NBA commissioner Adam Silver outlines sobering news of coronavirus impact on this season and possibly next

Monday marked the 25th day without professional basketball in the United States, and Silver is no closer to outlining a timeline for the return of the sport than he was when COVID-19 halted American life.

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  Silver: No NBA decision until at least May
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  Silver says he does not expect any NBA decisions before May
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How the Coronavirus Death Toll Compares to Other Deadly Events From American History

Some projections estimate that more American lives could be lost to COVID-19 than to World War I

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  AMA President Has A Stark Warning About Trump's Coronavirus Treatment Advice
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  The hydroxychloroquine debate: Why is the malaria drug in the news and what do we know about it?
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Biden says removal of Navy captain who sounded alarm on coronavirus 'close to criminal'

"I think the guy should ... have a commendation rather than be fired," Biden said.

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  US navy captain fired for voicing virus concern tests positive: report
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  Trump condemns ship’s captain who wrote scathing letter demanding crew’s safety amid coronavirus outbreak
  The Independent

George W. Bush in 2005: 'If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare'

In the summer of 2005, President George W. Bush was on vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, when he began flipping through an advance reading copy of a new book about the 1918 flu pandemic. When he returned to Washington, he called his top homeland security adviser into the Oval Office and gave her the galley of historian John M. Barry's "The Great Influenza," which told the chilling tale of the mysterious plague that "would kill more people than the outbreak of any other disease in human history." "You've got to read this," Fran Townsend remembers the president telling her.

Americans brace for 'hardest, saddest' week of their lives

Americans braced for what the nation's top doctor warned Sunday would be “the hardest and saddest week” of their lives while Britain assumed the unwelcome mantle of deadliest coronavirus hot spot in Europe after a record 24-hour jump in deaths that surpassed even hard-hit Italy's. Britain's own prime minister, Boris Johnson, was hospitalized, 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19 in what his office described as a “precautionary step.” Amid the dire news, there were also glimmers of hope some hard-hit areas — the number of people dying appeared to be slowing in New York City, Spain and Italy.

Shirtless Dad Ruins Anchor Daughter’s In-Home News Report

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Ron Perlman Tells All About Infamous Harvey Weinstein Handshake: ‘He Knew It Was Clammy’

Perlman hopes Weinstein saw his 2018 tweet revealing he urinated on his hands before meeting the now-convicted rapist.