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miércoles, 22 de abril de 2020

Fox News Today: Barr says DOJ may back citizens who sue states over coronavirus restrictions

DOJ may back citizens who sue states over 'onerous' coronavirus restrictions, Barr says

U.S. Attorney General William Barr, in a new interview, took a swipe at state restrictions on citizens during the coronavirus pandemic, indicating not only that people could sue over measures that go too far, but that the Justice Department could end up siding with them.

In Idaho, the arrest of a mother who allegedly refused to leave a playground area closed due to the coronavirus pandemic sparked a street protest on Tuesday.

Harvard University rejected calls from President Trump to return coronavirus relief money to the federal government, maintaining that the funds are being used to provide direct assistance to students facing financial turmoil due to the pandemic.

Nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords from members of the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a host of other organizations on the front lines of the coronavirus fight were stolen and posted online, according to SITE Intelligence Group.

The coronavirus crisis has made China more aggressive and hostile toward Western countries because they are trying to spread the narrative that they aren't responsible for the pandemic — and that will only increase the divide with the U.S., Daniel Hoffman, a former CIA station chief and a Fox News contributor, said Wednesday on “Fox & Friends.”

Russian citizens are becoming increasingly fed up with President Vladimir Putin’s response to the coronavirus crisis as infections and deaths continue to mount in the country.

New York state issued a blanket do-not-resuscitate directive last week instructing first responders not to try to revive patients without a pulse, amid increased call volumes and lack of resources during the coronavirus public health crisis, according to a report.

And a new study notes that COVID-19 lives longer in patients who are sicker than those with milder cases, citing a higher viral load.

And there were several other developments:

A former intelligence official from the Reagan administration suggests that restarting a Cold War-era program could be the key to keeping China at bay during the coronavirus pandemic.

Janet Koch, CEO of Life’s WORC, explained to Fox News that group homes for the developmentally disabled population face the same challenges as nursing homes during the pandemic.

Three healthy families in China may have contracted the coronavirus after it traveled via air conditioning at a restaurant that also served infected people, a newly published research letter suggests.

Tyson Foods Inc. will be suspending operations at its largest pork plant indefinitely due to the pandemic, the company announced Wednesday.

Vulnerable leatherback sea turtles are flourishing on a South Florida beach amid the coronavirus lockdown, according to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center.