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A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, March 3 2020.
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NATION: Ignoring Trump and right-wing think tanks, red states are
expanding vote by mail services.
NATION: This was supposed to be the year that self-driving cars transformed transportation.
But the pandemic derailed that effort.
COVID-19
U.S death toll
82,536 people nationwide have died from COVID-19. (
Johns Hopkins University)
Information war
Social media is clogged with misinformation about a COVID-19 vaccine before one even exists. (
New York Times)
COVID syndrome
While children have largely been spared by COVID-19, doctors are finding that some kids are getting severely ill with symptoms like inflammation in the skin, eyes and heart. (
New York Times)
Pandemic brigade
Washington has close to the 1,500 contact tracers it needs to help isolate and suppress COVID-19 outbreaks, Gov. Jay Inslee said yesterday. (
Seattle Times)
Mask mandate
Spokane Regional Health District Health Officer Bob Lutz has indicated that a mask-wearing mandate could be enacted "in the next week or two." (
Spokesman-Review)
IN OTHER NEWS...
Stoking fears
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, isn't ruling out postponing the November election, comments that play into Democrats' fears that the current administration will use the pandemic to keep power. (
New York Times)
More aid
The Federal Reserve chair said Congress may need to approve more financial support for families and businesses to guard against a worst-case-scenario recession. (
New York Times)
Free to leave
Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman who was serving a prison sentence for lobbying and financial violations, was released from custody due to coronavirus concerns. (
New York Times)