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Skimm'd while businesses reopen APRIL 30, 2020 READ IN BROWSER Skimm'd while businesses reopen   QUOTE OF THE DAY   "I had to think of a new and creative way to embarrass my children" – Sarah Michelle Gellar on why she dyed her hair pink during quarantine. Cruel Intentions? More like 'Cool Intentions.' A NEW HOPE The Story A major study is raising hopes about one drug's ability to fight COVID-19. Which one? Remdesivir. Yesterday, early results from a study on more than 1,000 hospitalized patients found that it sped up recovery by an averag

The coronavirus causes the worst US GDP drop since 2008; US death toll may be a significant undercount.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Cameron Peters. TOP NEWS Coronavirus puts an end to a decade of US economic expansion David Becker/AFP via Getty Images According to data released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday, US GDP declined by a 4.8 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2020, officially putting an end to a decade of economic expansion in the US. [ CBS News ] That number is likely underselling the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, however, as the real toll of the virus began to materialize in the back half of March. [ Vox / Matthew Yglesias ] The drop was the worst since the Great Recessio