Today's Headlines: ‘They’re Death Pits’: Virus Claims at Least 7,000 Lives in U.S. Nursing Homes

Trump Encourages Protest Against Governors Who Have Imposed Virus Restrictions
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'They're Death Pits': Virus Claims at Least 7,000 Lives in U.S. Nursing Homes

'They're Death Pits': Virus Claims at Least 7,000 Lives in U.S. Nursing Homes

By FARAH STOCKMAN, MATT RICHTEL, DANIELLE IVORY and MITCH SMITH

More than six weeks after the first coronavirus deaths in a nursing home, outbreaks unfold across the country. About a fifth of U.S. virus deaths are linked to nursing facilities.

Trump Encourages Protest Against Governors Who Have Imposed Virus Restrictions

Trump Encourages Protest Against Governors Who Have Imposed Virus Restrictions

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and SARAH MERVOSH

The president's stark departure from his message on Thursday night, when he announced guidelines for governors to reopen their states and said they would "call your own shots," suggested he was ceding any semblance of national leadership on the pandemic.

Why We Don't Know the True Death Rate for Covid-19

Why We Don't Know the True Death Rate for Covid-19

By AMY HARMON

Determining what percentage of those infected by the coronavirus will die is a key question for epidemiologists, but an elusive one during the pandemic.

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Bill Gates, at Odds With Trump on Virus, Becomes a Right-Wing Target

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Bill Gates, at Odds With Trump on Virus, Becomes a Right-Wing Target

By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI, DAVEY ALBA and MARC TRACY

The Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist has been attacked with falsehoods that he created the coronavirus and wants to profit from it.

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