Month: April 2020

American tennis star Coco Gauff has said she was “really depressed” and not enjoying playing tennis as she struggled with the “hype that I didn’t want” in the year leading up to her sensational breakthrough. Gauff became the youngest player to win a match in the Wimbledon main draw last year, going on to reach

The UK Parliament is expected on Thursday to approve plans that would see lawmakers hold the government to account via a video link, as the country’s legislative chamber returns from its Easter recess on Monday. Proposals for the so-called “virtual parliament” will allow Members of Parliament to question government ministers on their handling of the

Jobless Americans in 29 states are now receiving much bigger weekly unemployment checks, compliments of the federal government. Many states have now updated their computer systems to send out the additional $600 payment, which is part of the historic expansion of unemployment benefits that Congress included in its $2.2 billion relief package in late March.

The union representing Federal Emergency Management Agency employees is joining growing calls for the Trump administration to utilize the full authorities provided by the Defense Production Act to shore up more protective equipment to fight Covid-19, according to a letter obtained by CNN. The wartime-era law, which gives the government more control during emergencies to

Four relatives of a Virginia bishop have tested positive for coronavirus days after he died from the same infection. Bishop Gerald Glenn of New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Chesterfield tested positive for coronavirus after holding services last month. “I firmly believe that God is larger than this dreaded virus,” he told worshipers during the sermon

Cancel the SAT? Not so fast. The College Board says if schools don’t reopen this fall, it’ll organize a digital at-home version of the test. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your

More Americans are turning to anti-anxiety medications as the coronavirus crisis has upended everyday life. Prescriptions for anti-anxiety medicine started climbing in mid-February, spiking 34% by March 15, according to a new report from Express Scripts, a Cigna-owned pharmacy benefit manager. The peak roughly coincides with the World Health Organization declaring a global pandemic on

China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government directive and online notices published by two Chinese universities, that have since been removed from the web. Under the new policy, all academic papers on Covid-19 will be subject to extra vetting before

If you have ever been to a shopping area where butchers and grocers sell fresh produce straight from the farm, then you have been to something that would, in some parts of the world, be called a wet market. That might be surprising — because recently the term wet market has become almost synonymous with