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- Presidential candidate Joe Biden emphatically denied sexual assault allegations from former staffer Tara Reade.
- A New York City doctor recovered from coronavirus, but now has heart disease.
- If you need to see Leslie Knope, Ron Swanson and the gang again, the full Parks and Recreation quarantine episode is here. Also, Jerry sucks.
- The Washington Post is calling NYC Council Member Mark Levine, who has no medical background, "the Dr. Anthony Fauci of the New York City Council."
- President Donald Trump tweeted support of the those lockdown protesters in Michigan, including those with the rifles.
- Residents in upstate New York are mad about the lockdown: "I’ve been looking at the cases and I am not trying to minimize Covid, because it’s real and it’s scary... But it’s not up here. How are we going to recover if we take away the ability to make a living?”
- A driver rammed their car into a homeless encampment in Los Angeles, killing one and injuring two others.
- Rolling Stone spoke to Stevie Nicks about how she's doing now, and she might be all of us: '’I'm really tired from this thing. And I don’t get to sleep until six or seven every morning because I just can’t sleep anymore."
- Listen, Vice President Mike Pence is not happy that a reporter Tweeted that photo of him not wearing a mask at the Cleveland Clinic and wants an apology, stat.
- CNN host Anderson Cooper announced that he is now a father, his son Wyatt was born on Monday.
- Also, are you this hangry right now?
Jen Chung / Gothamist
Published May 1, 2020
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