WASHINGTON

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the state’s 40 million residents Thursday to stay at home except for essential travel in a bid to stem the coronavirus outbreak. 

“We need to bend the curve in the state of California, and in order to do that, we need to recognize reality,” Newsom said during a press conference. “The fact is the experience that we are having on the ground throughout the state of California, the experience that’s manifesting all across the United States, and for that matter around the rest of the world, requires us to adjust our thinking and adjust

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