BREAKING: The Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court by a vote of 52-48.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins voted against the confirmation. abcn.ws/2HFWP0a
MORE: Barrett replaces the late liberal icon, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. abcn.ws/2HFWP0a
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweets "expand the court" following the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett. abcn.ws/3e1Z49O
MORE: Following the Senate's confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, the White House will host a ceremony, where Justice Clarence Thomas is expected to administer the official constitutional oath to Barrett. abcn.ws/3e1Z49O
NEW: Hillary Clinton tweets "vote them out" following Senate confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. abcn.ws/3e1Z49O
NEW: Sen. Kamala Harris tweets "We won't forget this" after Senate confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. abcn.ws/3owi2Kz
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BREAKING: School disruption brought on by the coronavirus pandemic is fueling anxiety in a majority (59%) of parents who are concerned that their child is falling behind in their education, per new @ABC News/Ipsos poll. abcn.ws/2ORD3Pp
JUST IN: A majority of all American adults (55%) are against public schools in their community reopening with in-school instruction in the fall, new @ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. abcn.ws/2ORD3Pp
NEW: A majority of Americans are currently willing to eat at a restaurant (54%), stay in a hotel (51%), go to work (78%), go grocery shopping (94%), get a haircut (67%), attend church (51%), and go to a shopping mall (51%), per new @ABC News/Ipsos poll. abcn.ws/2ORD3Pp
DEVELOPING: The husband and son of a federal judge in Newark, New Jersey, have been shot, Middlesex County prosecutor confirms to @ABC News. The judge’s son is dead, according to law enforcement sources. abcn.ws/3fKVRf4
MORE: Judge Esther Salas, the first Latina to serve on the federal bench in New Jersey, was not hurt. A suspect "remains at-large," a law enforcement official said. abcn.ws/3fKq8uh
Investigators have preliminary info that someone dressed as a FedEx driver arrived at the family home at about 5 p.m. Sunday. The judge’s son opened the door and was immediately shot, sources said. The judge’s husband was also shot multiple times. abcn.ws/2OEV9nB
BREAKING: Joe Biden opens up a 15-point lead over Pres. Trump in a new @ABC News/Washington Post poll, ahead 55-40% among registered voters. That advantage narrows to 54-44% among likely voters. abcn.ws/3fJwb2v
MORE: Joe Biden wins registered voters who are very worried about catching the coronavirus by an overwhelming 82-14%, and those who are somewhat worried, 53-41%. Those who are less worried prefer Pres. Trump, 69-26%. abcn.ws/2CSHN4r
MORE: Joe Biden has advanced in the Midwest against Pres. Trump, from a dead heat to a 17-point lead. It’s close in the South, 50-44%, Biden-Trump, compared with a 13-point Trump lead in late March. abcn.ws/2CSHN4r
JUST IN: Antibody research indicates coronavirus may be far more widespread than known. abcn.ws/3ajgWcO
MORE: The first large-scale community test of 3,300 people in Santa Clara County found that 2.5 to 4.2% of those tested were positive for antibodies—a number suggesting a far higher past infection rate than the official count. abcn.ws/3ajgWcO
Based on initial data, researchers estimate the range of people who may have had the virus to be between 48,000 and 81,000 in the county of 2 million—as opposed to the approximately 1,000 in the county's official tally at the time the samples were taken. abcn.ws/3ajgWcO
JUST IN: Travel data of passengers arriving in the U.S. from China during the critical period in December, January and February shows a stunning 759,493 people entered the U.S. abcn.ws/344ZVlb
MORE: Those travelers from China included more than 228,000 Americans returning home and hundreds of thousands of Chinese nationals arriving for business, academics, tourism or to visit family. abcn.ws/344ZVlb
"The numbers are clearly alarming," an infectious disease specialist tells @ABC News. abcn.ws/344ZVlb
BREAKING: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces containment zone around New Rochelle, lasting until 3/25; National Guard to be deployed to assist in food delivery, cleaning.
"This is the single greatest public health challenge we have in the state right now." abcn.ws/33blccv
BREAKING: A one-mile containment area has been set up in New Rochelle, New York, due to the cluster of coronavirus infections that have taken place in the city, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces. abcn.ws/2TCnNJt
MORE: All schools in the area will close, and large gatherings have been canceled.
People can go in and out of the containment zone, and small businesses can remain open, Cuomo says. abcn.ws/2TCnNJt