The Daily Populous

Sunday April 12nd, 2020 night edition

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Elizabeth Warren"We are at a critical juncture in the life of the Postal Service.

Postal management has said that amount would be insufficient for preventing fiscal calamity this year.".

President Donald Trump has thus far rejected the Postal Service's requests.

During a press briefing earlier this week, Trump urged USPS to simply "raise the prices by, actually a lot.".

In a tweet Thursday, Connolly accused Trump of personally intervening to block the approval of any emergency funding for the Postal Service.

urged Congress to take immediate action to provide relief to USPS as the Trump White House refuses to budge.

"Our Postal Service is on the verge of collapse," said Warren. »

A Marine veteran stole a truck and saved dozens of lives during the Las Vegas shooting

Authored by businessinsider.com

He initially thought they were fireworks, but then saw "people ... scattering and screaming and that's when we knew something real was happening," Winston told CBS.

Winston and his girlfriend, Jenn Lewis, started running with the rest of the crowd, but got trapped by a fence, he said.

"Once we got to the fence, I helped throw a bunch of people over and got myself over," he told CBS. »

5G protesters sabotage Dutch phone towers

Authored by dw.com
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Protesters targeted a number of cellular broadcasting towers throughout the Netherlands to oppose the new 5G telecommunications network, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported on Saturday.

Towers in Rotterdam, Liessel, Beesd and Nuenen were severely damaged by fire, Rob Bongelaar told the newspaper.

He said that the words, "F*** 5G" were written on the transmission box at one of the attack sites. »

For the first time in US history, every state is under a disaster declaration simultaneously

Authored by edition.cnn.com
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said the state is "literally at the edge" in regards to the number of ventilators available to treat coronavirus patients.

There are 61 ventilators available in the state warehouses, New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said.

She believes the state will have bed spaces for everyone, but the concern continues to be the availability of personal protection equipment and ventilators. »

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Members Must Reject COVID-19 Plasma Treatment… Or Else

Authored by friendlyatheist.patheos.com
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The thinking is that there are antibodies present in the plasma of recovered patients that could help current patients fight the virus.

The problem is that the Jehovah’s Witnesses are reacting to this statement by saying it would violate the religion’s rules to accept this treatment.

(Writes Mark O’Donnell at JWsurvey, “For Jehovah’s Witnesses, the difference between life and death might just be a centrifuge.”). »