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Smithfield Foods is driving workers at a Missouri pork plant so hard during the coronavirus crisis that they can’t even cover their mouths to sneeze, a new lawsuit says. The meat-processing giant has threatened to punish workers for missing a single piece of meat on the production line at its plant in Milan, Missouri, according …

British funnyman Ricky Gervais again lashed out at “multi-millionaire celebs” in a new interview — for lecturing “normal nobodies” during the coronavirus outbreak. The 58-year-old targeted “Wonder Woman” actress Gal Gadot and a crew of other A-listers, such as Will Ferrell and Mark Ruffalo, for their viral cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine” released last month …

A preliminary study conducted by the New York State Health Department indicates that up to 13 percent of state residents have coronavirus antibodies. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the results of the survey at a Thursday press briefing. Cuomo pointed out that according to the results, about one in five people in New York City alone …

Jussie Smollett’s counter-suit against the Chicago Police Department for “malicious prosecution” was thrown out by a federal judge on Wednesday on the grounds that the Empire actor lacks the standing to counter-sue while he has outstanding proceedings against him. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall also said in her ruling that the police acted properly considering they “had …

A traveler from Australia is tested for coronavirus after arriving in Shanghai, China, March 21, 2020. A much anticipated clinical trial for remdesivir, an antiviral medicine from Gilead Sciences, showed the drug failed to improve the condition of coronavirus patients, according to preliminary study results accidentally posted online. The drug’s trial, which took place in China, indicated …

A Detroit, Mich., branch of the Democratic Party plans to censure state representative Karen Whitsett (D., Detroit) after she met with President Trump earlier this month and praised him for recommending the anti-viral drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for coronavirus. Whitsett contracted coronavirus in March and has since recovered. The freshman lawmaker credited hydroxychloroquine, a …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announces her Democratic running mate in Lansing, Mich., August 20, 2018. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer passed the blame for her administration hiring a data company known for working with Democratic campaigns to track contact information about residents as part of the state’s efforts to trace coronavirus cases. At a press conference Wednesday, …

The Treasury Department said Thursday that it was asking approximately 150 publicly traded firms to repay nearly $600 million in loans they received from the federal program designed to help small businesses cover expenses and payroll amid the coronavirus pandemic. The change comes after the initial $349 billion in emergency funding for small businesses ran …

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the $484 billion coronavirus relief package to replenish the depleted small business loan program, with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) being the only Democrat in both the House or Senate to oppose the bill. The House passed the bill, which includes $310 billion for the government’s phase-three Paycheck Protection …

YouTube has started banning content that is in direct contradiction to the World Health Organization’s guidelines as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the United States. The Google-owned company also announced that it will be removing conspiracy theory videos that say that COVID-19 is directly linked to 5G cell service. Chief executive, Susan Wojcicki said …