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- Trump said a lot of misinformation about the coronavirus and shared some of his "hunches" on Fox News.
- Elizabeth Warren is officially dropping out of the presidential race.
- Ninja, the critically-panned and theatrical Tribeca Japanese restaurant where servers dressed up as ninjas, has closed after 15 years.
- For some companies, coronavirus is also an opportunity to cash in on the 1%, like the charter jet company in Boca Raton, Fla., who recently sent out a limited test marketing email with the tag line: “Avoid coronavirus by flying private … Request a quote today!”
- Here's a roundup of all the concerts, festivals and productions that have been cancelled or postponed because of coronavirus.
- The New Yorker asks: do prep programs that help low-income students of color get into selective private schools obscure the system’s deeper inequalities?
- Drew Magary writes about how he became a robe guy.
- Here are some tips on how to stop touching your face, which you're probably doing as you read this.
- The Guardian has a longread on the story of Dominic Van Allen, a man who dug himself a bunker beneath a public park.
- Good sport Peter Gallagher answered a bunch of questions about '90s romcom classic While You Were Sleeping.
- Before it became a police tool, facial recognition start-up Clearview was a plaything of the rich for everyone from Ashton Kutcher to billionaire John Catsimatidis.
- And finally, no one can prove they did anything wrong:
Published Mar 5, 2020
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