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NEW YORK SHUTTERED A bustling commercial corridor in Queens prepared to shut down as residents adjusted to their new reality. March 25, 2020 As twilight approached on Sunday, Jatin Prajapati set up a folding table on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, outside a shuttered eyebrow-threading salon. Mr. Prajapati, who works at a pharmacy in Manhattan and
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BEIJING — Trains carrying factory employees back to work after two months in locked-down cities rolled out of Hubei province, the center of China’s virus outbreak, as the government on Wednesday began lifting the last of the controls that confined tens of millions of people to their homes. Roadblocks on bridges and at expressway gates
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Hugh Laurie (sort of) jumped back into character as the famed fictional Dr. Gregory House to have his say on the coronavirus pandemic. The British actor acknowledged on Twitter Tuesday that he couldn’t speak for the TV medic he portrayed in the Fox drama “House” because “no one’s written clever words for me to say.”
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Image copyright Getty Images Bicycle and car parts retailer Halfords has defended its decision to keep shops open amid the coronavirus pandemic. Its autocentre garages and mobile vans remain open, with plans for “partial store coverage” across its 446 shops. Its boss Graham Stapleton said that the chain had “an essential role to play in
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Premier League teams Brighton and Bournemouth have become the first clubs to sign up to a campaign to make 100,000 free soccer tickets available to medical workers on the front line during the coronavirus outbreak March 25, 2020, 10:49 AM 3 min read The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around
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Think of it as Super Postponed Day. June 2 had been an afterthought on the Democratic primary calendar. Ever since Joseph R. Biden Jr. seized the mantle of front-runner, voters in New Jersey and a few other states scheduled to vote that day assumed the Democratic horse race would be over before their primaries rolled
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BEIJING — Trains carrying factory employees back to work after two months in locked-down cities rolled out of Hubei province, the center of China’s virus outbreak, as the government on Wednesday began lifting the last of the controls that confined tens of millions of people to their homes. Roadblocks on bridges and at expressway gates
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Image copyright Getty Images Some 250,000 people have signed up in a single day to volunteer with the NHS after a recruitment drive to help the vulnerable amid the coronavirus crisis. The helpers are needed for delivering food and medicines, driving patients to appointments and phoning the isolated. The scheme is one of a number
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott first performed together in the Beautiful South Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbot have announced they will play a free show for NHS staff working on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. The duo, who recently scored a number one album with Manchester Calling, are
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