🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump signs $8.3 billion emergency package to combat coronavirus. @n_cov_2019

The coronavirus death toll in the US is now at 14 after two more people were reported dead in Washington state as the number of confirmed cases across the country jumped to more than 200. Of the 14 deaths, 13 have been reported in Washington state and one in California. Many of the cases in Washington, including at least six deaths, have been linked to an outbreak at a nursing home facility in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland. Thirteen of the Washington deaths have occurred in King County, which is where the nursing home is. One person died in nearby Snohomish County. The California death was linked to a cruise ship that was still being held 400 miles off the coast on San Francisco on Friday amid fears of a suspected coronavirus outbreak.

Men are 65 per cent more likely than women to die from #coronavirus, according to statistics.Figures from the World Health Organization and Chinese scientists have revealed that 1.7 per cent of women who catch the virus will die compared to 2.8 per cent of men, even though neither sex is more likely to catch it. More than 98,000 people around the world have now been diagnosed with the virus, which causes a disease called COVID-19, and at least 3,383 have died. Some experts have put the higher risk among men down to higher smoking and drinking rates – both habits weaken the immune system, making people more likely to get ill. Death rates among people with diabetes – of which there are four million in the UK and 34m in the US – are expected to be around 7.3 per cent, while six per cent of patients who have high blood pressure might die if infected.

Police are investigating a possible hate crime after an alarming video surfaced showing a subway rider yelling at an Asian man and spraying him with Febreze. The incident occurred on an N train in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on Wednesday morning. #NYPD #NY

#WANTED for a robbery gang assault in front of 216 Utica Avenue #weeksville #brooklyn on 3/05/20 4:10PM Reward up to $2500 💰 Seen them? Know who they are? Call 1-800-577-TIPS or DM us! Calls are CONFIDENTIAL! #NYPD #NY

The global death toll from #coronavirus could reach as high as 15million even in the best-case pandemic scenario, a new study says. The research by the Australian National University also found that global GDP could shrink by as much as $2.3trillion even in what they call a 'low-end' pandemic. In the most disastrous scenario, the death toll could reach a staggering 68million including hundreds of thousands of deaths in Britain and the United States. In that worst-case pandemic, some countries' economies would shrink by as much as eight per cent in a global meltdown. The two researchers who published the paper, Warwick McKibbon and Roshen Fernando, warn that 'even a contained outbreak could significantly impact the global economy in the short run'. In the so-called 'low-severity' case, the death rate in China is estimated at around two per cent and adjusted for other countries.

Fearing that the officers on that side of the vehicle would be shot, the officer on the passenger side fired his weapon three times. Simultaneously, the backup officer on the driver’s side of the vehicle saw the female point the pistol out the window and he fired his weapon at the female five times.

The officer closest to the window did not have time to react other than try to move away. The female driver was pronounced deceased at the scene. She was later identified as Amber Dewitt. The Ada County Coroner found that Dewitt died from multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. An investigation showed that Dewitt’s purse contained a syringe loaded with 50 units of a brown liquid which later tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine.

Inside the purse officers also located two prescription bottles, a mostly empty Methadone bottle, 15 grams of a crystalline substance in a container and a tube of Daisy BBs. During their investigation, CITF detectives also found evidence that Dewitt suffered from depression and other mental health issues and had previously mentioned “suicide by cop,” a term used to reference a situation in which a person forces a police officer to kill them by presenting a deadly threat. Toxicology reports of Dewitt’s blood indicate the presence of Methamphetamine, Amphetamines, Methadone and EPPP (Methadone metabolites).

During the follow up investigation on scene, officers found several nearby vehicles on Clover Drive with windows that had been broken or shattered. Technicians on scene said the damage was consistent with damage caused by a BB from a BB gun. BBs were also found on the ground nearby. CITF detectives were told by those who knew Dewitt that she planned to shoot out vehicle windows in her search for the person who stole her items. None of the vehicle windows were found to have been struck when officers fired their weapons.

California officials warn of Carmageddon 2.0, tell residents to steer clear of highway, Fox News reported. For most Angelenos, they remember where they were on the harrowing weekend eight years ago when Interstate 405 was shut down in both directions. They had been bracing for it for months, ready for the nightmarish hellscape that would undoubtedly unfold before them. Then it happened. Well, nothing happened because residents stayed off the roads and all was well. California highway officials are hoping for a repeat performance at the end of April as Carmageddon 2.0 threatens once more to rear its ugly head. "This will be the largest freeway closure in Los Angeles since September 2012 when we closed Interstate 405 in both directions," John Bulinski, the state Department of Transportation's local director, said Thursday. #CA

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In the Orthodox Church of Ukraine occurred fight between priests. Believers also participated in the mass #brawl, Odessa City, Ukraine. #facepalm

(WARNING: 21+) The Denton Police Department released body camera footage from the Jan. 21 officer-involved shooting that claimed the life of University of North Texas student Darius Tarver. Denton Police Chief Frank Dixon said he wanted to present the facts to the public because he couldn’t let false and inaccurate information continue to spread, of which he said during a press conference Thursday. In the 13-minute-long video, edited to show four officers’ body camera footage, Dixon walked news media through the incident from when they arrived at an apartment building landing, to making contact with University of North Texas student Darius Tarver and to his death. #shooting