NEW YORK (AP) — The escalating coronavirus emergency Thursday sent stocks to their worst losses since the Black Monday crash of 1987, extending a sell-off that has now wiped out most of Wall Street’s big run-up since President Donald Trump’s election. The S&P 500 plummeted 9.5%, for a total drop of 26.7% from its all-time […]
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In the face of a rapidly expanding global coronavirus pandemic that has already killed dozens and infected at least 1,200 within the United States, President Donald Trump delivered a strange Oval Office speech Wednesday in which he focused on banning travel from Europe, said nothing about the lack of available testing across the country, and
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The NCAA announced Thursday it will cancel its March Madness basketball tournaments over growing concerns about the novel coronavirus pandemic. “This decision is based on the evolving COVID-19 public health threat, our ability to ensure the events do not contribute to spread of the pandemic, and the impracticality of hosting such events at any time
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WASHINGTON — President Trump suggested on Thursday that he might veto a bipartisan surveillance bill, potentially disrupting an agreement to resolve a debate over national security and privacy before three F.B.I. tools for investigating terrorism and espionage expire on Sunday. “Many Republican Senators want me to Veto the FISA Bill until we find out what
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Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Thursday: Live Nation, Carnival fall; Vir Biotechnology rises March 12, 2020, 8:25 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Thursday: United Airlines Holdings Inc., down $12.26 to $37.08. The U.S. is restricting travel from most of Europe for 30
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Think about how often you check your phone. Every hour? Every few minutes? We all touch our smartphones nonstop. And as we cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important to think about what might be lurking on your device. In studies, everything from e.coli to Staphylococcus aureus ― also known as MRSA ― has been
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dua Lipa, Kendrick Lamar and the Pet Shop Boys will all headline stages at the festival Dua Lipa, the Pet Shop Boys and Mabel will all play the Glastonbury Festival this summer – provided it isn’t cancelled because of the coronavirus. More than 90 names were added to the
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Image caption Rishi Sunak delivered the Budget to the Commons on Wednesday Borrowing more money to invest into the UK is “the right economic thing to do”, the chancellor has said. Rishi Sunak told the BBC that interest rates were at a “multi-decade low” and he was “not going to make an apology” for the
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The restrictions apply only to the 26 nations in the Schengen Area. After Mr. Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office, leaving the impression that all of Europe would be subject to the travel restrictions, the government scrambled to clarify. The restrictions apply only to people who are not U.S. citizens who in the
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“Westchester memes is how people know what’s going on,” Quinn Muller said. She’s 14 and lives in Sleepy Hollow, in Westchester County. She, and many of her peers in towns just north of New York City, are using local meme pages as their news source for updates about the new coronavirus. In particular, Instagram accounts
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