The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. PARIS — A mother and her three children scanned the school supplies in a Paris supermarket, plucking out multicolored fountain pens, crisp notebooks – and plenty of masks. Despite resurgent coronavirus infections, similar scenes are unfolding across Europe as a new school […]
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As virus rages, U.S. economy struggles to sustain a recovery
Every week, roughly 1 million new Americans are applying for unemployment benefits – a depth of job insecurity not seen in any single week during the depths of the 2007-2009 Great Recession.
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‘Like 1,000 tornadoes’: Hurricane Laura thrashes Louisiana, leaving at least 6 dead
The hurricane was one of the strongest ever to hit the U.S., based on its wind speed of 150 mph, and forecasters say its remnants could soon threaten the densely populated Atlantic Seaboard.
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Officials change COVID testing advice, bewildering experts
The CDC now says it isn’t necessary to test people who have been near infected people but who are asymptomatic.
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Powell edges toward loosening the Federal Reserve’s stance on inflation
For decades, the Federal Reserve made clear its readiness to raise interest rates at the earliest signs of creeping inflation.
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The Latest: Justice Department seeks data on care home deaths in 4 Democrat-led states
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. NEW YORK — The Justice Department on Wednesday sent letters to the governors of New York and three other Democratic-led states, seeking data on whether they violated federal law by ordering public nursing homes to accept recovering COVID-19 patients from hospitals — […]
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Dozens of WWII veterans to gather in Hawaii amid pandemic
The commemoration comes as Oahu — Hawaii’s most populated island and the home of Pearl Harbor — has seen an alarming spike in coronavirus cases in the past two weeks.
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Postmaster general says he won’t restore mailboxes, sorting machines that were removed
Louis DeJoy tells senators he doesn’t yet have a plan to ensure that mail-in ballots would arrive on time but says it’s his ‘sacred duty’ to do so.
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The Latest: South Korea mulls nationwide pandemic restrictions
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is considering national restrictions to cope with a resurgence of coronavirus infections that has seen nine straight days of triple-digit increases in newly confirmed cases. The 332 new cases reported Saturday was the second consecutive day […]
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In moving speech, N.H. boy says Biden helped him overcome stutter
In a moving speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, a 13-year-old boy told the nation how Joe Biden helped him overcome his stutter