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Top eight CNS stories for today including California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan to further loosen restrictions and predicted professional sports would soon begin playing without fans; Three Wisconsin voters and two advocacy groups brought a federal lawsuit seeking proactive changes to election procedures; The Treasury Department has not doled out any of the money set aside to help airlines and certain other industries ride out the coronavirus pandemic, and more.

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Top eight CNS stories for today including California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan to further loosen restrictions and predicted professional sports would soon begin playing without fans; Three Wisconsin voters and two advocacy groups brought a federal lawsuit seeking proactive changes to election procedures; The Treasury Department has not doled out any of the money set aside to help airlines and certain other industries ride out the coronavirus pandemic, and more.

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National

1.) In a remarkable turnaround for Wall Street, investors rallied Monday around news of a potentially successful vaccine for Covid-19.

A bicyclists pedals past an entrance to a Moderna, Inc., building, Monday, May 18, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass. Moderna announced Monday that an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers.(AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

2.) Despite its status as the fastest-growing sector in the U.S., the solar energy industry has been thrown onto its heels by the coronavirus, with 65,000 workers losing their jobs since late February, according to a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association.

3.) A congressional panel overseeing a $500 billion economic relief fund said Monday the Treasury Department has not doled out any of the money set aside to help airlines and certain other industries ride out the coronavirus pandemic.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wears a mask as he walks on the grounds of the White House, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

4.) Though it is unproven as a preventative measure against Covid-19 and authorities have warned against using it outside of a clinical setting for fear of heart arrhythmia or even death, President Donald Trump said Monday he has been taking the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine for weeks.  

President Donald Trump tells reporters that he is taking zinc and hydroxychloroquine during a meeting with restaurant industry executives about the coronavirus response, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, May 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Regional

5.) California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan Monday to further loosen restrictions, particularly for counties and regions that were spared large outbreaks of the novel coronavirus, and predicted professional sports would begin playing without fans in roughly two weeks.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

6.) Three disenfranchised Wisconsin voters and two local advocacy groups brought a federal lawsuit against the state elections commission Monday, seeking proactive changes to election procedures for the state’s remaining 2020 elections to ensure people can safely and effectively vote during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Voters wait in line to cast ballots at Riverside University High School in Milwaukee, Wis., on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (Courthouse News photo/Joe Kelly)

7.) Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s emergency closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic were briefly up in the air Monday when a county judge pronounced them unconstitutional. But Brown vowed to appeal “within hours,” keeping her orders intact.

The Baker County, Oregon, courthouse in Baker City. (By Scott Catron from Sandy, Utah, USA - Baker City Oregon municipal buildingUploaded by Zaui, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link)

International

8.) In an escalating fight with China, the United States on Monday attacked the World Health Organization for what it called failures that “cost a lot of lives,” an accusation that cast a shadow over a global health assembly seeking to bring countries together as the world tackles the coronavirus pandemic.

In this May 17, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, medical workers wait to be disinfected as they line up to submit the COVID-19 samples for nucleic acid test at the center for disease control and prevention in Fengman District of Jilin City in northeastern China's Jilin Province. Authorities have tightened restrictions in parts of Jilin province in response to a local cluster. (Yan Linyun/Xinhua via AP)
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