Justin takes your calls on the handling of the Coronavirus, and is joined by April Butler from Celebration Cinema for a Box Office Preview.
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The World Health Organization declared thecoronavirus, COVID-19, a global pandemic.
President Trump announced travel restrictions from 26 European countries for the next 30 days starting Friday.
The number of confirmed cases has topped 1,000 in the U.S. (2 in Michigan)
Nearly 20 Michigan universities and colleges have canceled in-person classes and transition to online classes after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of a emergency Tuesday
The NBA is suspending its season after Wednesday night's games until further notice after a Utah Jazz player tested positive.
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Police in Ottawa County are looking for a man who offered two boys walking home from church a ride home and told them to get in his car.The boys ran away and called 911.
The suspect is described as a man in his 40s with shoulder-length brown, wavy hair and a large brown beard. He has red and black tattoos on his hand and forearm and was wearing a plaid shirt.
He was driving a four-door sedan with a black stripe along the lower portions of the sides. It was last seen driving westbound on Main Street.
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Morning fog, showers developing later in the day and sunshine eventually. High 54
Notables
The 2020 United States census kicks off today,and it's expected to be the country's largest ever official population count. Households will start getting invitations to complete the census online, on the phone, or through a mail-in questionnaire. Despite all the controversy and debate, there will not be a citizenship question on the census forms. And yes, you are required by law to respond, or you could get fined. The full national count will be completed by the end of the year.
Saudi Arabia is continuing to put pressure on the struggling oil market after sending it plunging. State oil company Saudi Aramco threatened this week to jack up oil production by 2.5 million barrels, shocking the market.Now, it's doubling down by promising another drastic increase. These threats are a clear sign that the country is ready to get cutthroat with Russian and American oil powers in order to win customers. Experts are gravely concerned that Saudi Arabia's gamble, combined with sinking international demand for oil due to coronavirus fears, could cause even more damage to the oil industry -- and take the whole global economy down with it.
Disgraced Hollywood producer, major democrat donor and convicted rapist Harvey Weinsteinhas been sentenced to 23 years in prison for convictions of first-degree criminal sexual acts and third-degree rape. Weinstein's crimes and more allegations against him helped fuel the global #MeToo movement. Prominent #MeToo leaders like Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd and Rosanna Arquette voiced their approval of his sentence while pointing out that no punishment could repair the damage he has done to his victims. Weinstein also faces felony charges of rape and sexual battery in Los Angeles, and the district attorney's office there has begun the process of extraditing him to California to face those charges.