March 2020

Relief Offered From Testing and Student Loans as Virus Roils Education

Politics /

WASHINGTON — Elementary and secondary schools will not be required to do standardized testing, and student borrowers with federal loans can request a reprieve from loan payments while the nation confronts the spreading coronavirus, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced on Friday. “A state that deems it necessary should proceed with canceling its statewide assessments,” the […]

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Trump keeps talking during market hours; stocks keep tanking

Finance /

WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump speaks, financial markets gyrate and quiver in real time. But that hasn’t stopped the president from holding forth almost daily about the coronavirus pandemic and its economic implications without waiting until markets have closed for the day. While many of his predecessors worked consciously to not affect the markets,

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Shane Warne turns gin distillery over to hand sanitizer

Sports /

Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne has turned his hand from making gin to making hand-sanitizer as shortages frustrate attempts to control the coronavirus outbreak March 21, 2020, 4:06 AM 1 min read SYDNEY — Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne has turned his hand from making gin to making hand-sanitizer as shortages frustrate attempts to control

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‘I’m So Sorry I Worked for This Guy’: Ex-Staffers React to Bloomberg Reversal on Field Organizers

Politics /

Brynne Craig, a senior adviser to Mr. Bloomberg, said Friday morning that the former mayor remained determined to fund the campaign to topple President Trump. “We’re changing the mechanism, not our commitment,” Ms. Craig said, saying an independent-expenditure field program would be “not as effective” as one coordinated through the D.N.C. But Mr. Bloomberg’s decision

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What You Need to Know About the $1200 Coronavirus Stimulus Check

Finance /

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled an economic relief package in response to the coronavirus pandemic that would send checks of up to $1,200 to taxpayers who earn less than $99,000 a year, loans for small businesses and large tax cuts for big corporations. Senators were on a tight deadline to introduce the measure

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N Korea test fires missiles; Seoul slams it as inappropriate

Lifestyle /

North Korea has fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as it continues to expand military capabilities amid a standstill in nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press March 21, 2020, 3:39 AM 4 min read SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Saturday fired two presumed short-range ballistic

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People Are Flipping Out About This ‘Tangled’ Connection To Coronavirus

Entertainment /

People on Twitter are getting tangled up in the similarities between a popular Disney film and the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this week, users of the social media platform noticed that as social distancing, self-isolating and quarantining become the norm to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, people are now living in a way that’s eerily

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