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The city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus first began to spread, is pictured on May 14. Many Chinese cities have seen rush hour traffic return to pre-pandemic levels — or worse — after reopening, according to traffic data company TomTom. Cities around

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The Coronavirus Crisis

As Lockdown Orders Lift, Can Cities Prevent A Traffic Catastrophe?

May 27, 2020

As businesses reopen, many city dwellers worry about the risks of public transit. Cities are trying to figure out how to safeguard public health, keep people moving, and avoid a gridlock nightmare.

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Nevada Regulatory Panel Refining Rules For Reopening Casinos

May 26, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada gambling regulators may require the state's shuttered casinos to test all front-line resort workers for COVID-19, plan to isolate infected visitors and take other steps to slow the coronavirus spread.

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Gov. Sisolak Announces Nevada Will Enter Phase 2 Of Reopening May 29

May 26, 2020

Gov. Steve Sisolak released a prepared statement Tuesday announcing the state will enter Phase 2 of reopening Friday, May 29.

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Widespread Testing To Begin At High Desert State Prison

May 27, 2020

Testing for COVID-19 is ramping up in Nevada’s prisons after three inmates at the High Desert State Prison tested positive.

The Nevada Department of Corrections said that all staff and inmates at High Desert, about 40 miles northwest of Las Vegas, would be tested starting Tuesday.

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Stanley Ho, Who Built Macao's Gambling Industry, Dies At 98

May 27, 2020

HONG KONG (AP) — Casino tycoon Stanley Ho, whose business empire dominated the Portuguese gambling enclave of Macao for decades, has died at age 98.

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Shots - Health News

Memorial Day weekend at Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island, N.Y. As the pandemic continues, Harvard's Dr. Ashish Jha says, mask wearing, social distancing and robust strategies of testing and contact tracing will be even more important.

Nearing 100,000 COVID-19 Deaths, U.S. Is Still 'Early In This Outbreak'

May 26, 2020

"The speed with which this has happened is really devastating," says Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute. He warns the outbreak will leave no part of the U.S. untouched.

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A Bold Pitch To Boost School Funding For The Nation's Most Vulnerable Students

May 27, 2020

A new report proposes a radical solution to America's school funding inequities: Leave district lines in place, but spread the wealth.

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Staff work at a drive-through coronavirus testing site outside the American Airlines center in North Dallas in late March.

Across Texas, Black And Hispanic Neighborhoods Have Fewer Coronavirus Testing Sites

May 27, 2020

An NPR investigation shows that black and Latino neighborhoods in four large Texas cities have fewer coronavirus testing sites, leaving communities blind to potential COVID-19 outbreaks.

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President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping, shown here in 2019, have both faced criticism for their handling of the coronavirus. Both leaders are now pushing hard for a vaccine. The U.S. has already agreed to pay a drug company more than $1 billion

In The Battle Against COVID-19, A Risk Of 'Vaccine Nationalism'

May 27, 2020

The race to defeat the coronavirus is generating competition among nations and multinational companies that's being described as "vaccine nationalism."