White supremacists discussed plans to ‘weaponize’ coronavirus by infecting non-whites and law enforcement agents through the use of spray bottles, laced items, or saliva, the federal government is alleging. Federal investigators have reportedly been monitoring communications among white supremacist organizations through Telegram, an encrypted messaging app that has become popular among underground extremist movements. ‘Violent extremists continue to make bioterrorism a popular topic among themselves,’ according to an intelligence brief written by the Federal Protective Service. ‘White Racially Motivated Violent Extremists have recently commented on the coronavirus stating that it is an “OBLIGATION” to spread it should any of them contract the virus.’ The report, a copy of which was obtained by Yahoo News, covered the week of February 17 - 24.

The lockdown affecting large segments of the American public to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus is likely to last 10 to 12 weeks, or until early June, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has said. Americans are adapting to the biggest change in daily life since World War Two with schools closed, sports canceled and economic upheaval as job losses mount with the shuttering of businesses across many industries. Hospitals are scrambling for protective equipment for healthcare workers and ventilators as they brace for a wave of patients who will need help breathing.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Spain ...

Gun shop owner expresses frustration after national sales reach 300% higher than previous records broken

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT! Probably the man wanted to stroke the lion ... #facepalm

BREAKING NEWS! Harvey Weinstein 'has coronavirus': Rapist, 68, 'tests positive and is quarantined' days after he was moved from Rikers Island to an upstate NY prison to start his 23-year sentence

An Ohio police officer was killed late on Saturday night after a suspect on the run collided with her vehicle during a chase, authorities in a Cincinnati suburb said. Kaia Grant, 33, is the first police fatality in the line of duty in the history of Springdale, Mayor Doyle Webster said at a news conference. Grant was killed Saturday night in a crash that also injured Sgt. Andrew Davis. Officers in another jurisdiction began the pursuit, which entered Springdale city limits, Police Chief Thomas Wells said. The suspect was being chased by police while driving on Westbound I-275 at State Route 4 at around 8:30pm. Grant and Davis tried to stop the suspect, but at some point during the pursuit, the suspect collided with their cruiser on an interstate. 😢 #RIP

Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus lockdown as nitrogen dioxide level in quarantined areas has dropped, experts say. Despite dramatic decreases in toxic fumes over cities in Italy, Spain and China it is far too early to know if a long-term change has been made. Images by the United States space agency NASA are clear: In February, the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) fell dramatically in Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, passing from an indicator that was red/orange to blue. NO2 is mainly produced by vehicles, industrial sites and thermal power stations. As China moves past the peak of its crisis, however, recent images by the European Space Agency (ESA) show a resurgence in NO2 emissions.

The dramatic photo of Yale University's basketball gym converted into a makeshift hospital evoked images from the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed millions worldwide. Yale Health, the on-campus health care provider for students and faculty at the Ivy League university, said that the beds that have been set up at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium in New Haven, Connecticut, will be for those who are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 yet are not severely ill enough to be admitted to a hospital.

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Tucker Carlson on how Coronavirus will change "higher education" forever. Also it's important to note that professors are afraid of sending out video lectures, because they're concerned about them leaking to right wing websites and people finding out what they're teaching nowadays. https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14563

The Brooklyn Hospital Center right now

Some police departments in California plan on using drones to enforce a coronavirus lockdown and to, in part, monitor the homeless population, according to a report. The Chula Vista Police Department, located just south of San Diego near the California-Mexico border, recently purchased two $11,000 drones -- doubling its fleet -- that will be outfitted with speakers and night vision cameras. “We have not traditionally mounted speakers to our drones, but ... if we need to cover a large area to get an announcement out, or if there were a crowd somewhere that we needed to disperse -- we could do it without getting police officers involved,” said Capt. Vern Sallee. Sallee is working with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand drone usage in order to protect those in the community during the outbreak.

The Army, Navy and Pentagon fired off a new Hypersonic Glide Body engineered to travel more than five times the speed of sound and destroy enemy targets thousands of miles away in a matter of minutes, a Pentagon report said. Hypersonic weapons development, massively prioritized by the Pentagon, has been on the fast track in recent years; the first operational hypersonics are slated to be operational as soon as this year. While there are not a lot of details related to the experimental firing at the moment, many are likely not available due to security and data-gathering reasons, the Pentagon report did say the Common Hypersonic Glide Body flew “at hypersonic speed to a designated impact point.” The shot was fired March 19, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.

The University of Tampa announced that five of its students have tested positive for coronavirus and are recovering after returning from a spring break trip. The students were not identified and it’s unclear where they traveled or how many people were with them. None have been hospitalized and they are reportedly self-isolating now. They traveled together with other UT students during the schools' break which took place from March 8 through 15."UT has been notified that five UT students, traveling together and with other UT students during Spring Break, have tested positive for COVID-19," the school said on Twitter. "We sincerely wish our students, and any others who may be affected, a full and rapid recovery." Spring breakers in Florida have been criticized after being captured partying at some of the state's beaches inside of six feet -- the recommended social distancing guideline.