March 19 2020, 08:00
In a typical year, Purim is a festive occasion. The Jewish holiday, which took place earlier this week, is marked by the reading of the Megillah, or the Book of Esther, during which children are encouraged to shake noisemakers, or "graggers," every time the name of the villain "Haman" is mentioned. People dress up in costumes and families often attend carnivals put on by synagogues to mark the holiday.
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March 19 2020, 08:00
In his 47 years as a small business owner, Larry Birnbaum says he's never experienced anything like what's happening with his wholesale light bulb business today.
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March 18 2020, 08:00
An emergency proposal to protect the American people from the coronavirus by quickly sending illegal immigrants and asylum seekers who cross our southern border back to Mexico should be approved as a short-term response to the pandemic.
March 18 2020, 08:00
Orange County in California issued an immediate order banning all public and private gatherings "of any number of people" on Tuesday to limit the spread of coronavirus.
March 18 2020, 08:00
Tens of millions of people around the world have suddenly found themselves under various forms of lockdown as governments scrambled to impose new coronavirus-related restrictions over the past 24 hours.
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March 18 2020, 08:00
European governments are writing blank checks to protect businesses and workers from the deep recession into which the global economy is sinking rapidly because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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March 18 2020, 08:00
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ramped up the country's response to the novel coronavirus pandemic after a weekend of confusion in the UK. The policy shift comes after Johnson's initial response came under public criticism. CNN's Phil Black reports.
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March 18 2020, 08:00
The brother of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi has been found guilty of the murders of 22 people killed in a suicide bomb blast at an Ariana Grande concert in the city.
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March 18 2020, 08:00
When 18 contestants entered the German "Big Brother" house on February 6, an outbreak of the novel coronavirus was just starting to seep out of mainland China.
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March 18 2020, 08:00
King Felipe VI of Spain has renounced his personal inheritance from his father, Juan Carlos I, amid allegations of financial impropriety.
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