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Top eight CNS stories for today including world leaders and health experts condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze funding for the global health agency coordinating the fight against the coronavirus pandemic; Senator Elizabeth Warren endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination; Los Angeles’ budget chief warned the city’s coming funding gap could top a half a billion dollars, and more.

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National

1.) Securing his third key endorsement in as many days, former Vice President Joe Biden received the backing Wednesday morning of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren to win the White House.

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo from left, Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

2.) Most economists agree: Reopening the nation — and the economy — too soon will exacerbate what is already a public health disaster.

Colfax Avenue is the main street that bisects the metropolitan area in Denver, Colorado. Today many of the business that line the street are closed, part of a tapestry of millions of layoffs around the country. (Photo by AMANDA PAMPURO/Courthouse News Service)

3.) Investors ditched stocks on Wednesday after leading financial institutions announced they were bracing for a coming recession.

Like retail stores across New Jersey, the Livingston Mall Macy's sits closed due to Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by NICK RUMMELL/Courthouse News Service)

Regional

4.) With its iconic tourism industry crumbling and Hollywood shut down by the novel coronavirus pandemic, LA’s budget chief warned the coming funding gap could top a half a billion dollars.

Los Angeles skyline at night. (Minh Thai for Courthouse News Service)

5.) A state judge signaled Wednesday he will side with the Texas Democratic Party and voters who filed a lawsuit seeking widespread use of mail-in ballots for an election this summer in light of the Covid-19 crisis.

Eric Manzanares walks past a closed tattoo shop amid concerns of COVID-19 spreading in the Deep Ellum section of Dallas, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

6.) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an executive order Wednesday mandating all New Yorkers wear masks or mouth and nose coverings when they cannot stay 6 feet away from others, in order to limit the spread of Covid-19.

Pedestrians wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus as they walk their dog in front of closed shops on Roosevelt Avenue, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

International

7.) World leaders and health experts on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze funding for the World Health Organization, the Geneva-based global health agency coordinating the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with people that have recovered from COVID-19, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

8.) Foreign citizens who were born in the U.S. and only lived there briefly take a variety of approaches to their obligation to file an American tax return.

FILE - This July 24, 2018, file photo shows a portion of the 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form. The Trump administration is working on plans to delay the April 15 federal tax deadline for most individual taxpayers as well as small businesses. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, that the administration is "looking at providing relief to certain taxpayers and small businesses who will be able to get extensions on their taxes." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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