NEW YORK — Pat Marmo walked among 20 or so deceased in the basement of his Brooklyn funeral home, his protective mask pulled down so his pleas could be heard. “Every person there, they’re not a body,” he said. “They’re a father, they’re a mother, they’re a grandmother. They’re not bodies. They’re people.” Like many […]
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The New England Patriots’ air game is better than ever. The team jet picked up 1.2 million N95 masks in Shenzhen, China, Thursday to bring back to Massachusetts for the state’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic, according to Boston.com and The Wall Street Journal. The plane, dispatched by team owner Robert Kraft and his son, team
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Coronavirus has halted many global deliveries Globalisation has been one of the buzzwords of the past 25 years. It may seem a rather strange concept, since any economic historian will tell you that people have been trading across vast distances for centuries, if not millennia. You only have to
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Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Amid all the bleak news about the coronavirus pandemic, it’s important to remember that there are so many heroes in America right now. Of course,
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After a record 113 straight months of hiring, the government’s monthly jobs report Friday is expected to show that the American jobs machine came to a sudden halt in March as a result of the coronavirus By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer April 3, 2020, 4:22 AM 3 min read 3 min read Share to
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Image copyright Reuters The government is under pressure to explain how it will meet its target of increasing coronavirus testing ten-fold by the end of April. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said he wants 100,000 tests to be carried out every day. But Labour said there were no details on how this could be achieved
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Ever the kindhearted superstar, Dolly Parton is finding gracious ways to spend her time and money during the coronavirus pandemic. The country music icon on Wednesday revealed plans to donate $1 million to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, where “exciting advancements” in coronavirus research were being made. The announcement came one day
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption About 4.3bn journeys were made by bus in England in 2018-19 The government will cover the losses of bus companies in England over the next three months to ensure that services can still run. The UK’s bus industry says passenger numbers have “fallen off a cliff” since the government
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About 100,000 tourists stuck in New Zealand since it started a coronavirus lockdown last week are starting to fly home By NICK PERRY Associated Press April 3, 2020, 3:28 AM 3 min read WELLINGTON, New Zealand — About 100,000 tourists stuck in New Zealand since it began a lockdown last week were starting to fly
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WASHINGTON — The Navy removed the captain of the stricken aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt on Thursday, only days after he implored his superior officers for more help as a coronavirus outbreak spread aboard the ship. In a letter that leaked to news organizations on Tuesday, Capt. Brett E. Crozier laid out the dire situation unfolding
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