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Patriot Movement Calls On Followers To Defy COVID-19 Restrictions

6:28am April 13, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

In the rural Northwest, far-right elected officials, and the militias they're aligned with, are calling for defiance of statewide stay-at-home orders, including one issued by Idaho's GOP governor.

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Christopher Love, general manager of the Covenant Mercy Mission, leads a prayer beside a line of visitors waiting for food donations at Manor Community Church on Saturday in New York. An additional 758 people died from the coronavirus over the past 24 hou

New York Coronavirus Deaths Pass 9,000

6:06pm April 12, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Sunday that 758 more New Yorkers have died from the coronavirus. It marked the sixth straight day of more than 700 deaths.

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Many Americans Willing To Trade Some Civil Liberties To Combat Coronavirus

4:55pm April 12, 2020

NPR's Tom Gjelten speaks with law professor Kevin Cope about a survey he conducted on which civil liberties Americans were willing to give up in order to tackle the coronavirus.

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist On Coronavirus Racial Disparities

4:55pm April 12, 2020

NPR's Tom Gjelten speaks with Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, who is chairing a state task force to address coronavirus racial disparities.

Church Leaders Adapt Easter Sermon For Pandemic Times

4:55pm April 12, 2020

Many churches livestreamed Easter services this year, and some pastors tailored their messages to address the coronavirus.

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Funeral home workers put on protective gear to retrieve a body from a refrigerated truck outside a Brooklyn hospital in early April. As of Sunday, the U.S. reported the most coronavirus deaths in the world, surpassing Italy.

U.S. Has Most Coronavirus Deaths In The World

2:58pm April 12, 2020

by Nicole Hernandez

More than 20,600 people have died from the virus as of early Sunday morning, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

What It's Like To Negotiate For Coronavirus Medical Supplies

1:17pm April 12, 2020

Anne Caprara is part of the effort in Illinois to secure medical supplies during the pandemic. She tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Eric Westervelt that the market is haphazard.

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Through guarantee games, like last year's contest between heavily-favored Florida State and Alabama State, lesser schools can turn huge losses into huge paydays.

Colleges Worry If Sporting Event Shutdowns Will Affect The Big Moneymaker: Football

1:09pm April 12, 2020

by Tom Goldman

The shutdown of sporting events due to the coronavirus pandemic has put athletic careers on hold and interrupted the flow of money that makes sports such a big business.

Like The 'Wild West': The Fight For Tools To Stop Coronavirus

7:20am April 12, 2020

States are competing against one another — and the federal government — for medical supplies to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

How Americans Are Dealing With New Coronavirus Normal

7:20am April 12, 2020

After weeks of social distancing and self-quarantine, listen to participants from NPR's Outbreak Diaries project about how they're spending their time and preserving their sanity.