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4 Die in Building Fire in the Bronx

Your Wednesday Briefing

Wallace Roney, Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Is Dead at 59

Corrections: April 1, 2020

New top story on Hacker News: Omni Group Layoffs

New top story on Hacker News: Germany's Coronavirus Death Rate Is Lower Than in Other Countries

New top story on Hacker News: Oil selling below $10/barrel at key American hubs

New top story on Hacker News: Unmasking Northrop Grumman's XRQ-72A

Quotation of the Day: Cases Spiral Aboard an Aircraft Carrier, and a Commander Pleads for Help

This Broccoli-Dill Pasta Has a Hippie Twist. Your Kids Will Love It.

Trump Calls New Fuel Economy Rule a Boon. Some Experts See Steep Costs.

Historic Town in Veszprém County

New top story on Hacker News: Xor Filters: Faster and Smaller Than Bloom and Cuckoo Filters

As Furloughs Grow, Kennedy Center Defends Use of $25 Million in Aid

New top story on Hacker News: Planning and Managing Layoffs

Las domadoras de leones de Egipto dominan el negocio

$30 Million in Illegal Drugs Seized From Cross-Border Tunnel in San Diego, U.S. Says

‘Never Thought I Would Need It’: Americans Put Pride Aside to Seek Aid

Human Rights Group Says Two U.S. Strikes Killed Somali Civilians

Hellmut Stern, 91, Dies; Violinist Returned to Germany After Fleeing

New top story on Hacker News: Grupeer Suspends Payments to Investors

New top story on Hacker News: Beyond Intelligent Machines: Just Do It (1993)

Coronavirus Spreads in Veterans’ Home, Leaving ‘Shuddering Loss for Us All’

‘Emergency’ Online Library Draws Ire of Some Authors

Met Museum Tells Staff It Is Extending Pay Until May 2

N.C.A.A. Allows Extra Year of Eligibility for Athletes in Curtailed Spring Sports

New top story on Hacker News: A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety

New top story on Hacker News: Dolt is Git for data

New top story on Hacker News: Von Neumann Universal Constructor

Behind Trump’s Reversal on Reopening the Country: 2 Sets of Numbers

A Bitter Herb From the Lower East Side

An Easter Egg From Beverly Hills

For Your Quarantine Pizza Cravings

Tempting Pastas and Sauces From Sicily

A Knife to Add Flash to Your Kitchen

A Haggadah for Seders Near and Far

Virus Prompts Workplace Protests Over Health Concerns

Trump to Governors: I’d Like You to Do Us a Favor, Though

Alison Roman’s Seder Table

New top story on Hacker News: Philip Anderson 1923-2020

New top story on Hacker News: Mars Could Have at Least Two Ancient Reservoirs of Water Deep Underground

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Use-sound, a React hook for sound effects on the web

Trump’s Virus Defense Is Often an Attack, and the Target Is Often a Woman

Listen to the Call: Bullock and Trump Discuss Testing

Keep It Simple, Albany. This Is No Time for Budget Games.

Congress Just Spent $2 Trillion on Coronavirus Relief. It’s Eying More.

Stock Markets in Asia Signal Lingering Unease: Live Updates

Coronavirus Live Updates: 200,000 Americans Could Die, Warns Top Health Officials

New top story on Hacker News: Turning Back the Clock on Aging Cells

New top story on Hacker News: Lead-Free Solder Is Better for You

New top story on Hacker News: SF Bar Owner to Yelp: ‘Fuck All of These People Entirely’

New top story on Hacker News: Return to Nib’s Knoll (2014)

New top story on Hacker News: Some Megachurches Are Still Packing in Crowds

New top story on Hacker News: Determining an Election in K

‘Westworld’ Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: Predators and Prey

New top story on Hacker News: Heineken WOBO: A Beer Bottle That Doubles as a Brick

New top story on Hacker News: Cellular Automata: Rule 30 fed as input to Conway’s Game of Life [video]

New top story on Hacker News: An Ancient Ballcourt in Oaxaca Expands a Sport’s Footprint

New top story on Hacker News: Israeli doctor in Italy says innovative treatments offering hopes of recovery

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Is now a good time to invest in ETFs?

New top story on Hacker News: Grab your crayons, it’s coloring time

Joe Diffie, Grammy-Winning Country Music Star, Dies at 61

‘Group of Local Vigilantes’ Try to Forcibly Quarantine Out-of-Towners, Officials Say

The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now

New top story on Hacker News: The death toll for Covid-19 is at least 4 times the official numbers

New top story on Hacker News: Visual CSS Editor – Grab'n Go

New top story on Hacker News: Chromatron Wi-Fi Pixel Controller

Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines Through End of April

The Politics of a Pandemic

New top story on Hacker News: Some call Uber drivers, Airbnb hosts receiving unemployment checks a ‘bailout’

Corrections: March 29, 2020

Quotation of the Day: Driving the Long Haul, and Sensing a Slowdown

Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Drops Idea of Quarantining New York Region

Tracy Meng, Kyle Matson

Margaret Walker, Aran Clair

Jenna Kaye-Kauderer, Scott Steinberg

New top story on Hacker News: JITs Are Un-Ergonomic

New top story on Hacker News: Japan set to ban entry from the U.S. as early as next week

U.S. Civil Rights Office Rejects Rationing Medical Care Based on Disability, Age

New top story on Hacker News: California once had mobile hospitals, ventilator stockpile but dismantled them

New top story on Hacker News: National Emergency Library – Free 1.4M ebooks

James L. Dolan, the Knicks Owner, Tests Positive for the Coronavirus

North Korea Launches Two Short-Range Ballistic Missiles

New top story on Hacker News: I had to build a web scraper to buy groceries

New top story on Hacker News: Building a Raspberry Pi GPS Speedometer

New top story on Hacker News: An international comparison of the second derivative of Covid-19 deaths [pdf]

New top story on Hacker News: Maltego – open-source intelligence and graphical link analysis tool

New top story on Hacker News: Everybody Can Make DeepFakes Now [video]

How Much Should the Public Know About Who Has the Coronavirus?