Good morning and welcome to On Politics, a daily political analysis of the 2020 elections based on reporting by New York Times journalists. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Where things stand At this point, even the best-case coronavirus outcome is not looking very good. Speaking at the White […]
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It’s the first of the month, and everybody knows the rent’s due. For millions of Americans, Wednesday is the first time the landlord is knocking on the door since the coronavirus outbreak turned the economy upside down. Many of those renters are without jobs – nearly 3.3 million people in the U.S. filed for unemployment
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27 Really Funny Tweets About Quarantining With Pets | HuffPost Life Part of HuffPost Relationships. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Huffington Post. Humans aren’t the only ones whose daily lives have been altered by the coronavirus outbreak. Pets used to being alone during the week are now adjusting to their owners being home 24/7
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Image copyright Getty Images The Edinburgh Fringe and four other major cultural festivals in the city have been cancelled this year due to concerns around the Covid-19 pandemic. Edinburgh International Festival and the Fringe, the world’s biggest arts festival, will not take place for the first time in more than 70 years. The Military Tattoo,
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An amateur soccer team in Sweden was subjected to vicious online abuse after one of its practice games received unusually large exposure on betting sites amid the coronavirus pandemic By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer April 1, 2020, 11:37 AM 4 min read An amateur soccer team in Sweden was subjected to vicious online abuse,
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The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP OF THE HOUR: — Japan adds 49 countries to list of countries barred from entering. — Scottish government
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Given the state of the world at the moment, many people aren’t exactly in the mood for April Fools’ Day jokes this year. But just in case anyone feels like attempting one, Jimmy Kimmel has a few ideas. “This one is very ripe because everyone is so on edge and we have nothing but time,” he
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Travel gear is by nature a polarizing topic: hard-shell versus soft-sided, folding versus rolling, carry-on versus checked — heck, even unpacking or not at the start of a vacation. But most people can agree that putting away travel gear after a long trip is a chore. Hence the half-full suitcase that languishes out in the
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The Olympic flame will be on display until the end of April in Japan’s northeastern region of Fukushima April 1, 2020, 10:35 AM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article TOKYO — The Olympic flame will be on display until the end of April in Japan‘s northeastern prefecture of
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Whatever the eventual number will be, the pandemic of 2020 seems likely to rank with the deadliest of the past century. The worst came in 1918-20 and killed about 675,000 Americans, accounting for many of the deaths attributed to World War I. Another pandemic in 1957-58 killed about 116,000 in the United States, and one
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