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Top eight CNS stories for today including the second round of funding for small-business loans has gone far better than the first but many still feel sidelined; Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden agreed to allow Bernie Sanders to keep hundreds of delegates; California’s governor ordered the closure of Orange County beaches to stem the spread of the coronavirus, and more.

/ April 30, 2020
Takeout is still possible at Nonna’s Pizzeria and Restaurant, in Florham Park, N.J., which is otherwise closed to the public due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by NICK RUMMELL/Courthouse News Service)

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Top eight CNS stories for today including the second round of funding for small-business loans has gone far better than the first but many still feel sidelined; Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden agreed to allow Bernie Sanders to keep hundreds of delegates; California’s governor ordered the closure of Orange County beaches to stem the spread of the coronavirus, and more.

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National

1.) By all accounts the second round of funding for small-business loans has gone far better than the disastrous first, but many community banks and mom-and-pop stores still feel sidelined by the big banks and companies.

Takeout is still possible at Nonna’s Pizzeria and Restaurant, in Florham Park, N.J., which is otherwise closed to the public due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by NICK RUMMELL/Courthouse News Service)

2.) In an effort to avoid the acrimony that characterized the end of the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, Joe Biden — the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2020 race — reached a deal Thursday that will allow Bernie Sanders to keep hundreds of delegates he would have forfeited by dropping out of the race. 

Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, embraces Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a Democratic presidential primary debate, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

3.) Counting 18 million Americans receiving benefits as of last week, the Department of Labor announced Thursday that insured unemployment had hit 12.4% in the U.S.

Colorado is allowing more businesses like hair salons and tattoo parlors to open up again, while others like this music store on Colfax Avenue in Aurora face uncertain futures. (Courthouse News photo/Amanda Pampuro)

Regional

4.) Staving off another weekend rush on Southern California beaches, Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday ignored pleas from local officials and ordered the closure of Orange County beaches to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

People sit on the beach Sunday, April 26, 2020, in Huntington Beach, Calif. A lingering heat wave lured people to California beaches, rivers and trails again Sunday, prompting warnings from officials that defiance of stay-at-home orders could reverse progress and bring the coronavirus surging back. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

5.) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made a rare virtual appearance at Governor Andrew Cuomo’s daily Covid-19 press conference Thursday to announce that, for the first time in the modern era, New York will become the city that sleeps a little. 

A commuter wears a face mask while riding the a nearly empty subway car into Brooklyn, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in New York. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday he will announce new restrictions on gatherings to halt the spread of the new coronavirus in the coming days, but he hopes to avoid closing all public events such as Broadway shows. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

6.) Florida’s byzantine patchwork of record-keeping prevents felons from learning about outstanding fines and fees before registering to vote, county election officials and felons testified this week as a closely watched federal voting rights trial enters its fourth day.

In this photo taken by her son, Betty Riddle in Sarasota, Fla., Sunday, April 26, 2020, holds the T-shirt she wore on March 17, 2020, when she voted for the first time. She was barred from voting in Florida until a federal judge temporarily blocked the state from preventing her and 16 other felons from voting because of unpaid legal financial obligations. (Courtesy of Rickie Riddle via AP)

International

7.) A magistrate at the Europe Union’s top court said Thursday that Volkswagen cannot argue it was protecting car engines by using a device to manipulate emissions data.  

The Volkswagen logo stands on the top of a VW headquarters building in Wolfsburg, Germany. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

8.) Italy can tax its citizens’ public sector pensions even if they moved to another country, Europe’s highest court ruled Thursday. 

A man walks by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)
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