New forecasts predict a 7.4 percent economic collapse and risks of even worse decline if the reopening triggers a second virus wave. The president’s cure-can’t-be-worse-than-the-disease logic is clear: As bad as the virus may be, the cost of the virtual national lockdown has grown too high. Antibodies from Winter, a 4-year-old llama with great eyelashes, have neutralized coronavirus and other infections in lab experiments. Democrats are seeking to raise benefits as research shows a rise in food insecurity without modern precedent amid the pandemic. But Republicans have balked at a long-term expansion of the program. Separate lawsuits in California and Texas contend that egg producers or supermarkets charged excessive, illegal prices for eggs amid the coronavirus pandemic. A survey suggests that pandemic-era domestic work isn’t being divided more equitably than before the lockdown. Millions of Italians went back to the office this week. But with schools and day care closed and grandparents at risk, many feel the coronavirus has upended their futures as working parents. Government figures due Friday will undoubtedly show that job losses in April were the worst ever. But they could provide key hints about the recovery. Business owners who took out loans under the Paycheck Protection Program thought converting them to grants would be easy. It’s not. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Listen to this podcast episode. Then record a voice memo. How to live a full and cultured life during the pandemic, at home. Cheryl Strayed talks with the writer Alice Walker about ancestors, solitude and the time it takes to heal. The White House shifts focus from public health to economics. Magical thinking won’t protect us. What happens when voyages go viral. An independent panel has all the hallmarks of the United Nations, except potentially much less effective. The industry is profiting from the pandemic. It needs to pay back by cutting premiums and co-payments, help private practices and finance more protection and care. Latinas and ambivalent Latino voters are key to winning back the White House in 2020. Another black man falsely assumed to be a criminal is dead. The vulnerabilities that Covid-19 has revealed were a predictable outgrowth of our market-based health care system. Not a day goes by that I don’t come across a reference to your novel “Love in the Time of Cholera.” It’s impossible not to speculate about what you would have made of all this. New York City has suspended its composting program because of the coronavirus. Here’s an alternative that’s easy, clean and good for the climate. For $399, this smartphone hits the high notes: speedy, a great camera and a nice screen. Took long enough, didn’t it? With the selection of Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq has its first real government in more than five months. He will confront an array of daunting problems. The F.C.C. levied the largest civil penalty in its history against a conservative owner of local TV stations, scuttling its ambitious merger plans. The president said the resolution was an “insulting” move to limit his powers as commander in chief. The Hall of Fame quarterback was the unknowing recipient of money intended to help needy families in his home state, Mississippi, officials said. We asked readers to tell us about the walks they are taking, what they see on their travels and how they feel as they cover old ground or forge new paths. If one ape in the forest is infected, a whole population could be wiped out, experts say. So orangutans in Indonesia’s rehabilitation centers are staying where they are. Facing off against the new Labour leader, Keir Starmer, in an eerily quiet Parliament, the prime minister seemed uncharacteristically defensive. The streets have suddenly come alive, especially at night, in many areas where social distancing is impossible. Communicating with loved ones is crucial to get through quarantine, and it doesn’t have to be complicated. How to care for your new cat or dog during and after lockdown. Ms. Erdman, who first came to wide notice as a choreographer in the 1940s, often focused in her work on the inner lives of women. Unlike the existential threat posed by the coronavirus outbreak, cultural life returned swiftly to normal after the flu. Galleries and museums are getting creative about presenting work online during the coronavirus crisis. Here are two shows worth viewing virtually. Astronomers found an intermediate black hole — not too big, not too small — that sheds light on how the universe was assembled in the dark. Anyone can draw. We can prove it to you! Cancer has taken his voice, but the unlikeliest movie star in Hollywood history still has a lot he wants to say. More Recent Articles |
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