1.  Trump Goes Unmasked—Again—While Touring PPE Factory

 NOBODY COUGH 

The president, who was pictured with several U.S. officials including HHS Secretary Alex Azar, was the only one who refused to don a face mask.

2.  Trump ‘Feared Testing Too Many People Would Spook Markets’

  FAILURE TO ACT 

The Financial Times reports that Trump was advised against making too many preparations for the pandemic.

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3.  Cooking More? This Apron Will Help Keep Your Clothes Clean

 COOKIN’ 

Food52’s Five Two Apron has built-in potholders. It has extra fabric to keep you covered, too.

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4.  Wisconsinites Pack Out Bars to Toast Anti-Lockdown Ruling

 CLOUDED JUDGMENT 

Patrons didn’t waste any time after the state Supreme Court blocked the governor’s stay-at-home order.

5.  LV Casino Lays Off Employees in the Cruelest Way Possible

 ‘DISAPPOINTING’ 

“We’ve tried to retain our entire team. However, with the continued uncertainties, we are no longer able to do so,” Rampart Casino’s VP said in a recorded message to employees.

6.  Feinstein Was Questioned by FBI on Husband’s Stock Trades

 SCRUTINIZED 

The senator’s office said she complied with officers looking into Richard Blum’s stock trading shortly after a classified Senate briefing on the coronavirus threat.

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7.  Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Block Emoluments Suit

 GREENLIGHT 

The lawsuit accuses Trump of violating the Constitution by profiting off foreign governments through his D.C. hotel.

8.  Austrian Princess Maria Galitzine Dies Suddenly at Age 31

 UNTIMELY 

Princess Maria Galitzine, who was the great-granddaughter of the last emperor and empress of Austria, died from a “sudden cardiac aneurysm.”

9.  Turkish Soccer Player Admits to Killing Son Who Had COVID-19

 DISTURBING 

Cevher Toktas, 32, reportedly told police that he smothered his son to death while he was in the hospital.

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10.  Russia Calls Questionable COVID Data ‘Exceptionally Precise’

 NOT QUITE 

Moscow’s health department released data that indicated doctors had attributed over half of coronavirus patient deaths to other causes.

11.  4th USDA Safety Inspector Dies From Coronavirus

  SAFETY CONCERNS 

President Trump on April 28 directed meat processing plants to remain open despite thousands of workers testing positive for the coronavirus.

12.  Church Sues Zoom After ‘Sickening’ Porn Shocks Bible Class

 HOLY COW 

The church claimed the other people in the class have had their computer controls frozen.

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13.  Three Million More File Jobless Claims, Months Into Lockdown

 WILL IT EVER END? 

That’s on top of the roughly 33 million Americans who have filed since the coronavirus lockdown began.

14.  Key Suspect in MH17 Downing Arrested in Ukraine: Report

 BEHIND BARS 

Leonid Kharchenko is one of four defendants formally charged with involvement in the crash.

15.  Trump Threatens to End ‘Whole Relationship’ With China

 DUMP ’EM? 

The president repeatedly attacked Beijing for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic during an interview on Fox Business News.

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