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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called on President Trump to mobilize the U.S. military to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the United States.
“The order has not been given by the commander-in-chief because he’s not acting like a commander-in-chief,” De Blasio said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Friday. “He doesn’t know how, and he should get […] out of the way and let the military do its job.”
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PARIS (AP) — The U.S. warned Americans to avoid all international travel and told citizens abroad to return now or face an “indefinite” absence, and California’s governor asked all 40 million residents to stay home, to try to slow a pandemic toll that on Friday surpassed 10,000 people worldwide. Wuhan, China, where the outbreak began, […]

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As senior citizens deal with anxiety about the coronavirus, grocery store chains and other retailers have come up with a way to ease their fears: shopping times reserved exclusively for them. Target, Whole Foods, Walmart and Dollar General, as well as supermarkets in Europe, began dedicating early morning shopping times for […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the Trump administration has decided to push the income tax filing date to July 15 from April 15. Mnuchin announced the decision in a tweet Friday saying that at President Donald Trump’s direction “we are moving Tax Day from April 15 to July 15. All taxpayers and […]

Coronavirus has hit businesses in all industries hard. Countless business owners have seen their livelihoods take a nosedive. They wonder how they’ll pay next month’s payroll, rent, mortgage, tuition and grocery bills – and live in fear as to what the next day will bring.
From Day One, the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce has been at the forefront of this crisis. Responding to the evolving need, the Chamber has now launched an Emergency Business Relief Fund to help save businesses and families that have been hardest hit by Coronavirus related crises. Please donate generously to this fund, so that we can your friends and neighbors survive today – and tomorrow.

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