New York Doubling Fine for Violating Stay at Home Order

Rockets Hit Near Site of Foreign Oil Firms, State-Run Companies in Iraq

BASRA, Iraq鈥擱ockets landed near a site connected with foreign oil firms and state-run companies in Iraq鈥檚 southern city of Basra early on Monday, without causing damage or casualties, oil and police sources said. The rockets, which police said were three Katyusha and were launched at about 3 a.m. local time, hit the Burjesia residential and operations headquarters west of Basra, they said. This article is from the Internet:Rockets Hit Near Site of Foreign Oil Firms, State-Run Companies in Iraq

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday he’s doubling the fine for people violating his stay at home order during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 is the disease caused by聽the聽CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.

The maximum fine is going from $500 to $1,000.

“Nobody wants the money, we want the compliance,”聽Cuomo said at a press conference in Albany.

He cited anecdotal evidence that New Yorkers are violating his mandate at a higher rate than before while showing pictures of people gathering at parks and other public places in New York City on April 4, including Union Square, a popular area in midtown Manhattan, and Domino Park, a public park on the East River in Brooklyn.

New York Doubling Fine for Violating Stay at Home Order

“None of us has the right to be reckless in our own behavior, which compounds the problem we are dealing with,” Cuomo said. “Now is not the time to play Frisbee with your friends in the park. Now is not the time to go to a funeral with 200 people.”

People wanted to enjoy the weather over the weekend and spend time outdoors, but it’s imperative to only leave home for essential trips, the governor stressed.

He later showed pictures of 10 frontline workers, including nurses and a police officer, and urged people to remember them when deciding whether or not to leave home.

The CCP virus is primarily thought to spread between people in close contact through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. People who aren’t showing symptoms can transmit the illness, federal officials said last week, citing a raft of studies dating back to February.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a recommendation for people to wear masks when going out. In most states, people are ordered or advised only to go out for essential trips, such as getting groceries, obtaining medicine, or getting exercise.

Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have repeatedly exhorted New Yorkers to take the virus seriously. Officials ordered playgrounds and basketball courts shut down last week while dog parks were closed on Monday.

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Rwanda Finds Genocide Grave That Could Contain 30,000 Bodies

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A valley dam that authorities in Rwanda say could contain about 30,000 bodies has been discovered more than a quarter-century after the country’s genocide in which 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus who tried to protect them were killed. The discovery is being called the most significant in years, and 50 bodies have been exhumed so far in efforts that are challenged by the East African nation’s CCP virus-related lockdown. Rwanda on Tuesday marks the 26th anniversary of the genocide, but because of the lockdown, the country will follow events on television and social media as gatherings are banned. Word of the valley dam and the bodies it held emerged as many people convicted in the genocide are being released from prison after serving their sentences and…