UK commemorates VE Day 75 years on in lockdown celebrations
Katherine Jenkins sings to an empty Albert Hall as defiant Brits celebrate VE Day in lockdown and paint the country red, white and blue to revive wartime spirit with street … Read More
Covid-19 could kill 75,000 Americans through ‘deaths of despair’
As many as 75,000 Americans could die because of drug or alcohol misuse and suicide as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an analysis conducted by the national … Read More
US stock futures higher ahead of jobs report
American drivers, some of whom are hurting financially from mass unemployment, may not be happy to see that prices at the pump are no longer imploding. The national average for … Read More
More than 1.2 million Americans have been infected, and more than 75,000 have died. That’s half the story.
But that is only half the story. It has all happened so freaking fast. See a full timeline of the coronavirus disaster. JANUARY 2, 2020, DOW CLOSE – 28,828.8 DECEMBER … Read More
Potential Covid-19 treatment advances in testing
The federal government ignored longstanding recommendations for how to handle a pandemic, and President Trump further undermined efforts, Florida Rep. Donna Shalala said Friday. “Boy, we weren’t ready,” Shalala, a … Read More
America’s business of prisons thrives even amid a pandemic
MINNEAPOLIS — As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, people in prisons in at least 40 states continue going to work. Sometimes they earn pennies an hour, or … Read More
Virus tracing app raises privacy concerns in India
NEW DELHI — As India enters an extended coronavirus lockdown, the government is actively pursuing contact tracing to help control infections. At the heart of the effort in the country … Read More
Stocks rise on hope that worst of economic plunge has passed
TOKYO — Asian shares surged Friday on optimism the worst of the economic fallout from the pandemic may be over, as Wall Street logged its biggest rally in a week. … Read More
Dead taxpayers got relief checks. Can survivors keep them?
President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin — and now the IRS — are urging people who received coronavirus relief payments for a deceased taxpayer to return the money to … Read More
New York City was the source of US outbreak, data shows
New York City was the source of US outbreak: Yale professor says 65% of the country’s cases stemmed from the Big Apple despite first case emerging in Washington An analysis … Read More
