For most of the last 15 years, the United States economy was mired in a period of low productivity growth. Who would have guessed that the pathway out of it might include a pandemic? Yet that is what the numbers show. Since the second quarter of 2020, labor productivity — the amount of output per […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, said state and local governments should require teachers to get vaccinated against Covid-19. As back-to-school season approaches and the Delta variant surges across the US, Dr Fauci acknowledged that his position might anger some people who’ve resisted vaccine mandates for teachers. “Yeah I’m […]
SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) – Alphabet Inc’s Google is blocking ad targeting based on the age, gender or interests of people under 18, the company said on Tuesday (Aug 10). It also said it would turn off its “location history” feature, which tracks location data, for users under 18 globally. It will further expand the types […]
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Northwest Arkansas, where the Ozark Mountains rise, used to be a sleepy corner of the state, its only claim to fame that Sam Walton opened a five-and-dime in Bentonville and the first Walmart store in nearby Rogers — outposts that became the seeds of a global retail empire. The founders of Tyson […]
In just over a month, the nation’s largest school system is poised to return to something like normal schooling, when full-time, in-person classes begin, without a remote option. But as the Delta variant and lagging vaccination rates have fueled a rise in coronavirus cases in New York City, some families and educators are wondering if […]
A young, newlywed bride died before she could enjoy the rest of her wedding night and life with her high school sweetheart, after an alleged drunk driver hit her car. Angelica Dhondup, 26, married Tenzing last Friday surrounded by family and friends. The bride and her 20-year-old cousin decided to head home to store her […]
At the time of one murder, in 1989 in Queens, Carlton Roman was running errands with his fiancée and infant daughter. When an unrelated killing occurred on Long Island in 1990, Christopher Ellis was DJing his brother’s birthday party. Although there was no significant forensic or ballistic evidence implicating either man in the separate cases, […]
LANSDOWNE, Ontario — When Heidi Linckh peered down at the border between Canada and the United States from the 400-foot-high sightseeing lookout she owns with her husband on Monday, she saw something that had been long been missing from the view: a string of passenger cars. Hours earlier, Canada had reopened its borders to nonessential […]
This is the Coronavirus Briefing, an informed guide to the pandemic. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. The U.S. is averaging more than 100,000 new cases a day, the most since February. France began requiring proof of vaccination or a negative test to enter restaurants, bars and long-distance trains. Canada reopened […]
An executive assistant to Andrew Cuomo has waived her right to anonymity, alleging the New York governor groped her under her shirt, hugged her and kissed her without consent. Brittany Commisso was previously known as ‘Executive Assistant #1’ in an inquiry instigated by New York Attorney General Letitia James. But the 32-year-old says she broke […]