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Voice Actors Create Home Studios So They Can Work During Pandemic

Voiceover artists Eric Bauza and Jan Johns describe how the coronavirus oubreak has affected their work.

Fred Willard, Scene Stealer Extraordinaire, Dies At 86

The actor best known for roles in mockumentaries such as Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman died Friday, according to his daughter. The daytime Emmy winner had a knack for improvisation.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives on Capitol Hill to attend a meeting to discuss a potential economic bill in response to the coronavirus on March 20, 2020.

Coronavirus Aid Bill In Limbo After Procedural Vote Fails

The Senate is hoping for a vote on Monday, but congressional leaders said on Sunday they have yet to reach agreement on what would be the largest bill yet in response to the outbreak.

A South African soldier enforces the lockdown order in downtown Johannesburg on Friday.

South Africa Reports First COVID-19 Deaths, Goes Into 3-Week Lockdown

At midnight Thursday, security forces began enforcing the order against all but essential movement. Meanwhile, the health ministry reported two COVID-19 deaths among nearly 1,000 confirmed cases.

This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had U.S. government funding for an ongoing research project in China on bats and coronaviruses — until the money was cut on April 24.

77 Nobel Laureates Denounce Trump Officials For Pulling Coronavirus Research Grant

In a letter sent to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, these U.S. scientists said they were "gravely concerned" about the abrupt termination of a federal grant to EcoHealth Alliance.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves a news conference Monday in Tokyo, after lifting the country's nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus.

Japan's Shinzo Abe Lifts Coronavirus State Of Emergency As Critics Swarm

Even though Japan has not seen the same devastating numbers as some others, its prime minister is still grappling with dissatisfaction at home over what critics call a botched response.

News 5.28.20: Storm Lake Tyson Outbreak, Test Iowa Concerns and Bars Reopen

Health officials are confirming another coronavirus outbreak in an Iowa meatpacking plant on the same day that the number of residents who have died from…

Commuters at the Luz station in São Paulo. Brazil has the world's second-highest number of COVID-19 cases after the U.S.

As Brazil's COVID-19 Cases Continue To Climb, Some Areas Prepare To Ease Restrictions

Brazil has the world's second-highest number of COVID-19 cases after the U.S. The rise in cases comes as São Paulo, the state with the highest number of deaths, prepares to ease some restrictions.

State Department Inspector General Steve Linick is pictured here in October 2019 leaving a meeting at the Capitol.

Democrats Launch Probe Into Trump's Firing Of State Department Inspector General

Steve Linick is the fourth government watchdog President Trump has fired or sought to remove in the last six weeks.

U.S. flags will fly at half-staff on federal and military posts through Sunday as President Trump orders a remembrance of the nearly 100,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. Earlier this month, flags in the hard-hit state of New York flew at half their normal height to honor those lost to the pandemic.

President Trump Orders Flags To Fly At Half-Staff As U.S. Mourns Nearly 100,000 Dead

Flags will be lowered from Friday through Sunday's sunset in a show of national mourning and remembrance.

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