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Top eight CNS stories for today including the Los Angeles County public health director said stay-at-home orders will likely be extended through the end of July; Voters in northern Wisconsin braved the coronavirus pandemic to cast their ballots in a special congressional election; Dr. Anthony Fauci warned the pandemic will only get worse if the country rushes its return to normalcy, and more.

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1.) Eighty thousand Americans have died from Covid-19 in just over 70 days, but things will only get worse, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday in remarks to the Senate, if the country rushes its return to normalcy.

2.) Inundated by negative indexes, reports and forecasts at a near-daily rate, markets have increasingly pegged hopes on the second half of 2020. Economists say it’s a bad bet.

FILE - In this May 7, 2020 file photo, a pedestrian walks by The Framing Gallery, closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Grosse Pointe, Mich. The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss on record. The figures are stark evidence of the damage the coronavirus has done to a now-shattered economy.. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

3.) Upping aid for Americans caught between a rock and a hard place during the Covid-19 pandemic, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proposed new legislation Tuesday that would pump $3 trillion into the hamstrung economy.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks about the so-called Heroes Act, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package Tuesday, providing nearly $1 trillion for states and cities, “hazard pay” for essential workers and a new round of cash payments to individuals. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

4.) Supreme Court arguments stretched for more than three hours Tuesday with few hints from the justices on how they will resolve multiple subpoenas over President Donald Trump’s financial records.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for a wreath laying ceremony at the World War II Memorial to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, Friday, May 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

5.) Before the fever, before the cough, the first sign of Covid-19 in a child might be a tummy ache.

Health workers wearing protective suits immunize small children against measles from their vehicle during an enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday May 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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6.) Angelenos will likely have to endure another three months at home after the Los Angeles County public health director said Tuesday that stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended through the end of July.

A man walks his dog past the closed entrance to Dodger Stadium, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in Los Angeles. If Gov. Gavin Newsom's so-called roadmap to ease coronavirus restrictions hinted at a return to a normal Californians could appreciate - a summer trip in the car - it quickly became apparent they wouldn't be leaving home soon. The governor's sobering message foreshadows a summer without baseball games under the lights, large outdoor concerts, rides at amusement parks or trips to the beach. In short: a summer bummer. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

7.) Voters in northern Wisconsin braved the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday to cast their ballots in a special election to fill the vacant 7th Congressional District seat, just a month after the state saw record absentee voting in a virus-stricken presidential primary.

The streets were mostly empty in Hudson, Wis., on Election Day, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (Courthouse News photo/Andy Monserud)

8.) Announcing a dozen new diagnostic testing sites in conjunction with New York City’s public hospital system, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the capacity is not yet half where he wants to be.

A runner wearing a protective mask pushes a stroller through Domino Park, Friday, May 8, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Some parks will see stepped-up policing to stem the spread of the coronavirus, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday. He also announced that 2,500 members of a "test and trace corps" will be in place by early June to combat the virus. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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