On Monday, Amazon announced in a news release that it would hire 100,000 new workers and raise pay by $2 an hour for many employees in response to a surge in delivery orders from people staying at home to combat the spread of the coronavirus. “We are seeing a significant increase in demand, which means […]
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Four basketball players with the Brooklyn Nets have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the team announced in a statement on Tuesday. Three of those players are asymptomatic, while one player is exhibiting symptoms, the team said. The Nets did not name the four players who tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the
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Little is going as planned in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries. In parts of Florida and Arizona, some polling locations were unable to open in the morning after volunteers refused to show up because of worries about the coronavirus. In Ohio, the opposite happened: The governor unilaterally postponed voting on Monday night, but only after his squabble
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The Fed’s move comes on the heels of the sweeping actions its took on Sunday, when it slashed rates nearly to zero and announced a program to buy up government debt and mortgage-backed securities. Those purchases are also meant to ease strained markets, including that for Treasury securities — which had become hard to trade,
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There’s a lot of advice floating around about the novel coronavirus and how to limit the spread of the pandemic. Some of it is good; some of it is terrible. One question this week was whether ibuprofen or other anti-inflammatory drugs are safe to use for symptoms of COVID-19, including fever and body aches. One
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Image copyright Christ Church Picture Gallery Image caption A Soldier On Horseback by Anthony Van Dyck was painted around 1616 Art burglars who stole a work by 17th Century master Anthony Van Dyck may have used a boat to escape after the heist, police have said. A Soldier On Horseback by the Flemish artist, a
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Image copyright Getty Images Most businesses do not have insurance cover to compensate them for coronavirus losses, a trade body and other experts have said. Small businesses, in particular, are unlikely to have such a policy. Business interruption cover is generally sold to compensate for damage to premises, following instances such as fire and flood.
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Audible best-sellers for week ending March 13 March 17, 2020, 5:15 PM 3 min read Audible best-sellers for week ending March 13th: Fiction: 1. Tell Me Lies by J. P. Pomare, narrated by Aimee Horne (Audible Studios) 2. The Messengers by Lindsay Joelle, narrated by Kaliswa Brewster, Ana Reeder, Zoe Winters and Alex Weisman (Audible
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It didn’t have to come to this, and for that both Bill Belichick and Tom Brady deserve some blame. Patriots owner Robert Kraft does, too, but he’s been blamed for so many things that maybe we should give him a pass. The greatest quarterback of our time — OK, make that all time — is
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Hours before the debate, his campaign also announced that he had decided to support making public colleges and universities tuition-free for many students, adopting a proposal that Mr. Sanders put forward a few years ago. While a nod to the left, Mr. Biden’s move was hardly a display of progressive boldness: Mrs. Clinton offered a
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