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Top Eight

Top eight CNS stories for today including the Labor Department reported a new record of insured unemployment; More than 1 in 5 New Yorkers tested positive for antibodies of the novel coronavirus; Economic reconstruction efforts in Europe could cost trillions but countries are at odds over how the plan will be funded, and more.

Your Thursday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top eight CNS stories for today including the Labor Department reported a new record of insured unemployment; More than 1 in 5 New Yorkers tested positive for antibodies of the novel coronavirus; Economic reconstruction efforts in Europe could cost trillions but countries are at odds over how the plan will be funded, and more.

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National

1.) With 11% of the Americans eligible for unemployment insurance benefits receiving them, the U.S. Department of Labor reported a new record of insured unemployment on Thursday. 

In coronavirus-hit Denver, many coffee shops have closed, while others like Pablo’s continue to make orders to-go. This location is south of Colfax Avenue in Alamo Placita. (AMANDA PAMPURO photo/Courthouse News Service)

2.) America does not have enough ICU beds or ventilators to weather the storm of even a 20% infection rate, public health experts warn.

Maurice Cooley is wheeled out of SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital to the cheers and applause of nurses in Richmond Heights, Mo. on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Cooley is the 100th COVID-19 patient discharged from the hospital since the start of the coronavirus epidemic. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

3.) Ordering a new hearing in a case that says Hawaii’s Maui County discharged sewage into the Pacific, the Supreme Court outlined a new test Thursday for when the polluting of groundwater requires a federal permit.

Cliffs and lava near the community of Keanae, Maui, Hawaii. (Chris Marshall / CNS)

Regional

4.) Sampled randomly in supermarkets across the city, more than 1 in 5 New Yorkers tested positive for antibodies of the novel coronavirus, suggesting far greater exposure than was previously thought. 

A medical worker walks past people lined up outside Gotham Health East New York, a Covid-19 testing center Thursday, April 23, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

5.) California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday 115 people died overnight from Covid-19 — the state’s deadliest day so far — and cautioned the pandemic fight is far from over.

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.) Towns in West Texas are debating whether to follow the governor’s lead to reopen parts of the economy or keep their guard up for longer.

Small towns in rural West Texas like Marfa are weighing whether to reopen as experts warn of delayed coronavirus peaks in rural areas. (Courthouse News photo/Travis Bubenik)

International

7.) Economic reconstruction efforts in Europe could cost trillions but countries are at odds over how the plan will be funded.

European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participate in a media conference after a video conference with EU leaders in EU summit format at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, April 23, 2020. European Union leaders agreed Thursday to revamp the EU's long-term budget and set up a massive recovery fund to tackle the impact of the coronavirus and help rebuild the 27-nation bloc's ravaged economies but deep differences remain over the best way to achieve those goals. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

8.) The European Court of Justice found unavoidable surcharges must be included in an airline’s initial offer price.

A Ryanair jet plane parks at the airport in Weeze, Germany, on Sept. 12, 2018. French authorities seized a Ryanair plane on Nov. 9, 2018, and forced 149 passengers to disembark because of a dispute over subsidies to the Irish airline. The French civil aviation authority announced it had impounded the plane on the tarmac of the Bordeaux-Merignac airport as a “last resort.” (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)
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