Bear pollution.

Tornadoes in Mississippi and Louisiana caused "catastrophic" damage after touching down Sunday. 1/21

The US overtakes Italy with nearly 22,000 fatalities from Covid-19, the most in the world. 2/21

There have been at least 3,620 deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, up from around 450 just 10 days ago. 3/21

One month ago today, President Trump declared a national emergency. Few of his promises have come to pass. 4/21

A detailed summary by six esteemed journalists of Trump being repeatedly warned about the virus triggers Sean Hannity into attacking the one woman in the group. 5/21

Fauci says lives could have been saved if the US had acted earlier, prompting Trump to retweet a post calling for him to be fired. 6/21

White House adviser Peter Navarro made a bad bet on 60 Minutes that the show didn't cover pandemic preparedness under Obama. 7/21

Joe Biden’s plan to reopen America: testing, contact tracing, disease surveillance, industry revamping, and science. 8/21

Unrelated/related: “What We Know About the Joe Biden Sexual Assault Allegation.” 9/21

South Korea, a coronavirus success story, warns against easing social distancing guidelines too soon. 10/21

For the coronavirus in Africa, try the IFES newsletter, or dispatches from Africa Is a Country. 11/21

The Swedish exception? “We prefer voluntary measures, and there is a high level of trust here between the population and the authorities, so we are able to avoid coercive restrictions.” 12/21

Videos have surfaced of known Mafia gangs delivering essential goods to Italians hit hard. 13/21

In Yosemite, the bear population has quadrupled. 14/21

Many Facebook groups feature users pretending to live somewhere else—like the 135,000 members of an ant colony. 15/21

See also: “No one answers an ad for roommates expecting to end up quarantined with them.” 16/21

With the decline in air traffic, the visibility of certain flights has attracted attention “and we’ve received quite a few questions.” 17/21

You heard about the Apple-Google plan to track Covid—here’s some good analysis from a tech perspective. 18/21

Apple is now the largest watchmaker in the world by revenue, outselling the entire Swiss watch industry. 19/21

Volcanic activity is escalating in a region of Iceland that has not erupted for 800 years. 20/21

After stopping Lizzo from twerking on Instagram, Diddy is forced to clarify “you're allowed to twerk on Easter.” 21/21

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