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Top eight CNS stories for today including countries in the Europe Union are slowly easing lockdowns but the coronavirus pandemic is spreading at the bloc’s periphery; The U.S. economy shrank at a rate of 4.8% in the first three months of 2020; The coronavirus crisis has created an even bleaker outlook for Wisconsin’s dairy industry, and more.

/ April 29, 2020
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)

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Top eight CNS stories for today including countries in the Europe Union are slowly easing lockdowns but the coronavirus pandemic is spreading at the bloc’s periphery; The U.S. economy shrank at a rate of 4.8% in the first three months of 2020; The coronavirus crisis has created an even bleaker outlook for Wisconsin’s dairy industry, and more.

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National

1.) The U.S. economy shrank at a rate of 4.8% in the first three months of 2020, and the second quarter is expected to be even worse as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the U.S. economy.  

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)

2.) Investors received news with the potential for both good and bad Wednesday, though markets saw the glass as half full.

Gas prices are displayed in Hattiesburg, Miss., Sunday night, April 26, 2020. The historic crash in oil prices in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic is reverberating across the Middle East as crude-dependent countries scramble to offset losses from a key source of state revenue. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

3.) House Democrats introduced a bill that would expand where Americans can use their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to include restaurants and other locations.

Waffle House's Tiffany, right, get To Go orders ready as a seated guest enjoys his meal, left, on Monday, April 27, 2020, at The Waffle House in Brookhaven, Ga. Restaurants around metro Atlanta began to reopen dining rooms Monday, April 27, 2020 as restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic are lifted. Restaurants will be allowed to operate with in-person dining as long as they follow a set of 39 guidelines laid out by the state government, which include a requirement that all employees wear masks, a maximum of 10 customers per 500 square feet of floor space and a maximum of six diners per table. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

4.) The NCAA’s Board of Governors on Wednesday signaled its support for rule changes that would allow student-athletes to be paid by third parties for endorsements and business ventures.

FILE - In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Gonzaga's Joel Ayayi plays against San Francisco during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the West Coast Conference men's tournament Monday, in Las Vegas. Ayayi has declared for the NBA draft but says he will not hire an agent. The 6-foot-5 guard from France says his top option remains returning for his junior season. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

International

5.) Countries in the Europe Union are slowly easing lockdowns with public officials hopeful the coronavirus pandemic is coming under control, but the virus and unrest now spreads at the bloc’s periphery in Russia, Turkey, Lebanon and North Africa, posing new threats to a badly damaged Europe.

A worker disinfects the roof terrace of the Atlantic hotel, in Rome, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. After seven weeks in lockdown to contain one of the world’s worst outbreaks of COVID-19, Italians are regaining some freedoms, starting on May 4, public parks and gardens will re-open and people will be able to visit relatives who live in the same region. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Regional

6.) Hard times are nothing new for Wisconsin dairy farmers, but the coronavirus crisis has created an even bleaker outlook for the state’s flagship industry.

Cows at Cozy Nook Farm in Waukesha, Wis. (Courthouse News photo/Joe Kelly)

7.) Hoping to get food flowing from fields to those in need, California Governor Gavin Newsom said Wednesday farmers and ranchers are rushing to provide up to 21 million pounds monthly to overburdened food banks.

In this 2018 photo, a group of farm workers pick broccoli in Salinas, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

8.) Hotels in Texas tourist towns could get back to business this week, but some locals in a rural part of the state worry an influx of tourists could bring Covid-19 to a region that has been mostly spared.

In the rural tourist town of Marfa, Texas, the streets have been quiet after officials closed hotels to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Courthouse News photo/Travis Bubenik)
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