This is the Coronavirus Schools Briefing, a guide to the seismic changes in U.S. education that are taking place during the pandemic. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Inside a dormitory at Manchester Metropolitan University, trash piled up in shared kitchens. Students washed their clothes in bathroom sinks. Security guards were […]
Rules that would have a pronounced impact on synagogues were met with protests and fires in a part of Brooklyn seeing an uptick in cases. By Liam Stack Orthodox Jewish and other religious leaders lashed out at Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday over new coronavirus restrictions on schools, businesses and houses of worship, as […]
New Yorkers, it seems, still want to dine out, eat carbs and cheese, buy lipstick and get high (but maybe not in that order). By Alix Strauss The numbers are staggering: More than 2800 businesses have closed in New York City since the coronavirus pandemic began. But there are also signs of resilience, as schools, […]
The White House physician, Dr. Sean P. Conley, said on Tuesday that President Trump was experiencing no symptoms of Covid-19 and doing “extremely well” on his first full day at home since a three-night stay in the hospital. But outside doctors and medical experts in Covid-19 and lung disease said they were struggling to piece […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump, under coronavirus quarantine in the White House and restricted from travelling, is grasping for ways to put a spark back in his struggling re-election bid and mount a big comeback with four weeks left until Election Day. Mr Trump, who is still contagious, has been looking for options […]
“I do think that there will be a lot of maneuvering on the other side to try to put you in a box.” — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in conversation with Senator Kamala Harris In Her Words is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Even […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A US House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four of the biggest technology companies found they used “killer acquisitions” to smite rivals, charged exorbitant fees and forced small businesses into “oppressive” contracts in the name of profit. The antitrust subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee recommended that Alphabet […]
A grand jury in St. Louis returned an indictment on Tuesday against a white couple who brandished guns at Black protesters as they marched past their home in June in a menacing display caught on video that earned them a spotlight at the Republican National Convention and the admiration of President Trump. Mark and Patricia […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A grand jury on Tuesday indicted the St. Louis couple who displayed guns while hundreds of racial injustice protesters marched on their private street. Al Watkins, an attorney for the couple, confirmed to The Associated Press the indictments against Mark McCloskey, 63, and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, 61. A spokeswoman for […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Oct 6) called off talks on a new stimulus plan until after the election, accusing Democrats of not negotiating in good faith. “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election,” he wrote in a tweet. The decision sent Wall Street stocks plunging […]