Headlines for March 24, 2020
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- U.N. Calls for Global Ceasefire So Countries Can Unite in Fight Against Coronavirus Pandemic
- Italy's COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 6,000 as Spain Officials Say Nearly 4,000 Health Workers Are Infected
- Trump Says Country Will Be "Open for Business Very Soon" Despite Skyrocketing COVID-19 Infections
- 16 U.S. States Enforce Stay-at-Home Orders Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Affecting Over 40% of Population
- Texas Orders Abortion Providers to Stop Performing Procedures
- Texas Lt. Gov.: Elderly Should "Sacrifice" for U.S. Economy Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
- Man in AZ Dies, Wife in Critical Condition, After Couple Took Chloroquine to Prevent Coronavirus Infection
- ORR Refuses to Free Migrant Kids from NY Facilities Where 3 Staff Tested Positive for COVID-19
- NJ Plans to Release Some 1,000 Prisoners from County Jails to Limit Spread of Coronavirus
- New York Now Accounts for Around 5% of All COVID-19 Cases in the World
- Puerto Rico Passes $787 Million Financial Package as Coronavirus Pandemic Further Cripples Economy
- U.S. Senate, Treasury Sec. Could Soon Agree to a $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package
- Federal Reserve Says It'll Buy Unlimited Amount of Bonds as U.S. Unemployment Skyrockets
- Coronavirus Death Toll in Iran Approaches 2,000 with Almost 25,000 Confirmed Cases
- Pakistan's COVID-19 Cases Top 900, Prompting Gov't Ban on All Int'l Flights; Saudi Arabia Imposes Curfew
- South Africa Enacts Nat'l Lockdown; Prominent Zimbabwe Journalist Zororo Makamba Dies of COVID-19
- Tokyo Olympics to Be Postponed Until 2021
- Indonesia Reports Over 100 COVID-19 Cases as China to Lift Lockdown on Wuhan
- U.S. Cuts $1 Billion for Afghanistan After Political Stalemate Stalls Peace Deal
- Mexican Man Is the 10th Death in ICE Custody Since October
- PG&E Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter for 2018 Camp Fire That Killed 85 People
- Colorado Abolishes Death Penalty