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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Jack Dorsey, the CEO and co-founder of Twitter and Square, has announced plans to donate

$1 billion to fight the coronavirus outbreak. This is the largest pledged gift by a private individual

yet during the pandemic. He will contribute roughly 30% of his estimated net worth. He notes that all of his

gifts donations will be tracked through a public Google sheet. Dorsey explains the timing of his

commitment. The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime.

I hope this inspires others to do something similar. Life is too short,

so let's do everything we can today to help people now. There is other good news in the news today.

A disc jockey in Philadelphia made 32 food deliveries in seven days to health care workers and the front lines of the

pandemic, supporting small businesses in the process. A firefighter in Rio de Janeiro is using a

retractable fire truck ladder to play trumpet concerts from 200 feet in the air for sheltering residents.

Geico has announced a 15% auto insurance credit worth billions of dollars because its

customers are driving less.

A math teacher in Maryland ran 102 miles in 21 hours to raise support for local food bank.

But there's bad news in the news, of course.

As of this morning, there are nearly 1.5 million

confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide, with more than 88,000 deaths. Nearly twice as many people

in New York City have died of COVID-19 as perished on 9-11. Due to stay-at-home orders,

pornography use is up, as is domestic violence 9-11. Due to stay-at-home orders, pornography use is up,

as is domestic violence and alcohol use and abuse.

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