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COVID-19: Biden Issues Orders On Masks, Schools, Travel, Saying 'This Is A Wartime Undertaking' COVID-19: Biden Issues Orders On Masks, Schools, Travel, Saying 'This Is A Wartime Undertaking'
Covid-19: Biden Issues Orders On Masks, Schools, Travel, Saying 'This Is A Wartime Undertaking' President Joe Biden has hit the ground running in laying out his COVID-19 response plan to slow down the pandemic, issuing a series of executive orders to combat the spread of the virus, calling it a "wartime undertaking." On his first full day in office, Thursday, Jan. 21, Biden signed 10 executive orders to combat COVID-19, mandating masks on public transportation across the country and directing agencies to use wartime powers to require American companies to make masks, swabs, and other equipment. The new travel order also requires international travelers to provide proof of a negative…

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Real Estate
Westchester Native Matt Lauer Puts Mansion On Market For $43.99M, Report Says Westchester Native Matt Lauer Puts Mansion On Market For $43.99M, Report Says
Westchester Native Matt Lauer Puts Mansion On Market For $43.99M, Report Says Have a spare $44 million laying around? If so, you could be the latest to live in Matt Lauer’s Hamptons mansion. The former NBC "TODAY" show anchor, who was ousted following a sexual misconduct investigation into his alleged actions, listed “Strongheart Manor,” which he used to frequent with ex-wife Annette Roque, for $43.99 million. He attempted to sell the home last summer for a similar price. Lauer purchased the 6.3-acre North Haven property from actor Richard Gere for $36.5 million more than four years ago, where it sits on Actors Colony Road north of Sag Harbor and across the Peconic …

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COVID-19: 'Patient Zero' In Tristate Area Pandemic Speaks Out For First Time COVID-19: 'Patient Zero' In Tristate Area Pandemic Speaks Out For First Time
Covid-19: 'Patient Zero' In Tristate Area Pandemic Speaks Out For First Time The lawyer who is considered “patient zero” as the first known novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case in the New York City metro area is healthy and spoke publicly for the first time. New Rochelle resident Lawrence Garbuz, who was the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Westchester, was interviewed on NBC-TV's TODAY on Monday, May 11, by Savannah Guthrie. Garbuz, 50, said that he’s “thankful to be alive,” after contracting the virus in February and going into a coma for weeks. He said that he didn’t even realize it could be COVID-19 at the time. "I just thought I had a cough," he said. "Look, …

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