| Italy's 'very long' lockdown to only end gradually -  Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's government prepared Italians for a "very long" lockdown Sunday that would only be lifted gradually despite its economic hardship and traumatic impact on daily lives. The message from ministers and health officials came as Italy's world-topping toll rose by 756 -- well bellow Friday's record of 969 -- and the rate of coronavirus infections slowed to under six percent for the first time. "The measures expiring on April 3 will inevitably be extended," Regional Affairs Minister Francesco Boccia told Italy's Sky TG24 television.
Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:47:51 -0400
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| Choir practice turns fatal. Airborne coronavirus strongly suspected -  The deadly outbreak among members of a choir has stunned health officials, who have concluded that the virus was almost certainly transmitted through the air from one or more people without symptoms.
Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:34:14 -0400
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| North Korea says tested 'super-large' rocket launchers -  Nuclear-armed North Korea successfully tested "super-large multiple rocket launchers", state media said on Monday, but leader Kim Jong Un was not described as commanding the drill as analysts say Pyongyang seeks to normalise its launches. With the world focused on the coronavirus pandemic and North Korea insisting it has not had a single COVID-19 case, the isolated state has carried out four such firings this month. Unusually, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) did not say in its report that Kim had directed Sunday's test.
Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:09:17 -0400
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| Trump extends social distancing guidelines to April 30, predicts 'great things' by June 1 -  Trump last week said he wanted to see the much of the country opening back up by Easter.
Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:27:00 -0400
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| Serial killer dubbed Grim Sleeper dies in California prison -  Lonnie Franklin, the convicted serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper" who preyed on the women of South Los Angeles for more than two decades, has died in prison. California corrections officials said Franklin was found unresponsive in his cell at San Quentin State Prison on Saturday evening. An autopsy will determine the cause of death; however, there were no signs of trauma, corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said in a statement.
Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:34:43 -0400
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