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Proclamation Text of “Europe Travel Ban” Effective Midnight Friday/Saturday

Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:33 pm Cardinal News

Proclamation—Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus HEALTHCARE Issued on: March 11, 2020 (See original on whitehouse.gov) On January 31, 2020, I […]

Employee Tests Positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management

Fri Mar 13, 2020 08:21 pm Cardinal News

Northwestern University announced today Friday, March 13, 2020 that late this afternoon the university learned that an employee in the Kellogg School of Management’s Global Hub on the Evanston campus tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) […]

Stock Market Trading Halted Second Time This Week, Dow Down Around -1700, S&P 500 -7.2%

Thu Mar 12, 2020 09:34 am Cardinal News

CARDINAL NEWS Headlines, News Highlights and Current Events for Thursday, March 12 2020 NBC Nightly News Wednesday, March 11 2020. [Google] [Bing] [Google] [Bing] U.S. stocks were halted by a circuit breaker on Thursday, March […]

Live Video Archive and Transcript: President Trump Addresses the Nation Amid Coronavirus Fears on Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Wed Mar 11, 2020 08:58 pm Cardinal News

President Trump announced that beginning Friday at midnight Friday all travel and cargo from Europe will be suspended. HIGHLIGHT GOING FORWARD … U.S. suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next […]

Tom Hanks and Wife Rita Wilson Test Positive for Coronavirus While Filming Movie in Australia

Wed Mar 11, 2020 08:43 pm Cardinal News

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the Coronavirus while in Australia for the pre-production of Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley film from Warner Bros. “Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here […]

Full Moon with clouds arriving over Arlington Heights, Illinois March 9, 2020 about 5:00 a.m.

VIDEO at 97 Percent: Supermoon on March 9, 2020 Is the First of Three Supermoons in March, April and May 2020

Mon Mar 9, 2020 08:46 pm Cardinal News

Supermoon at 97 percent just as rain clouds arrive over Arlington Heights before dawn, changing a clear sky to a cloudy sky at about 5:00 a.m. Monday, March 9, 2020. Today’s Full Moon is a […]

UPDATED: Illinois Disaster Proclamation Announced As Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases Increase from 7 to 11 from Sunday to Monday

Mon Mar 9, 2020 03:00 pm Cardinal News

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker declared a disaster proclamation Monday, March 9, 2020 over the coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases increased from 7 to 11 on Monday. A “disaster proclamation” is the Illinois version […]

Officials Announce 7th Person Diagnosed with Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Illinois — a Chicago Resident, Age 60 in Serious Condition

Sun Mar 8, 2020 06:02 pm Cardinal News

Health officials announced Sunday afternoon March 8, 2019 that a seventh person in Illinois was diagnosed with coronavirus COVID-19. The patient is a man in his 60’s, who lives in Chicago, and is hospitalized in […]

SpaceX CRS-20 Launch to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral

Sat Mar 7, 2020 04:12 am Cardinal News

Watch SpaceX launch its 20th resupply mission (CRS-20) to the International Space Station, carrying 5,600 pounds of science investigations and supplies. NASA TV coverage starts Friday, March 6, at 11:30 p.m. EST. Launch is scheduled […]

Four Employees at ABC 7 Chicago Stayed Home from Work As Precaution for Risk of Exposure on Monday Morning

Wed Mar 4, 2020 04:31 pm Cardinal News

Four employees of WLS-Channel 7 were kept away from work Tuesday, March 3, 2020 after concern of a risk of exposure to the Novel Coronavirus Monday morning March 2, 2020. An ABC 7 reporter and […]

US Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 9, World Health Organization Mortality Rate of COVID-19 Rises from 2% to 3.4%

Wed Mar 4, 2020 07:11 am Cardinal News

CARDINAL NEWS Headlines, News Highlights and Current Events for Tuesday, March 3 2020 NBC Nightly News Monday, March 2 2020. U.S. coronavirus death toll climbs to 9 [Google] [Bing] The confirmed worldwide cases of Novel […]

5th Illinois Coronavirus COVID-19 Patient Suspected at University of Chicago Medical Center Late Monday

Tue Mar 3, 2020 02:02 pm Cardinal News

The University of Chicago Medical Center reported Tuesday, March 3, 2020 that the hospital is treating its first suspected coronavirus COVID-19 patient, which would be the fifth known case in Cook County and in Illinois. […]

Small Private Plane Crash on I-55 Near Lincoln Illinois Kills 3, Closes SB I-55 Tuesday

Tue Mar 3, 2020 11:51 am Cardinal News

Illinois State Police troopers and local firefighters and paramedics responded just before 8:50 a.m. Tuesday March 3, 2020 to a private plane crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 at milepost 126.A deadly plane […]

VIDEO: Northwest Community Hospital Presser Doc Discusses 3rd Illinois Coronavirus Patient, Neglects Mention of 4th Illinois Patient; Walks Away from Press

Mon Mar 2, 2020 07:48 pm Cardinal News

On Monday, March 2, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. hospital officials at Northwest Community Hospital held a press conference roadside on a Central Road parkway with the hospital’s new tower as a backdrop, and road noise […]

Northwest Community Hospital Press Conference Discusses 3rd Illinois Coronavirus Patient, Neglects Mention of Patient’s Wife (4th Illinois Coronavirus Patient)

Mon Mar 2, 2020 03:44 pm Cardinal News

Hospital officials at Northwest Community Hospital held a press conference roadside on Central Road with the hospital tower in the background with road noise overpowering much of the press conference. The speaker chosen by NCH […]

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