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
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Labor Department finalizes U.S. rule curbing sustainable investing by pension funds
2/2 © Reuters. The United States Department of Labor is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S. 2/2 By Jessica DiNapoli and Ross Kerber NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Labor on Friday finalized a rule clarifying that pension fund
Americans May Add Five Times More Plastic to the Oceans Than Thought
The United States contribution to coastal plastic pollution worldwide is significantly larger than previously thought, possibly by as much as five times, according to a study published Friday. The research, published in Science Advances, is the sequel to a 2015
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
At Least 140 Drown in Worst Shipwreck of 2020, U.N. Agency Says
ImageStéphane Dujarric, a spokesman for the secretary general of the United Nations, spoke about the shipwreck off Senegal, in which at least 140 people drowned.Credit…United Nations At least 140 people drowned when a boat carrying migrants sank off the Senegalese
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
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
United Center to serve as voting super site on Election Day
The United Center will be an Election Day polling place for the first time. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file The center at 1901 W. Madison St. will be open to voters for the first time in the arena’s history Tuesday. Bulls,
Analysis: Money-printing slowdown leaves governments to take up stimulus slack
© Reuters. A sheet of United States one dollar bills is seen on a light table during production at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington By Tommy Wilkes and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) – Money-printing at the world’s
Gilead’s Covid-19 Drug is Mediocre. It Will Be a Blockbuster Anyway.
The United States reached a milestone, of sorts, when last week the Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment for Covid-19. The drug is called Veklury, although most people know it by its scientific name, remdesivir. On Wednesday, its
France knife attack: World leaders stand united after 3 dead in ‘barbaric’ killings in Nice church
World leaders are standing united with France after a man armed with a knife decapitaed one woman and killed two others at a church in the southern city of Nice on Thursday. French authorities have opened a terrorism investigation and Prime Minister
‘There Are Tons of Brown Faces Missing’: Publishers Step Up Diversity Efforts
This summer, as people across the United States gathered to protest police brutality and racial injustice, Krishan Trotman, an executive editor at Hachette Books, approached the head of the company with a proposal. Ms. Trotman was worried that the conversation
Arrest made in 2008 kidnapping of journalists in Afghanistan
An Afghan man has been brought to the United States to face charges in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a journalist for The New York Times, an Afghan journalist and a driver in Afghanistan, federal authorities announced Wednesday. The charges
Health worker’s eye socket broken after asking rail riders to wear coronavirus masks on London Underground
A London rail rider is accused of breaking a United Kingdom health service worker’s face after he asked a group why they weren’t wearing coronavirus masks, police said. On Tuesday, British Transport Police released an image of a person they want to
U.S. to Establish Embassy in the Maldives
WASHINGTON — The United States will establish an embassy in the Maldives for the first time since the countries opened diplomatic relations in 1966, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, signifying the archipelago’s growing role in the U.S.
Business partner of ex-Giuliani associate expected to enter guilty plea
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. businessman David Correia departs after his arraignment at the United States Courthouse in the Manhattan borough of New York City By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A business partner of Lev Parnas, the former
Co-defendant in case against Giuliani associates to enter new plea
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. businessman David Correia departs after his arraignment at the United States Courthouse in the Manhattan borough of New York City NEW YORK (Reuters) – A change-of-plea hearing has been scheduled for Thursday for a man
Security guard at 2017 Ariana Grande concert terror attack was afraid of being called a racist: Report
A security guard at the Ariana Grande concert in the United Kingdom where a terror attack killed 22 in 2017 said he did not approach the suicide bomber over fears he might be perceived as racist, according to local reports. Then-security
UN cancels in-person meetings after report of 5 COVID cases
The United Nations has canceled all in-person meetings this week after a U.N. member nation reported five cases of COVID-19 among its staff By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press October 27, 2020, 11:45 PM • 2 min read UNITED NATIONS
Judge: US can’t replace Trump in accuser’s defamation suit
President Donald Trump’s request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit, which alleges he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, was denied Tuesday by a federal judge. The decision
Judge: U.S. can’t replace Trump in accuser’s defamation suit
E. Jean Carroll, in red, arrives at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in New York. | AP The decision by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan came after the Justice Department argued that the
Why the Best G.D.P. Report Ever Won’t Mean the Economy Has Healed
The United States almost certainly just experienced its fastest three months of economic growth on record. That doesn’t mean the economy is strong. The Commerce Department on Thursday will release its preliminary estimate of economic growth for the third quarter.
Judge: US can’t replace Trump in columnist’s slander suit
A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump’s request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. The decision by U.S.
Muslims call for French goods boycott to protest caricatures
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Muslims in the Middle East and beyond on Monday broadened their calls for boycotts of French products and protests, as a clash over depictions of the Prophet Muhammad and the limits of free speech intensified.
US stock futures tumble amid COVID-19 surge, stimulus doubts
October 26, 2020 | 8:51am A Seattle firefighter conducts a roadside COVID-19 test. AP The United States Capitol building Getty Images People walk by outdoor plastic dining bubbles on Fulton Market in Chicago. AP Tropical Storm Zeta is “rapidly strengthening”
Exports of Used Cars Are a Pollution Problem, U.N. Warns
WASHINGTON — In recent decades, the United States and Europe have gone to considerable lengths to mandate cleaner, more efficient cars at home. But at the same time, they are shipping millions of their oldest and worst-polluting vehicles to poorer countries
In hot spots around the country, hospitals are reaching their limits.
With the coronavirus spreading out of control in many parts of the United States and daily case counts once again setting records, health experts have warned that it is only a matter of time before the pressure on hospitals mounts
The Trump and Biden ‘60 Minutes’ interviews air tonight. Here’s what to expect.
Every four years, “60 Minutes” interviews the major candidates for president of the United States. This year’s interviews, which air on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Eastern on CBS, are already making waves. Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., providing
After making a comeback during the pandemic, pro sports face a tough second act.
In mid-March, as the pandemic forced extensive lockdowns throughout the United States, professional sports came to a halt, with the very real possibility that no champions would be crowned in basketball, hockey or baseball. Yet the N.B.A. somehow finished its
Trump and Biden ‘60 Minutes’ Interviews Air Tonight. Here’s What to Expect.
Every four years, “60 Minutes” interviews the major candidates for president of the United States. This year’s interviews, which air on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Eastern on CBS, are already making waves. Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., providing