What eating in a restaurant may look like during the pandemic
Michelin-starred meals via delivery. Instagram Live cooking demos. Gourmet boxes from community supported agriculture. While the country’s…
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What eating in a restaurant may look like during the pandemic
Michelin-starred meals via delivery. Instagram Live cooking demos. Gourmet boxes from community supported agriculture. While the country’s…
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Illinois House votes to remove representative who refused to wear a mask in session
A state lawmaker in Illinois defended his refusal to wear a mask meant to stem the spread of coronavirus after his colleagues voted to oust him from…
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A 6-year-old is exchanging skateboards with his idol Tony Hawk thanks to a FedEx driver’s TikTok
A FedEx carrier in Georgia turned to TikTok to help a 6-year-old fan send a gift to skateboarding pro Tony Hawk. Cooper Morgan, who lives in the town…
Continue Reading A drive-in festival in New York City will be held in a parking lot outside Yankee Stadium
Call it a comeback. The pandemic has revived the classic American tradition of the drive-in as a safe way to stay entertained without potentially…
Continue Reading Alaska will allow everything to reopen on Friday, governor says
Alaska is set to fully reopen on Friday with a handful of restrictions remaining in place. At 8 a.m., all businesses will be allowed to operate at…
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When Staying Home Isn’t Safe: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s podcast for May 21
For some of us, sheltering at home could mean being isolated with an abusive relative or partner, unable to get help. As the lockdown continues,…
Continue Reading Italian woman wins Picasso worth more than $1 million in fundraising raffle
An Italian woman won a Picasso painting worth 1 million euros ($1.1 million) in a fundraising raffle overseen by auction house Christie’s in…
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At least a dozen with ties to NMSU and Doña Ana Community College test positive for virus
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — At least a dozen people connected with New Mexico State University’s Las Cruces campus and Doña Ana Community College…
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Covid-19 has taken a staggering toll on a whole generation in northern Italy
Plot 87 occupies a barren corner of Milan’s austere main cemetery. Here, the soil has been freshly turned to make new graves, 120 in all, the…
Continue Reading ‘The Lovebirds’ strikes a low-key note as it lands on Netflix
Watching Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani riff off each other is intermittently fun, but that’s all there is to recommend “The…
Continue Reading Airport dogs could sniff out coronavirus
Trials are taking place in the UK to see whether specially trained airport sniffer dogs could detect Covid-19 in travelers, even before symptoms…
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2-day-old baby becomes world’s youngest virus death as global infections top 5 million
CAPETOWN, South Africa — A 2-day-old baby who was born prematurely in South Africa has died from Covid-19, officials said Thursday. The infant is…
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AstraZeneca CEO says $1 billion vaccine bet is ‘absolutely worth it’
AstraZeneca’s CEO says the US government’s $1 billion investment in its coronavirus vaccine is a gamble — but worth the risk.…
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AstraZeneca CEO says $1 billion vaccine bet is ‘absolutely worth it’
AstraZeneca’s CEO says the US government’s $1 billion investment in its coronavirus vaccine is a gamble — but worth the risk.…
Continue Reading Chrissy Teigen ‘not happy’ Alison Roman’s column put on leave
Chrissy Teigen has weighed in on New York Times writer Alison Roman’s food column being put on leave. “I hope we can laugh about it one…
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Suspect in custody after 3 people injured in shooting at Arizona shopping complex, police say
A 20-year-old suspect is in custody after three people were shot Wednesday night at the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale, Arizona, police…
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Coronavirus testing is ‘a mess’ in the US, report says
Coronavirus testing in the United States is disorganized and needs coordination at the national level, infectious disease experts said in a new…
Continue Reading Glowing coral reefs are striving to recover from bleaching, study says
As oceans warm due to climate change, some coral reefs have been devastated in recent years by bleaching events that cause them to die and damage the…
Continue Reading If US had started social distancing a week earlier, about 36,000 fewer people would have died, study says
If the United States had started social distancing just a week earlier, it could have prevented the loss of at least 36,000 lives to the coronavirus,…
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If US had started social distancing a week earlier, about 36,000 fewer people would have died, study says
If the United States had started social distancing just a week earlier, it could have prevented the loss of at least 36,000 lives to the coronavirus,…
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Trump’s convention threatens to become a flashpoint as North Carolina cautiously reopens
The scope and speed of restarting the wounded economy is the latest red-blue divide in American politics, the outcome of which is certain to animate…
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After false claims about Michigan and voting, Trump repeats false claim he was Michigan’s ‘Man of the Year’
President Donald Trump has a favorite way to illustrate what he says is the strength of his relationship with the critical swing state he is visiting…
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Trump heads to Michigan as Washington fails in pandemic battle
Two months into the pandemic battle, national politics have hardened into an ugly, dispiriting limbo amid a sense that during a generational crisis,…
Continue Reading Scientists say they may have found a skinny gene
We all know the type. They can eat all they want, spend zero time at the gym and don’t put on an ounce. Now, according to new preliminary…
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‘Exploiting the pandemic for financial gain’: El Paso area CBP officers seize 1,000 counterfeit Covid-19 test kits
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Customs and Border Protection announced its agents in the El Paso area seized 1,000 counterfeit Covid-19 test kits last…
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CVS to offer drive-thru coronavirus testing at its 3 El Paso pharmacies
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Three El Paso CVS pharmacies will start offering drive-thru coronavirus testing on Friday. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made the…
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The religious roots of Trump’s magical thinking on coronavirus
As the novel coronavirus has spread across the globe, President Trump has repeated one phrase like a mantra: It will go away. Since February Trump…
Continue Reading Though far from the norm, nearly 500 US flights per day depart more than 70% full
Some passengers will arrive at the airport and find their flight is too full to allow for the neighboring seat to remain empty, according to data…
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Coronavirus cases surpass 2,000 in El Paso County with 3 new deaths
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health released new data on Thursday morning which showed three more people have died from…
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