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Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) is setting aside $4 million for advertisements to convince Georgia voters she was not wrong to allegedly profit off of the coronavirus pandemic.

A Colorado lockdown opponent was arrested for possession of pipe bombs.

Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan said the US women's national team will appeal against defeat in their equal pay lawsuit on Monday, describing the judge's ruling in the case as "shocking".

While out for a jog two months ago, a Georgia man was shot and killed by a man and his son who chased him down. Now, 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery's mother is calling for justice.

The Center for Disease Control revealed projections of COVID-19 cases that predict the fatality numbers will double in less than a month, by June 1.

Republican Ohio State Rep. Nino Vitale, who has been a vociferous critic of Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, believes wearing a mask to slow the spread of the disease would violate his "Judeo-Christian Principles."

Don Shula carved his place onto the Mount Rushmore of NFL coaches over the course of a glittering coaching career that encompassed two Super Bowl wins, a record 347 victories and the only unbeaten season in history.

President Donald Trump spent Sunday night during the Fox News town hall saying, "it's all working out." He even changed the goalposts, saying that the 60,000 to 70,000 fatalities he estimated during an April 27 press conference will probably be closer to "100,000, or 90 or 95.”

According to a deep dive into the performance of one of Donald Trump's top health officials, the Washington Post reports that Dr. Robert Kadlec, who heads the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, brushed aside worries from scientists who warned of possible emerging natural contagions.

When many centrist Democrats were embracing neoliberalism during the 1990s and 2000s, Paul Krugman remained an unapologetic proponent of classic New Deal/Great Society economics — and as the 67-year-old economist and New York Times columnist sees it, everything from the Great Recession to Donald Trump’s disastrous presidency has only validated his point of view, which is very much in evidence in his most recent book, “Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics and the Fight for a Better Future.” And Krugman’s book has received a rave review from journalist Charles Kaiser in The Guardian.

Claiming there is "no good reason for refusing to trust congregants," Attorney General Bill Barr's Dept. of Justice has filed a legal notice in federal court announcing it supports a Virginia church that violated Governor Ralph Northam's executive order banning in-person religious gatherings of more than 10 people. A U.S. Attorney suggests the order constitutes "unlawful discrimination."

States have tried to protect people from contracting the coronavirus by barring large groups meeting, including churches over ten people. But one Massachusetts pastor ignored the order and the consequences were laughable, reported CBS Boston.

The ESPN sports network announced this week that it will air live games from the Korea Baseball Organization. The news comes as U.S. sports have been sidelined due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.