On April 11, the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter, a 145-foot smokestack was demolished in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, spreading brown dust over a major cultural and economic corridor — and a COVID-19 hotspot in one of America’s hardest-hit cities. For nearly 90 years the smokestack had …
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Dominic Cummings, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser, on Monday defended his 260-mile trip to Durham amid calls to resign for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. News Pulse:Key Boris Johnson adviser Dominic Cummings defends travel to Durham amid U.K. lockdown, says he has not offered resignation In an unprecedented …
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It’s safe to say college will be a very different experience for students this fall than what they imagined. But right now, that’s pretty much all they can be sure of. As the coronavirus pandemic swept the country this spring, colleges almost uniformly moved students from lecture halls and dorms …
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Coronavirus has derailed all of the top summer sporting events and celebrations, from grand slam tennis tournament Wimbledon to the Tokyo Olympics, causing a glut of gourmet food. Hospitality events have completely disappeared across Europe and suppliers of strawberries and Stilton cheese are sounding the alarm that sales are tanking. …
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The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 rose above 86,000 on Friday, as new outbreaks were reported in states where stay-at-home orders are set to expire and others that never imposed them. Minnesota is due to lift lockdown measures in mid-May even as cases continue to climb. …
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Teddy Schleifer, “finance and influence” editor at technology news website Recode, on Wednesday tweeted out a link to his story about how Bill Gates is working to convince his fellow billionaires to donate more in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. The Microsoft MSFT, -1.46% co-founder suggested the creation of …
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“ ‘Absolute chaotic disaster’ ” Those are the words former President Barack Obama used to describe President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leaked recording obtained by Yahoo News. “It would have been bad even with the best of governments,” Obama, while making a push for …
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The era of coronavirus has already been hard on the American psyche, but the CEO of the world’s largest asset manager cautions that everyone should brace for even rougher days ahead, as the U.S. attempts to emerge from the worst public-health crisis in more than a century. BlackRock’s Chief Executive …
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Researchers have discovered a strong correlation between vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates from the novel coronavirus, a new study reveals. A research team led by Northwestern University analyzed data from hospitals and clinics across China, France, Germany, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United …
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