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Massachusetts man has coronavirus, state health officials say; US cases rise to 8

By Paulina Dedaj | Fox News Health officials said Saturday that a man in Massachusetts has been infected with the coronavirus after returning from a recent trip to China, bringing the overall reported cases in the United States to eight. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health received confirmation late Friday evening that a Boston man in his early 20s contracted the illness after […]

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Russia Closes Border With China in Far East Amid Virus Outbreak: Prime Minister

By Jack Phillips Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an instruction to close the Far Eastern Region’s border to prevent the spread of coronavirus, which has prompted lockdowns and quarantines in several Chinese cities. “A corresponding instruction was signed today. Work on it is already in progress. We will inform all those concerned properly about […]

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Trump Administration Forms Coronavirus Task Force

By Zachary Stieber President Donald Trump announced on Jan. 29 the creation of a task force to monitor and combat the new coronavirus that originated in China.ADVERTISING The group will lead the Trump administration’s efforts to “monitor, contain, and mitigate the spread of the virus” and give Americans accurate and up-to-date health and travel information […]

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World Health Organization declares coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency

By Vandana Rambaran | Fox News The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the new coronavirus outbreak a global emergency amid the recent jump in the number of infected patients. “The main reason is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced at a news conference in […]

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Mark Levin tweets ask waffling GOP senators why ‘disgruntled’ John Bolton should testify

By Charles Creitz | Fox News “Life, Liberty & Levin” host Mark Levin demanded answers from three Republican senators Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told members of his caucus that he doesn’t yet have enough votes to block the calling of witnesses — like ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton — in President Trump’s impeachment trial. Levin, a syndicated […]

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Justice Department Takes Action Against Telecom Carriers Over Robocalls

By Janita Kan DOJ officials said in a press release that they had filed civil actions for temporary restraining orders in two separate cases to block five companies and three individuals from making further calls. The officials accused the defendants of being responsible for carrying hundreds of millions of robocalls leading to significant financial losses to elderly […]

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State Department Warns Nationals to ‘Reconsider Travel’ to China Amid Virus Outbreak

By Jack Phillips The U.S. Department of State urged Americans to consider not traveling to China amid the outbreak of the potentially deadly coronavirus. The Monday afternoon alert advises Americans to “reconsider travel to China due to novel coronavirus” and raised its travel advisory to three out of four. A level-four State Department warning calls on […]

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4th and 5th Cases of Chinese Coronavirus Confirmed in US, Officials Say

By Jack Phillips Five U.S. cases of Wuhan coronavirus were announced Sunday—with a one being confirmed by health officials in Los Angeles County and the latest case being confirmed by Maricopa County, Arizona, officials. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said Sunday that the sickened person “presented themselves for care once they noticed […]

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Tennessee passes law allowing agencies to deny LGBTQ adoption applications because of religious objections

By Danielle Wallace | Fox News The governor of Tennessee signed a controversial law Friday that allows adoption agencies within the state to refuse to place children in homes that “violate the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or policies.” ARIZONA WOMAN MUST DONATE EMBRYOS FROZEN BEFORE CANCER, NEEDS EX-HUSBAND’S CONSENT TO BECOME PREGNANT The measure, signed by Republican Gov. Bill […]

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Rep. Debbie Lesko: What impeachment managers in Trump’s Senate trial seem to be forgetting

By Rep. Debbie Lesko | Fox News It seems the seven impeachment managers have conveniently forgotten many of the facts surrounding their deeply flawed case for impeachment. They began by crying out for witnesses, witnesses they could have called in the House, and asking the Senate to do their job for them. As they made their opening arguments, they […]