Raphael Warnock won one of two Senate runoffs in Georgia early Wednesday, according to the Associated Press, bringing Democrats a seat closer to a Senate majority. The AP called the race for Warnock over GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler at about 2 a.m. Eastern. Results were continuing to come in from …
Read More »One week after authorizing the first COVID-19 vaccine for Americans, the Food and Drug Administration granted a second emergency authorization Friday, to Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna said it would begin delivering the vaccine to the U.S. government immediately, and expects to deliver 20 million doses by the end of …
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A previous version misstated the time span of the 57% increase in average cases; it was since two weeks ago. A medical staff member treats a patient suffering from COVID-19 in the intensive care unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston on Oct. 31. Getty Images The U.S. has …
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A grizzly bear swims at pandemic hard-hit Oakland Zoo in California this summer. Getty Images A recent spate of stock drops, exacerbated by signs of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, is unsettling to say the least. The market selloff of last spring was brief, but brutal. Our call …
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MADRID — Just days away from the start of a new school year, Spain’s capital city rolled out fresh restrictions on Monday to cope with what’s becoming a relentless second wave of cases. But those measures — strict controls on the distance between seats rather than tables in food-service settings, …
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A woman in a protective face mask waits for clients in a souvenir shop in landmark Southbank – a cultural centre of London as the city encourages internal tourism after global Coronavirus lockdown drastically shrunk international tourism in London, England, August 10, 2020. Dominika Zarzycka/Zuma Press The British economy collapsed …
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday the next round of stimulus would include another round of direct payments to help American families. Source: Getty Images Democrats and Republicans disagree on many points when it comes to what the next stimulus package should include — but a second round of …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE A recent survey by investment firm Jefferies indicates that the rise in coronavirus cases isn’t the central worry for investors. It’s the shape of the economic recovery that is the single-biggest factor by far for the investment community See full story. Doing this 30 minutes a day …
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As a homeowner, when you decide it’s time to move on — maybe you’re relocating, moving your growing family to a bigger house, or looking to downsize — you don’t always need to sell your current home in the process. Sometimes, buying a second home while renting out the first …
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