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Top eight CNS stories for today including Covid-19 had killed people in America weeks earlier than first thought; Former Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore held a virtual town hall to celebrate 50 years of Earth Day; The United Kingdom is reporting more than 700 coronavirus deaths a day as criticism mounts over a lack of preparation and testing, and more.

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Top eight CNS stories for today including Covid-19 had killed people in America weeks earlier than first thought; Former Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore held a virtual town hall to celebrate 50 years of Earth Day; The United Kingdom is reporting more than 700 coronavirus deaths a day as criticism mounts over a lack of preparation and testing, and more.

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National

1.) Covid-19 had killed people in America weeks earlier than first thought, according to a new report citing confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

St. James Park near downtown San Jose, California, the seat of Santa Clara County. (Courthouse News photo/Chris Marshall)

2.) Climate change and the coronavirus took center stage Wednesday as former Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore held a virtual town hall to celebrate 50 years of Earth Day.

The former vice presidents spoke about climate change and the coronavirus Wednesday in a virtual town hall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the First Earth Day.

3.) After two days of losses, Wall Street was lifted up by a boon to Main Street, as additional funding for small business loans propped up markets.

FILE - This photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange shows the unoccupied NYSE trading floor, closed temporarily for the first time in 228 years as a result of coronavirus concerns, Tuesday March 24, 2020. Global stocks and U.S. futures declined Thursday after the U.S. Senate approved a proposed $2.2 trillion virus aid package following a delay over its details and sent the measure to the House of Representatives. (Kearney Ferguson/NYSE via AP, File)

4.) President Donald Trump fanned the flames of military conflict Wednesday, tweeting that the U.S. will not tolerate its vessels being pestered by Iran’s naval forces. 

Then-President Donald Trump's Twitter feed is seen on a computer screen in 2017. (J. David Ake/AP)

Regional

5.) Virginia’s General Assembly met for a regularly scheduled veto session Wednesday, but the gathering was anything but normal as legislators prepared the state’s budget and addressed efforts to combat the coronavirus outbreak in the shadow of a statewide lockdown.  

The Virginia State Capitol is seen on a chilly morning in January 2020. (Courthouse News photo/Brad Kutner)

6.) Partnering with the state on its Covid-19 war, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg agreed Wednesday to put his personal fortune into testing and contact tracing.

Passengers leave the Staten Island Ferry, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in New York. The city's Department of Transportation is requiring all Staten Island Ferry passengers to wear a face covering within the ferry terminals and on the boat to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

7.) Arkansas’ ban on surgical abortions in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic is valid because it is temporary, an Eighth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday.

International

8.) The United Kingdom is reporting more than 700 Covid-19 deaths a day as criticism mounts over a lack of preparation and testing.

People wear masks as they walk near Britain's Houses of Parliament as the country is in lockdown to help curb the spread of coronavirus, in London, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Britain's Parliament is going back to work, and the political authorities have a message for lawmakers: Stay away. U.K. legislators and most parliamentary staff were sent home in late March as part of a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. With more than 16,500 people dead and criticism growing of the government’s response to the pandemic, legislators are returning Tuesday — at least virtually — to grapple with the crisis.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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