March 2020

Joy Behar Taking Time Off ‘The View’ Over Age-Related Coronavirus Concerns: Report

Entertainment /

Joy Behar will take a break from “The View” as a precaution due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak, Variety first reported Thursday. The 77-year-old co-host reportedly made the announcement during Thursday’s pretaped episode of the daytime talk show, set to air Friday. “I’m in a higher risk group because of my age, but I’m […]

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Pentagon Asks to Reconsider Awarding Huge Cloud Contract to Amazon

Politics /

SAN FRANCISCO — The Defense Department said on Thursday that it would re-evaluate the awarding of a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft after sustained protest from Amazon, which had contended that it lost the deal because of potential interference from President Trump. In a legal brief filed to the Court of Federal Claims,

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Impact of pandemic stretches from schools to world’s leaders

Finance /

NEW YORK — Schools shut down across much of Europe. Gatherings were canceled or banned from California to Germany. And the coronavirus reached directly into the world’s centers of power Thursday, with politicians in Canada, Brazil, Spain and elsewhere either testing positive for the new virus or putting themselves in quarantine as fallout from the

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Can You Get Coronavirus Again After You’ve Already Had It?

Lifestyle /

The coronavirus is now officially a pandemic, and health officials are warning Americans in no uncertain terms that it is “going to get worse.” Doctors and researchers are scrambling to better understand the basics of COVID-19 (the disease caused by the coronavirus), including how it is transmitted, how it affects the body, and when a

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Coronavirus: Asian stocks extend global markets rout

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Image copyright Alamy Image caption Today’s stock markets falls follow sharp declines on Thursday Asian shares have continued the global markets slump on Friday as investors fear the spread of the coronavirus will wipe out economic growth. Shares across the region, including Japan, Hong Kong and China, have plunged in morning trading. It followed the

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Wall Street Suffers Worst Rout Since Black Monday as Virus Response Eludes Washington

Finance /

WASHINGTON — Financial markets plunged again on Thursday, with Wall Street suffering its biggest one-day drop since the Black Monday stock market crash in 1987, as Washington struggled to reach agreement on how to respond to the growing economic threat posed by the spread of the coronavirus. The Federal Reserve, in a drastic attempt to

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