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Top eight CNS stories for today including the first quarter of 2020 was the worst on record for the Dow Jones Industrial Average; Governor Andrew Cuomo warned New Yorkers to buckle up for a long fight in the coronavirus pandemic; The total number of Covid-19 deaths across Europe rose to nearly 30,000, and more.

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1.) The first quarter of 2020 was the worst on record for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which has lost 6,700 points since the beginning of the year.

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders John Romolo, left, and Leon Montana work on the trading floor on Friday, March 20, 2020. Stocks turned lower Friday after New York became the latest major state to mandate nearly all workers stay home to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. (Nicole Pereira/NYSE via AP)

2.) Finalizing new fuel-economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks, the Trump administration on Tuesday rolled back a significant Obama-era environmental policy aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions – a move California vowed to fight in court.

Traffic on the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

3.) Pointing to low interest rates during the Covid-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested lawmakers should turn their attention to passing a massive infrastructure bill in the next phase of coronavirus relief measures.

President Donald Trump's Twitter feed as seen on an Apple iPad in 2019. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Regional

4.) Governor Andrew Cuomo warned New Yorkers in his daily press briefing Tuesday to buckle up for a long fight in the coronavirus pandemic. Nobody knows when things will go back to normal, he said.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tours a COVID-19 infection testing facility at Glen Island Park, Friday, March 13, 2020, in New Rochelle, N.Y. State officials have set up a “containment area” in the New York City suburb, where schools and houses of worship are closed within a 1-mile radius of a point near a synagogue where an infected person with coronavirus had attended events. State officials stress it is not a lockdown. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

5.) As city leaders focus on boosting health care capacity and helping workers and businesses survive a shelter-in-place order, another pandemic-related crisis is emerging for San Francisco in the form of a potential $1.7 billion budget shortfall.

Clouds form above the San Francisco skyline in this view from a Golden Gate Ferry Monday, March 16, 2020, in San Francisco. Officials in seven San Francisco Bay Area counties have issued a shelter-in-place mandate affecting about 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. The order says residents must stay inside and venture out only for necessities for three weeks starting Tuesday. It's the latest effort by officials to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

International

6.) The United Kingdom, France and Spain on Tuesday recorded their highest death tolls yet from the coronavirus pandemic while Italy once again announced a devastating toll, bringing the total number of deaths across Europe close to 30,000.

A worker sprays disinfectant to sanitize Duomo square, as the city main landmark, the gothic cathedral, stands out in background, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

7.) The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday found that the Portuguese high court had been “excessively formal” in denying review of cases based on issues like typos.

8.) Not even a pandemic’s relentless spread could stop the prosecution of Turkey’s state-run Halkbank, which pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a record-breaking money-laundering scheme.

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