Image copyright PA Media NHS and social care staff will be given free car parking during the coronavirus outbreak, the government has said. It comes after 400,000 people signed a petition urging the government to thank NHS workers by scrapping charges. GP Anthony Gallagher, who began the petition, welcomed the move but said fees should […]
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When Rosanna Arquette called me on Thursday, we were supposed to discuss the 1985 screwball hit “Desperately Seeking Susan,” which opened 35 years ago this weekend. But Arquette was in no mood to talk about movies. “What’s the point?” she asked. “Why? It just seems ridiculous. Why? I can’t. You could say that. There’s nothing
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NEW ORLEANS — Tommy Tommaseo is not nostalgic for Hurricane Katrina. Rocky and Carlo’s, his family’s Creole-Italian restaurant in St. Bernard Parish, just outside New Orleans, took on four feet of water when that disaster hit in 2005. There were fish swimming in the first floor of Mr. Tommaseo’s house. His father, Rocky, then 91,
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The coronavirus is pounding state governments with a financial one-two punch, costing them millions to try to contain the disease just as businesses are shutting down and tax revenue is collapsing. The sharp drop in revenue could jeopardize some states’ ability to provide basic services. States ranging from tiny Rhode Island to California, with the
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At this point, who isn’t excessively worrying about coronavirus? I am certainly struggling; I’ve woken up numerous times in a clammy sweat from dreams about it this week alone. It’s perfectly OK to feel every single emotion you’re experiencing lately. “Being anxious right now is completely understandable as anxiety stems, in large part, from uncertainty
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Tiffany Haddish is adapting well to life at home in Los Angeles, riding out the coronavirus-induced isolation with her brother — but not with Common, contrary to certain internet rumors that she was more than happy to stoke. She has everything she needs for the long haul, including a new Netflix series, “Self Made: Inspired
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The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died at his home in
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A judge says she doesn’t want a sudden, large-scale release of immigrant children from U.S. government custody but wants to know why they’re still being held as the coronavirus spreads March 27, 2020, 11:32 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on
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President Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act to get General Motors to make more ventilators and Boeing will make face shields for medical professionals. Doctors in the United States have been sharing the difficulty of obtaining gear to treat patients with Covid-19. Some say it adds to the pressure of caring for their patients
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Hello, from the socially distanced land of our comfy (read: tiny) New York apartments! Electoral politics as we know them are on pause at the moment, and the coronavirus has upended the Democratic primary race in many ways. Here’s a look at exactly how, and notes on other things you might have missed in the
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