As scientists at the Jenner Institute prepare for mass clinical trials, new tests show their vaccine to be effective in monkeys. The coronavirus recession has exacerbated the racial and income divides in America. Lifting restrictions too soon will make them worse and leave workers with a bleak choice. For the adults in the house, trying to do their own jobs while helping children with class work has become one of the most trying aspects of the pandemic. “She tried to do her job, and it killed her,” said the father of Dr. Lorna M. Breen, who worked at a Manhattan hospital hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. New research shows that people are venturing out more frequently, and traveling farther from home. Just hours after his own White House officially canceled his planned appearance on Monday, the lure of the cameras in the Rose Garden proved too hard to resist. Kayleigh McEnany saw Donald J. Trump as her ticket to stardom. She has been fighting for him for much of her adult life, now as the president’s fourth press secretary. Doctors and public health officials fear the attention could boost purveyors of dangerous elixirs who push ‘miracle cures’ with no basis in science. Stigmatized as vectors of contagion in some countries, health care workers have been assaulted, abused and ostracized. The government started taking applications Monday for a further $310 billion in emergency funds, and quickly ran into technical problems. Most of them worry about contagion, but there’s a partisan difference in concern levels and workplace safety actions. Lawmakers and other officials are seeking more flexibility in spending federal emergency aid even as Republicans resist allocating more dollars. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. This is the energy crisis nobody saw coming. As the U.S. government’s small-business rescue fund reopens today, outrage remains about bigger companies that tapped the first round of loans. State and local costs of dealing with the pandemic are skyrocketing as revenues plunge. The only fiscal thing to fear is deficit fear itself. Clean air, wandering goats. The pandemic is teaching us that all is not yet lost. We must get away from a partisan view of the law. Cities should avoid bankruptcy. It hasn’t helped Detroit. Punitive responses will just burden those who have already been hit hard by the coronavirus. Feel as if you’re drifting in space? I know what that’s like. The tragedy unfolding in the Amazon echoes what all human inhabitants of the planet are suffering. A sitting commander in chief used to call on predecessors to provide a sense of national unity. Not this one. Densely populated areas can have nearly twice the rate of transmission, and can make Covid-19 more deadly. Other areas can open more quickly. A parent wonders what happens if schools don’t reopen in the fall. Also: A 9/11-type compensation fund for medical workers; Christian health care sharing ministries. Daily newspaper cartoonists have finally caught up with the coronavirus. These characters find reasons to carry on in the face of hardship or crisis — examples that can help in our own difficult time. The attorney general said in a letter that Amazon may have violated laws in firing a Staten Island worker who led a protest against the company. Two Southern California men face fraud charges after putting fake 3M labels on empty boxes that they said were filled with masks, prosecutors said. In a 5-to-4 ruling with unusual alliances, the court said that annotations cannot be copyrighted if they are the official work of state lawmakers. “OK, first, I’d like to introduce my cat,” said a planning commissioner in Vallejo, Calif., lifting it close to the camera and then, with two hands, tossing it off screen. With Israel’s cemeteries closed, Memorial Day mourning had to adapt to the coronavirus lockdown. An alternative ceremony bringing together Israelis and Palestinians attracted 170,000 people online. The British prime minister, newly recovered from the coronavirus, says easing social-distancing rules too quickly would be dangerous. With his resonant bass, comic timing and business acumen, he was the Statlers’ de facto leader as they climbed the country music charts for decades. The top prosecutor in the U.S. Virgin Islands says the estate needs to provide more detail about Jeffrey Epstein’s finances and is insisting on clauses that could protect others from wrongdoing. Yes, you’re stuck at home. But you can also (somewhat) keep up your social life. The widely beloved D.J., producer and booster championed the sounds of his hometown and served as a trusted tastemaker, in Michigan and around the globe. Lawrence Wright’s “The End of October” is about the scientific challenge, political turmoil and social horror of a pandemic. What the “The Joy of Cooking” was to the culinary arts, “Home Comforts” was to keeping house. Now, five weeks into lockdown, it’s freshly relevant. Our soothing matching game may help you de-stress. Solve the daily puzzle edited by Will Shortz, or try out other games like the Mini and Letter Boxed. Puzzle throughout the day to see how many words you can find. More Recent Articles |
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