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7:30 PM ET, March 29, 2020

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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Liberty University Brings Back Its Students, and Coronavirus Fears, Too  —  The decision by the school's president, Jerry Falwell Jr., to partly reopen his evangelical university enraged residents of Lynchburg, Va. Then students started getting sick.  —  LYNCHBURG, Va. …
American Enterprise Institute - AEI:
National coronavirus response: A road map to reopening  — This report provides a road map for navigating through the current COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.  It outlines specific directions for adapting our public-health approach away from sweeping mitigation strategies as we limit …
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Washington Post:
Experts converge on plans for easing coronavirus restrictions safely  —  The Trump administration's national social distancing guidelines expire early this week.  So what's the plan?  —  If there's one thing people agree on, even as they debate the government's coronavirus response, it is this: We can't do this forever.
Discussion: New York Times
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Fauci: Coronavirus could kill over 100,000 Americans  —  Fauci also said it's not yet time for social distancing guidelines to be pulled back.  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that he anticipates the coronavirus could kill between 100,000 and 200,000 Americans while infecting “millions.”
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump extends social distancing guidelines to April 30, predicts ‘great things’ by June 1
Discussion: The Hill, IJR and The Daily Beast
Financial Times:
Coronavirus tracked: the latest figures as the pandemic spreads |  Free to read  —  The countries affected, the number of deaths and the economic impact  —  The humanitarian costs of the coronavirus outbreak continue to mount, with more than 707,000 people infected globally.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Miriam Elder / BuzzFeed News:
A Nurse Shared A Harrowing Photo Of COVID-19 Victims To Show How Horrifying The Outbreak Is  —  The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus.  To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today.
New York Times:
The Virus Has Transformed the 2020 Elections.  Here's How.  —  Party conventions are in jeopardy, campaigning is on hold and local candidates are playing the role of good Samaritan instead of traditional politician.  —  From the White House to the county courthouse, the coronavirus pandemic has drastically upended the 2020 elections.
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Sofi Sinozich / ABC News:
Biden consolidates support, but trails badly in enthusiasm: Poll
Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll shows Trump and Biden in a competitive race for the White House
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Biden leads Trump in new polls despite coronavirus approval bounce
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and Blue Virginia
New York Times:
The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators.  The Mission Failed.  —  As the coronavirus spreads, the collapse of the project helps explain America's acute shortage.  —  Thirteen years ago, a group of U.S. public health officials came up with a plan to address what they regarded …
Discussion: Discourse.net
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Cuomo: Trump's mandatory quarantine comments “really panicked people”  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a press conference Sunday that President Donald Trump's unexpected Saturday announcement of a possible “short-term” quarantine of New York, New Jersey and parts of Connecticut to curb …
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Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Gov. Mike DeWine: FDA ‘reckless’ in limiting use of new mask-cleaning technology  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine on Sunday sharply criticized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approving only limited use of a new mask-cleaning technology developed by an Ohio research firm …
Discussion: Battelle.org News, Politico and WCMH-TV
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WBNS-TV:   DeWine ‘stunned’ FDA limiting Ohio company's mask-sterilization technology
WCMH-TV:
Gov. DeWine: Full FDA approval of Battelle mask sterilization process expected by end of Sunday
Discussion: Twitchy
Mitch Albom / Detroit Free Press:
Hey, President Trump: Her name is Gretchen Whitmer  —  First of all, she has a name.  Gretchen Whitmer.  She is not “the woman” or “all she does is sit there” or “you know who I'm talking about” — all phrases President Donald Trump has used besides saying the actual name of the person Michigan voters elected to govern us.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:   ‘That governor is me’: Gretchen Whitmer takes on Trump as coronavirus cases rise in Michigan
Susan Edelman / New York Post:
Bronx school told teachers to hide coronavirus case: ‘Staff can be fired’  —  After learning that a teacher in their Bronx school building was sick with the coronavirus, faculty members were told they could be terminated for warning students to stay away, The Post has learned.
Wall Street Journal:
America's Make-or-Break Week  —  The bills are now coming due for big companies and millions of laid-off workers.  Decisions made in the next few days will shape how coronavirus impacts the economy  —  Congress has passed a $2 trillion rescue plan but before those funds start to flow …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kathleen McGrory / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida coronavirus cases are growing fast.  Here's what that means.  —  Experts say the epidemic in Florida is already past the point of easy containment. … •  •  •  —  The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Florida is doubling every three days …
Julia Prodis Sulek / Mercury News:
Meet the Bay Area doctor who ordered America's first coronavirus lockdown  —  Under intense pressure, Sara Cody's cohort made the move ‘none of us really believed we would do’  —  She is the Bay Area's Anthony Fauci, Santa Clara County's most “essential” employee, the one who banished us …
Gina Cook / NBC4 Washington:
Maryland Man Arrested for Having 60 People Over for Bonfire, Violating Social Distancing Orders  —  A Charles County, Maryland, man who threw a party at his house has unintentionally social-distanced himself from everyone after authorities say he was arrested for refusing to comply with the governor's order against large gatherings.
Fernanda Echavarri / Mother Jones:
The US Sent Tons of Medical Supplies to China Even as Senators Warned of Virus Threat Here  —  For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones' newsletters.  —  The United States government sent nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to China …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Yahoo News
DW.COM:
German state finance minister Thomas Schäfer found dead  —  Police suspect Thomas Schäfer died by suicide after his body was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden.  He was the finance minister for the state of Hesse, where Germany's financial center Frankfurt lies.
Axios:
Inside the start of the great virus airlift  —  A plane from Shanghai arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Sunday morning carrying an extraordinary load: 12 million gloves, 130,000 N-95 masks, 1.7 million surgical masks, 50,000 gowns, 130,000 hand sanitizer units, and 36,000 thermometers.
Discussion: NPR and The Week
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Joe Biden's message on coronavirus: It's time to tell the unvarnished truth  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden delivers an address on the coronavirus in March 2020.  Michael Brochstein/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media/Getty Images  —  “We should be telling the American people the truth.  They're strong.
 
 
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Governors should focus on tackling coronavirus rather than shift blame
Kurtis Lee / Los Angeles Times:
No running water.  No electricity.  On Navajo Nation, coronavirus creates worry and confusion as cases surge
Discussion: emptywheel
U.S. Department of Defense:
Coronavirus: Rumor Control
Charles Ornstein / ProPublica:
What We Know — and Don't Know — About Possible Coronavirus Treatments Promoted by Trump
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Mashable
Sky Palma / DeadState:
Mike Huckabee: ‘Smart mayors’ should tell citizens to load up on guns and ammo right now
Politico:
Rhode Island ends specific restrictions on New Yorkers — by making them national
Discussion: WJXT-TV and Politico
Mehrsa Baradaran / American Prospect:
Unsanitized: A Crisis to End All Crises
David Rothkopf / USA Today:
Hold on to hope in the coronavirus pandemic. The past shows optimism can be realistic.
 Earlier Items: 
Erin Cunningham / Washington Post:
As coronavirus cases explode in Iran, U.S. sanctions hinder its access to drugs and medical equipment
Matthias Gafni / San Francisco Chronicle:
Coronavirus: The state had 21 million N95 masks stockpiled. All are expired.
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Coronavirus Disinformation Campaign Isn't Working: Poll
Discussion: Ipsos
Associated Press:
Stimulus billions can't buy hospitals out of shortage crisis
David Cohen / Politico:
Pelosi: ‘As the president fiddles, people are dying’
Discussion: NBC News
Politico:
Inside the White House during ‘15 Days to Slow the Spread’
Discussion: Raw Story
David Lat:
I don't want to be presumptuous, since my condition is stable but still serious.
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
‘Anything good I could say about this would be a lie.’
 

 
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google announces a new Platforms and Devices team overseeing Pixel, Android, Chrome, Photos, and more, to integrate AI across its products, led by Rick Osterloh

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

 
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