The UK performed a significant U-turn in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic this week. After days of savage criticism in the press over its laggardly testing strategy, Britain’s top health minister made a bold new pledge. By the end of the month, Matt Hancock said, the country would aim to perform 100,000 tests a
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Even as the coronavirus pandemic rages, President Donald Trump and top Republicans are pressing forward with efforts to further undermine the nation’s already compromised health care system. The rapid spread of Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has put a new spotlight on the same frailties that Democrats successfully seized on in 2018
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas– We will see another beautiful weather day on Saturday. Our high temperatures will be a degree or two above average with afternoon winds from the southwest at 10 to 15 mph. We will see mostly sunny skies west of the Rio Grande and partly cloudy skies for eastern portions of our viewing
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Rome has given me so much. I came here for a two-year stay from Montclair, New Jersey, for a master’s degree. That was nearly seven years ago. I was bewitched by the Eternal City, and most of all by the man who is now my fiancé, Fabio. Rome is the backdrop to our story —
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Attorney General William Barr has directed prison officials at a number of federal facilities besieged by growing coronavirus cases to immediately maximize early release programs for a wide swath of vulnerable inmates. “We are experiencing significant levels of infection at several of our facilities,” Barr wrote in a memo Friday, singling out federal prisons in
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Delta Air Lines expects revenue over the next three months to be down 90%, with no end of the industry’s troubles in sight. “Even as Delta is burning more than $60 million in cash every day, we know we still haven’t seen the bottom,” said CEO Ed Bastian warned employees that Friday. He said April’s
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President Donald Trump on Friday fired Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, who had told Congress about the whistleblower complaint that led to Trump’s impeachment, the President told Congress in a letter obtained by CNN. Atkinson will leave his job in 30 days, Trump told the House and Senate Intelligence committees, and he has been
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The US has surpassed 7,000 deaths and some state leaders say there’s still a lot they’re missing in the battle against the coronavirus. Even as case tallies continue to rise, state leaders say they still don’t have enough tests to get a clear picture of infections. “Everything about the tests are very difficult to come
Continue Reading John Mele is one of roughly 700 inmates who were released from county jails in New Jersey to address the growing novel coronavirus pandemic. But when he was handed two bus tickets and freed, he said he was frightened, not relieved. “I was scared to leave,” Mele told CNN. “There ain’t too much sh** that
Continue Reading Eight hours and 48 minutes. That’s how long Camilla Christiansen Poole waited on hold with the North Carolina Division of Employment Security, trying to find out why she could not file for unemployment online. The Asheville, North Carolina, resident had been laid off from her job as a medical courier on March 24 — one
Continue Reading Just eight US governors have decided against issuing statewide directives urging their residents to stay at home as the outbreak of the coronavirus escalates and spreads across the country, the last holdouts in the nation. The governors, all of whom are Republican, have offered a variety of explanations for why they have not followed the
Continue Reading The search for two members of the Kennedy family — Maeve Kennedy McKean and her son, Gideon — was suspended 26 hours after they were reported missing in the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland, the Coast Guard said Friday night. Authorities confirmed McKean and her 8-year-old son were the missing individuals. They were last seen
Continue Reading The Trump administration wants to use Americans’ smartphone location data to help track and combat the spread of coronavirus. Now, a pair of US data companies are making a public pitch to show just how that kind of technology might work. X-Mode and Tectonix focused on a high-profile case: tracking location data from the phones
Continue Reading Tampa Mayor Jane Castor is used to dealing with disasters like hurricanes that cripple her Florida city. But none have ever come close to the magnitude of destruction she is bracing for with the novel coronavirus pandemic. When there’s a hurricane, the rest of the country comes to their rescue. Not now. Covid-19 is like
Continue Reading First responders in New York City are in “battlefield conditions,” forced to treat a rising number of cardiac arrests in “triage mode” and sleeping in cars to avoid exposing their own families to Covid-19. That’s the picture painted by Michael Greco, vice president of the FDNY EMS local 2507 union, in an interview with CNN.
Continue Reading It’s a topic of speculation every time a disaster hits. Will we see a “baby boom” nine months later, since so many couples are cooped up inside with nowhere to go? Sure, this kind of trend has been reported before. But demographers think it’s unlikely to occur this time around. In fact, they say the
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It’s a topic of speculation every time a disaster hits. Will we see a “baby boom” nine months later, since so many couples are cooped up inside with nowhere to go? Sure, this kind of trend has been reported before. But demographers think it’s unlikely to occur this time around. In fact, they say the
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There’s one thing you should know before diving into the conversation around masks: The public should not purchase N95 respirators. Health care workers need those when they’re treating coronavirus patients. You should also note: Face covering is recommended but not mandatory Homemade masks are not a substitute for social distancing and staying home Still, if
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Sheryl Pardo was preoccupied with one fact as she boarded her flight. This would be the last time she saw her mother. A surprise awaited her as she learned she was the only passenger on the plane because of the coronavirus pandemic. She met Jessica and Dion, two flight attendants who turned her trip into
Continue Reading We are all stuck in the midst of this thing — whether on the front lines of fighting it or just in our houses waiting for it to pass. More and more people are getting sick, and that means more and more people are being directly touched by the devastation of this disease. It’s going
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With so many destinations of pleasure denied to us now, we may be developing a deeper appreciation of nature, wherever we can get them. And we’re lucky that getting outside, even while requiring social distancing, is still available to us during this pandemic. On a recent hike through the woods, I explained to my daughters
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Billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, 89, and wife Fabiana Flosi, 44, are expecting a baby. Ecclestone’s fourth child will be born this summer, the former Formula One chief told the UK’s PA Media news agency Friday. The new arrival will be the billionaire’s first son, and his first child with Flosi, joining daughters Tamara, Petra and Deborah
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The United States Tennis Association (USTA) released a statement Friday advising not to play tennis during the coronavirus pandemic. “Based on the recommendations of the USTA COVID-19 Advisory Group, the USTA believes that it is in the best interest of society to take a collective pause from playing the sport we love,” the statement says.
Continue Reading The US has surpassed 7,000 deaths and some state leaders say there’s still a lot they’re missing in the battle against the coronavirus. As cases rise, testing has become crucial in tracking how many Americans have been infected, but states like Illinois say they still don’t have enough. “Everything about the tests are very difficult
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Londres (CNN Business) – Google está publicando los datos que ya ha recopilado sobre los movimientos de las personas durante la pandemia de coronavirus. La compañía dijo que planea publicar una serie de “Informes de movilidad comunitaria” para revelar los tipos de lugares que las personas visitan en 131 países y regiones. El primer informe
Continue Reading (CNN) – Tras un fin de semana de guardia en un hospital de la ciudad de Nueva York, una médica publicó un emotivo mensaje para sus hijos con una perspectiva honesta y cruda de lo que implica ser un trabajador de la salud en la primera línea del brote de coronavirus. “Mis bebés son demasiado
Continue Reading As health care workers across the US put their lives at risk to battle the coronavirus, an unlikely industry has stepped up to help them get the protective gear they need — custom auto shops. JK Automotive Designs in Stoneham, Massachusetts, is normally busy bringing people’s car fantasies to life. Now, the auto upholstery shop
Continue Reading President Donald Trump made yet another series of inaccurate or misleading claims at a coronavirus briefing on Friday. He incorrectly asserted that some states are not in jeopardy from the virus, incorrectly suggested that his February claims that the virus would simply go away have been proved correct, incorrectly suggested again that nobody could have
Continue Reading As more and more Americans are forced to stay home during the escalating coronavirus pandemic, the crisis has created a pressure-cooker situation for domestic violence victims, exacerbating stressors and isolation that can make for a deadly mix. Several cities are already reporting jumps in domestic violence cases or calls to local hotlines. Some shelters around
Continue Reading An invisible enemy brings life to a halt. People become isolated and panic. Neighbors start seeing one another as threats. If life during the Covid-19 pandemic makes it seem like you’ve entered “The Twilight Zone,” that seminal sci-fi series about dread and paranoia, than you’re more right than you realize. On March 4, 1960, it
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