LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government will extend its emergency coronavirus wage subsidy scheme to ensure workers who are temporarily laid off during a new England-wide lockdown receive 80% of their pay, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday. Britain introduced
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How Are Americans Catching the Virus? Increasingly, ‘They Have No Idea’
When the coronavirus first erupted in Sioux Falls, S.D., in the spring, Mayor Paul TenHaken arrived at work each morning with a clear mission: Stop the outbreak at the pork plant. Hundreds of employees, chopping meat shoulder to shoulder, had
How COVID shook up TV casts, from ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ to ‘Witcher’
Time to shuffle the deck. The coronavirus pandemic has thrown a wrench into Hollywood’s plans, impacting TV shows across the board. For some, this means premature cancellations — even when they initially got the green light of a renewal (such
U.S. Coronavirus Cases Set New Record as Infections Soar
CHICAGO — More than 95,000 coronavirus infections were reported across the United States on Friday, setting the single-day record for cases as the nation’s outbreak spiraled further out of control. The previous record had been set only a day earlier, providing
Covid-19 model predicts deaths may triple by mid-January
The US topped a record 9 million confirmed coronavirus cases, and surpassing 229,000 deaths, days away from the 2020 presidential election. CNN’s Nick Watt reports 1 million of the confirmed cases were added in two weeks’ time. #CNN #News
State leaders facing 2nd wave resist steps to curb virus
Even as a long-feared second wave of coronavirus strains hospitals, officials in many hard-hit states are resisting taking stronger action to stop the spread, with public fatigue, skepticism and political calculations running up against and contravening pleas from health experts.
Peter Secchia, Confidant of Ford and Bush, Dies at 83
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Peter Secchia rarely boasted about his success, but he often marveled at it. At 25, he went to work as
Women Converge on Warsaw, Largest Protests in Poland in Decades
WARSAW — Ignoring the threat of prosecution and dangers posed by the explosion of coronavirus cases, tens of thousands of women outraged by a court decision to ban nearly all abortions in Poland converged in Warsaw on Friday, expanding what
U.S. Says Virus Can’t be Controlled. China Aims to Prove It Wrong.
The United States is hitting records in daily coronavirus cases. But China, the country first afflicted with the scourge, is having a different experience. Unlike the Trump administration, which has said it is prioritizing opening the economy while essentially giving
‘It’s Like Playing With Kobe’: An Unlikely Intergenerational Bridge Team
One afternoon during the height of coronavirus lockdowns, 16-year-old Finn Kolesnik found himself in a cold sweat. He was on the phone with Bob Hamman, 82, one of the greatest bridge players ever. Kolesnik wanted to know if, um, maybe
Exclusive: Wealthy creditors give Cuba a pass, but will impose penalties
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Havana By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) – Wealthy nations grouped together in the Paris Club of creditors have waived Cuba’s annual payment for restructured debt but plan to impose a penalty
Two more LAFC players test positive for coronavirus
Two more LAFC players have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing to three the number who have failed tests this week. In response, the team has temporarily suspended all in-person activities at its training center at Cal State L.A. All
Starbucks pumpkin spice sales hit record high after early launch
Starbucks is staging a fall comeback from the coronavirus — and it’s pumpkin-flavored. Sales of Starbucks’ trendy pumpkin beverages hit a new high in the last quarter after the coffee giant started brewing them earlier than ever. The Seattle-based chain
Stocks drop as COVID-19 fears lead to Wall Street’s worst week in months
US stocks tumbled again Friday as renewed fears about the coronavirus pandemic put Wall Street on pace for its worst week in months. The Dow Jones industrial average sank as much as 127.87 points, or 0.4 percent, to 26,531.24 in
Moderna will have 20M COVID-19 vaccines ready by year’s end
Biotech firm Moderna expects to have about 20 million doses of its experimental coronavirus vaccine ready to ship in the US by the end of the year. The Massachusetts-based drug developer will be prepared to distribute the vaccine, dubbed mRNA-1273,
German economy grows record 8.2% in third quarter
© Reuters. Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) near Frankfurt BERLIN (Reuters) – The German economy grew by a record 8.2% in the third quarter as Europe’s largest economy partly recovered from its worst ever recession caused by the COVID-19
Choua Yang, Hmong Refugee and Educator, Dies at 53
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. When the Laotian government fell to the Communists in 1975, Choua Yang, who was 9, fled with her family across
‘The results were startling’: Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates Covid-19 spread at recent Trump rallies
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes a closer look at a rise in coronavirus cases linked to counties that hosted President Donald Trump’s rallies. #CNN #News
Asian shares look for rebound following tech earnings
© Reuters. People wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, are reflected on a screen showing Nikkei index, outside a brokerage in Tokyo By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) – Asian markets looked to continue an upward swing on
Slump in Air Travel Hindered Weather Forecasting, Study Shows
Government researchers have confirmed that the steep decline in air traffic during the coronavirus pandemic has affected the quality of weather forecasting models by sharply reducing the amount of atmospheric data routinely collected by commercial airliners. In a study, researchers
U.S. Coronavirus Cases Approach 9 Million With No End in Sight
CHICAGO — The United States, which reported its first known coronavirus case in Washington State 282 days ago, surpassed nine million total infections on Thursday, including more than half a million in the past week, as Covid-19 spiraled out of
How Virus Politics Divided a Conservative Town in Wisconsin’s North
MINOCQUA, Wis. — When coronavirus cases began to spike in Wisconsin this fall, Rob Swearingen kept his restaurant open and let customers and employees decide whether they wanted to wear masks. Mr. Swearingen, a Republican seeking his fifth term in
Michael Bay imagines four-year COVID lockdown hell in new movie ‘Songbird’
Yo, Michael Bay — hasn’t the reality of the coronavirus pandemic disturbed enough of our dreams already? The producer behind such light film fare as “Armageddon,” “The Purge” and “A Quiet Place” has released a trailer for his upcoming feature
Surge in virus threatens to reverse global economic rebounds
WASHINGTON — The resurgence of coronavirus cases engulfing the United States and Europe is imperiling economic recoveries on both sides of the Atlantic as millions of individuals and businesses face the prospect of having to hunker down once again. Growing
Spotify touts ‘full recovery’ from COVID-19 fallout with subscription growth
Spotify said it has rebounded from the slump it suffered at the height of the coronavirus pandemic as it continued to add subscribers. The Swedish streaming giant’s chief executive Daniel Ek told investors Thursday that the company ended its third
Where the virus is less bad: Canada and Germany.
In today’s edition of the Morning newsletter, David Leonhardt writes: With coronavirus cases surging across most of Europe and the Americas, it can be easy to give into nihilism and wonder whether there is any good way for a country
Comcast feels sting of pandemic as theme parks, movie studio squeezed
Comcast saw a 19 percent drop in third-quarter revenue at its NBCUniversal unit as the coronavirus continued to wreak havoc on its theme parks and movie business. The Philadelphia-based cable giant — which owns the Xfinity cable and internet business,
Up to 23 million people in U.S. could move thanks to remote work, survey finds
3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York 2/3 By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – America’s biggest cities should brace for a chunk of families moving out because they prefer to
US GDP jumps 7.4 percent in third quarter, a record-setting rebound
The US economy staged a record-setting rebound from the coronavirus crisis in the third quarter, the feds said Thursday — but there’s still a long way to go before the nation makes a full recovery. America’s gross domestic product —
Gilead Sciences raked in nearly $900M from COVID-19 drug remdesivir
Gilead Sciences sold nearly $900 million worth of its coronavirus treatment remdesivir from July to September, the company announced this week. The California-based drugmaker on Wednesday reported third-quarter revenues of $873 million from its antiviral drug, which was the first