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How do you choose between economic ‘deaths of despair’ and coronavirus victims? Economists, lawmakers grapple with a moral conundrum

How do you strike a balance between the country’s economic life and actual human life? Is putting America back to work sooner rather than later a Sisyphean task, the equivalent of rolling a rock perpetually uphill while up to 2 million people die of COVID-19? Or does the Sisyphean task …

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15 Pretty Ways to Prepare for Easter (While You Stay at Home)

I’m on day 12 of staying home and social distancing, and I’ve definitely lost some sense of date and time. But my kids reminded me that Easter is in two and one half weeks! I realize Easter celebrations will be unusual this year, but if you need something to keep …

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Floyd Cardoz, an influential and gregarious New York-based chef, has died at 59 due to the coronavirus

Floyd Cardoz, the Mumbai-born, New York City-based chef who changed countless diners’ perceptions of Indian cuisine, has died at the age of 59 after testing positive for COVID-19. Shortly after returning from a trip to India on March 8, Cardoz began feeling feverish and admitted himself to a New York …

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