Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who was hospitalized for COVID-19, said he was 'wrong' not to wear a mask at the White House
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- 2020-10-15 23:25:24Z
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The Air Force Plans to Retrain Weapons System Officers to Be B-21 Bomber Pilots
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- 2020-10-20 20:07:28Z
The Air Force plans to slash the number of weapons system officers by half to make room for more pilots, a top general said.
Marines remove general investigated over alleged racial slur
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- 2020-10-20 16:21:37Z
The Marine Corps has removed a two-star general from command of Marine forces in Europe and Africa based on an investigation into allegations that he used a racial slur during a training event, officials said Tuesday. The decision to relieve Maj. Gen. Stephen Neary of command of Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, headquartered in Germany, was made by the commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David Berger. "Neary was relieved due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to serve in command," the Marines said in a brief written statement.
Analysis: France's Muslims fear further isolation amid calls for tougher action on militant Islam
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- 2020-10-20 11:30:41Z
The beheading of a teacher has prompted calls for tougher action against militant Islam from the French Right and Left, but it has also deepened a sense of alienation among the country's Muslims. Most unreservedly condemn the killing and other acts of terrorism, but many do not understand why teachers need to show what they see as gratuitously offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in classes about freedom of expression. Jacques Thomas, a teacher at a technical college in a predominantly immigrant, blue-collar suburb of Paris, said many of his students believe Muslims are often unfairly singled out for insults in the media. "Last month one teenager asked me why 'you French' don't want...
Trump says people 'have to flush their toilet 15 times' in a bizarre campaign rally rant about water restrictions
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- 2020-10-19 12:27:52Z
Trump also turned his attention to showers: 'You ever get under a shower and no water comes out? And me, I want that hair to be so beautiful.'
Chile anniversary rallies turn violent as churches burned, police fire tear gas
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- 2020-10-18 19:39:53Z
Tens of thousands of Chileans gathered in the central square of Santiago to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests that left over 30 dead and thousands injured, with peaceful rallies on Sunday devolving by nightfall into riots and looting. People gathered early in the day in demonstrations downtown and in cities throughout Chile that gained size and fervor through the evening. The demonstrations, while largely peaceful early on, were marred by increasing incidents of violence, looting of supermarkets and clashes with police across the capital later in the day.
Large 2,000-year-old cat discovered in Peru's Nazca lines
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- 2020-10-18 17:19:03Z
The 37m feline figure, said to have been created some 2,000 years ago, escaped notice for centuries.
Battleground Tracker: Biden leads in Wisconsin, has edge in Arizona
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- 2020-10-18 14:30:00Z
The coronavirus continues to shape the race heading into the final weeks of the campaign.
Obama to campaign for Biden in Pennsylvania
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- 2020-10-18 14:21:30Z
'I don't think the presidency is determined by endorsements,' Fox News contributor Lawrence Jones says as he weighs in on whether former President Obama can help swing any votes for former Vice President Joe Biden.
Rep. Jordan on Hunter Biden emails: Not 'holding my breath' waiting on FBI to release information
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- 2020-10-18 13:43:46Z
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan reacts to the allegations against Hunter Biden on 'Fox & Friends Weekend.'
Patriotic artist running for NYC mayor says city is 'so aggravated'
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- 2020-10-18 12:29:22Z
Scott Lobaido joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to discuss his platform to rebuild New York City.
Eric Trump tried to make Biden look corrupt by sharing a picture of a palatial house he claims the Democrat lives in - but Biden sold it 24 years ago
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- 2020-10-18 11:48:18Z
Eric Trump claimed that Biden couldn't afford the property on a senator's salary, but he sold the house in 1996 and hasn't been a senator for years.
China passes new law restricting sensitive exports
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- 2020-10-18 10:10:13Z
China has passed a new law restricting sensitive exports to protect national security, allowing Beijing to reciprocate against the U.S. as tensions mount between the sides over trade and technology. The law, which will apply to all companies in China, was passed Saturday by the National People's Congress
Reaction to big tech censorship of Hunter Biden story
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- 2020-10-18 01:57:12Z
Judge Jeanine on Big Tech's suppression of the alleged Hunter Biden emails linking him to Ukraine, China
Former UK PM Blair accused of breaking quarantine rules after U.S. trip: Sunday Telegraph
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- 2020-10-17 21:56:11Z
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been accused of breaking UK COVID-19 restrictions after failing to self-isolate for two weeks following a two-day trip to the United States, the Sunday Telegraph reported. The newspaper said it had obtained pictures showing Blair, who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2007, leaving a London restaurant 10 days after his return from Washington last month. The Sunday Telegraph said it understood that Blair appealed to Whitehall officials for special dispensation from the COVID-19 rules, but that he was not issued with the formal exemption letter he would have needed to avoid a 14-day isolation period.
Federal appeals court upholds Kentucky abortion law
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- 2020-10-17 15:26:20Z
A federal appeals court has upheld a decades-old Kentucky law requiring abortion clinics to have written agreements with a hospital and an ambulance service in case of medical emergencies. The 2-1 decision by the 6th U.S. Court of Appeals reverses a federal judge's ruling, who had said the 1998 Kentucky law violated constitutionally protected due process rights. In 2017, EMW Women's Surgical Center - the state's only clinic that provided abortions at the time - decided to challenge the state law after becoming embroiled in a licensing fight with then Gov. Matt Bevin.
Twitter changes policies amid fallout over Hunter Biden expose but will continue to block report
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- 2020-10-16 17:38:48Z
Twitter locks the official account of the Trump campaign over the sharing of the Hunter Biden reports; reaction from 'Outnumbered.'
Fox News Stars Horrified by Savannah Guthrie's Trump 'Ambush' at NBC Town Hall
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- 2020-10-16 01:42:15Z
President Donald Trump has done so many softball interviews on Fox News over the past few years that when Fox hosts got a chance to see an actual journalist ask him tough questions, they couldn't believe their eyes."Is this a town hall or a debate between President Trump and Savannah Guthrie?" Fox contributor Katie Pavlich asked on Twitter.An apoplectic Greg Gutfeld posted 12 separate attacks on Guthrie, claiming that she was "embarrassing" herself by "badgering" the president on topics like when he last tested negative for COVID-19 and why he has refused to denounce QAnon. "It takes a lot to make Trump look like the bullied one, but @SavannahGuthrie nailed it with flying colors," he...
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse blasts Donald Trump: He 'kisses dictators' butts' and has 'flirted with white supremacists'
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- 2020-10-16 01:24:20Z
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse says he fears Trump will drive the country to the left, which is why he "campaigned for everybody not named Trump in 2016."
Biden Says He'll Clarify Court-Packing Stance before Election - with a Catch
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- 2020-10-16 01:24:14Z
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would clarify his stance on court packing ahead of the November 3 election, contingent upon how Republicans "handle" Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation process.Biden's comments came during an ABC News Town Hall, during which host George Stephanopoulos pressed the former vice president on his increasingly elusive stance on the topic.The Democrat said he is "not a fan" of court packing but it "depends on how this turns out - not how he wins, but how it's handled.""If there is actually real live debate on the floor, if people are really going to be able to have the time...
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who was hospitalized for COVID-19, said he was 'wrong' not to wear a mask at the White House
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- 2020-10-15 23:25:24Z
Christie encouraged others to "follow CDC guidelines in public no matter where you are and wear a mask to protect yourself and others."
Justin Trudeau: Canada-US border will stay closed until America gets COVID-19 under control
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- 2020-10-15 17:44:57Z
"The U.S. is not in a place where we would feel comfortable reopening those borders," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.
Senate Republicans Look to Subpoena Twitter, Facebook CEOs to Testify after Censorship of Hunter Biden Story
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- 2020-10-15 16:18:06Z
Republican leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday called on the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter to testify before the committee and said they were prepared to issue subpoenas to compel testimony regarding their decisions to censor negative stories about Democrats.Senators Ted Cruz (R., Texas), Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) and Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) announced that the Committee would vote on a subpoena on Tuesday for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify on Friday, October 23, according to Fox News."This is election interference and we're 19 days out from an election," Cruz said. "It has no precedent in the history of democracy. The Senate Judiciary Committee wants to know what the...
Op-Ed: Will 'hidden' Trump supporters give America an election day surprise?
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- 2020-10-15 11:00:42Z
In 2016, Trump voters who hadn't expressed open support affected the accuracy of polls conducted before the election. This year is a different story.
A former NXIVM member whose mother fought for years to free her from the group says she was groomed and raped by leader Keith Raniere
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- 2020-10-14 23:01:42Z
India Oxenberg, 29, and mother, "Dynasty" actor Catherine Oxenberg, sat down to discuss NXIVM on "Good Morning America" on Tuesday.
The White House is embracing a 'herd immunity' strategy that would allow COVID-19 to spread freely and is widely disputed by scientists
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- 2020-10-14 11:43:39Z
The controversial strategy allows for the coronavirus to spread freely and for lockdown to be lifted. It has attracted significant criticism.
A Chinese city says it tested 3 million people for COVID-19 in 2 days, showing how much the US and Europe still lag behind in testing capability
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- 2020-10-13 10:20:02Z
Authorities in Qingdao, eastern China, took the incisive step on Sunday after identifying 12 new coronavirus cases.
Apple is about to hold 'the most significant iPhone event in years'
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- 2020-10-12 16:55:35Z
On Tuesday, Apple is holding a launch event where it will reveal this year's iPhone lineup.
Portland protesters tear down Lincoln, Roosevelt statues ahead of Columbus Day
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- 2020-10-12 14:00:00Z
A group of protesters in Portland, Oregon, toppled statues of former presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln on Sunday night ahead of Columbus Day, a federal holiday that has come under fire from activists, who cite the brutality its namesake displayed against indigenous peoples after arriving in the Americas in the 15th century.Statues have served as a point of contention for months now in the wake of nationwide protests against systemic racism, as Americans of all political persuasions debate the meaning and merit of commemorating certain historical figures. Most often, the controversies have centered on Confederate monuments, but the incidents Sunday night in Portland focused...
Train slams into semi-truck in Indiana
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- 2020-10-11 15:25:43Z
Moment of impact shows the freight train pushing the truck down tracks.
Analysis: North Korea's Kim speaks softly, shows off new military might
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- 2020-10-11 09:15:52Z
North Korea's unprecedented nighttime military parade on Saturday showcased an unusually broad array of new weapons, from a show-stopping "monster" ballistic missile to previously unseen battle tanks. The hardware, likely still in varying stages of development, offered leader Kim Jong Un a chance to show the world his cutting-edge military power while adding practical capabilities to the North Korea's already formidable nuclear and conventional forces, experts said. Kim is walking a fine line, seeking to increase pressure on the United States to ease sanctions while not destroying rapport with U.S. President Donald Trump or Pyongyang's partners in China.
Images of war: 2-weeks of brutal fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan left hundreds dead before ceasefire declared
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- 2020-10-10 08:40:47Z
The Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh has been under siege from Azerbaijan. A ceasefire has been declared but reports said fighting continued.
Trump to receive medical evaluation from Fox News contributor on Tucker Carlson's show
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- 2020-10-09 16:58:00Z
A week after being hospitalized with COVID-19, President Trump is turning a medical evaluation into primetime television.Fox News says that Trump on Friday's Tucker Carlson Tonight will appear for his first on-camera interview since testing positive for COVID-19 last week. It won't just be a typical Fox interview, though, as the network said that contributor Dr. Marc Siegel "will conduct a medical evaluation" during the show. Siegel, Axios notes, has "repeatedly pushed coronavirus misinformation during his appearances on Fox News," such as by falsely claiming in March that COVID-19 is not "more problematic or deadly than influenza." He previously spoke with...
Challenger demands Graham get COVID-19 test before debate
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- 2020-10-09 16:40:21Z
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison are set to meet for their second debate Friday, although campaign clashes over COVID-19 are stirring doubts of whether the matchup will go on at all. Harrison threatened to tank the debate, scheduled for 7 p.m. in Spartanburg, over concerns related to Graham's exposure to other GOP senators who have recently tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Harrison, an associate Democratic National Committee chairman, demanded that Graham be tested before the meeting, saying that he and moderators had already agreed to do so and that he wouldn't "allow politics to put my family, my campaign staff, Sen. Graham's staff, and...
Barr is reportedly frustrated at Trump's public pleas for him to indict Biden, other political foes
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- 2020-10-09 10:28:15Z
"President Trump berated his own Cabinet officers on Thursday for not prosecuting or implicating his political enemies," seeking "to reassert himself on the public stage with a pair of telephone interviews with Fox News and Fox Business as well as a video and a series of Twitter messages," The New York Times reports. "Even for him, they were scattershot performances, ones that advisers said reflected increasing frustration over his political fortunes only 26 days before an election" he is losing by about 10 points to Democrat Joe Biden.Trump's Fox Business interview "reeked of desperation," especially when he berated Attorney General William Barr...
Nancy Pelosi hints at possibility of push to invoke 25th Amendment amid concerns over Trump's health
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- 2020-10-08 19:29:13Z
"Mr. President, when was the last time you had a negative test before you tested positive?" Pelosi asked Trump
Divers discover French WWI submarine off Tunisia
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- 2020-10-08 15:33:51Z
Tunisian divers have discovered a French submarine wreck from World War I, the Ariane, which was sunk by a German submarine in 1917.
COVID-infected Trump tells Fox Business he won't take part in virtual debate: "Not acceptable!"
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- 2020-10-08 15:14:53Z
"They cut you off whenever they want," Trump complains to Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo
How a Virus Surge Among Orthodox Jews Became a Crisis for New York
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- 2020-10-08 12:30:11Z
NEW YORK -- All summer, life had been returning to normal in the Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods of Brooklyn. On Eastern Parkway and along 13th Avenue, throngs of men in black hats and coats once again visited synagogues three times a day. Children went off to camp. Weddings filled large banquet halls.Hardly anyone wore a mask.Then in mid-August, the city's disease data detection program -- called SaTScan -- began to blare a warning about a rise of coronavirus cases in Borough Park. In response, the city's new health commissioner, Dr. Dave Chokshi, held an urgent conference call with Orthodox Jewish news outlets to warn of rising transmission and to express concern that public health advice...
Trump says he will drop out of 2nd presidential debate with Biden after organizers made it remote
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- 2020-10-08 11:50:11Z
Plans for President Donald Trump and Joe Biden's next debate were in chaos after Trump responded negatively to organizers' move to hold it remotely.
Trump needed a clear win from Pence to turn around their faltering campaign, and Pence didn't deliver
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- 2020-10-08 03:26:40Z
The campaign is down across the board and is in desperate need of a clean victory to reverse the trend. Instead they got a fly.
Fact check: Trump's hospital records, weight have not been released
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- 2020-10-08 00:51:24Z
Social media posts claim President Donald Trump is underrepresenting his weight by nearly 80 pounds. His latest physical results reveal this is false.
UK's Johnson, Ukraine's Zelenskiy to sign partnership agreement
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- 2020-10-07 21:32:48Z
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday to sign a partnership agreement that includes a free trade deal covering goods, services, and tariffs and quotas. Since leaving the European Union earlier this year, Britain is seeking bilateral agreements with other countries, underlining Johnson's resolve to go it alone once a transition arrangement with the bloc concludes at the end of this year. Britain threw its support behind Ukraine after Russia seized Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in 2014 and backed separatists in a war that has killed thousands of people, in action that brought Western sanctions against Moscow.
Brazil hits 5 million COVID-19 cases, epidemiologist fears second wave
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- 2020-10-07 18:48:05Z
Brazil passed the mark of 5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as it approached 150,000 deaths in the second most deathly coronavirus outbreak outside the United States. Average new cases were 26,140 day, almost half the rate of late July. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro epidemiologist Roberto Medronho cautioned that the numbers could be much higher if testing for COVID-19 was more widespread.
Plexiglass barrier at VP debate won't stop spread of COVID-19 aerosols, experts say
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- 2020-10-06 16:02:49Z
"Those barriers really don't do anything."
Trump Camp Runs Ads Defending Conspiracy Theorists
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- 2020-10-06 08:49:03Z
Donald Trump's campaign has put out a new ad warning that former Vice President Joe Biden wants to "cancel" conspiracy theorists, an unusual defense of a section of the populace that would be shunned by almost any other White House.The ad, which ran on Sept. 29 and 30 online, according to a Google ad database, warns that conspiracy theorists are on the list of Biden's first targets to "cancel.""Joe Biden's cancel culture is getting out of hand," the ad warns, through messages flickering on an antique TV. "Biden and the radical left want to cancel the politically incorrect, the conspiracists, the free thinkers, and after that, the political opposition."The Trump campaign didn't respond to...
Man arrested in brutal assaults of 2 women in their 70's in SF
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- 2020-10-06 01:47:15Z
An arrest has been made in the brutal assault of two women in their 70's in San Francisco. Authorities say each incident happened within a week of each other, just blocks from the Tenderloin police station.
NRA Head Wayne LaPierre Under IRS Investigation for Tax Fraud: Report
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- 2020-10-05 20:11:38Z
The Internal Revenue Service is investigating National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre for possible criminal tax fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.New York attorney general Letitia James filed suit against the NRA in August, seeking to dissolve the organization and accusing LaPierre and other senior members of repeated fraud stretching back decades. When asked at a press conference whether she believed LaPierre evaded reporting personal taxes, James said she had contacted the IRS regarding the issue.LaPierre's attorney did not immediately respond to the Journal's request for comment. An outside lawyer for the NRA said that the organization was willing to cooperate...
Photos shows luxury cruise ships being broken up at a dock in Turkey as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreck the industry
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- 2020-10-03 16:33:05Z
The cruise industry has been decimated by COVID-19 after multiple outbreaks occurred at sea and the ships became death traps.
Small pipeline, large worries for some S. Carolina residents
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- 2020-10-03 12:54:47Z
The land agent who arrived at Reatha Jefferson's door in May, unannounced and unmasked in the middle of the pandemic, told her he was giving her one more chance. The agent was there on behalf of Virginia-based utility giant Dominion Energy. Jefferson sent the agent away and in July, the utility served her with court papers in an attempt to use eminent domain to build the pipeline.
Her Lifelong Dream Was to Work for Disney. Now It May Turn Into a Nightmare.
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- 2020-10-03 04:26:50Z
For 32 years, Glynndana Shevlin worked at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California, and through 29 of them, her spot was a concierge club called the E-Ticket Lounge. From 2 p.m. to 10:30 at night, Shevlin hosted guests on the 11th floor of a wing known as the Adventure Tower, serving continental breakfasts, chips and salsa, appetizers, and drinks. As a sommelier, she specialized in wine. "I have long-term guests that have been calling me asking me, 'How's it going during the pandemic?'" Shevlin said. "My phone's been off the hook."The calls picked up on Tuesday, after Disney announced they would be laying off 28,000 domestic workers, or "Cast Members," at their theme parks. Shevlin got...