunfire, family says  Fox News
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1. Did the Eagles draft Jalen Hurts to be Carson Wentz' backup, or do they have bigger plans for him?  PhillyVoice.com
2. Carson Wentz should demand a trade! - Max Kellerman on the Eagles drafting Jalen Hurts | First Take  ESPN
3. The Five Most Revealing Strategies of the 2020 NFL Draft  The Ringer
4. Plenty of mixed opinions in roundup of Eagles draft grades  NBC Sports Philadelphia
5. Eagles reportedly planning to implement “Taysom Hill [package] on steroids” with Jalen Hurts  Bleeding Green Nation
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