WASHINGTON — As lawmakers prepare for another round of fiscal stimulus to address economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested the next package include a retroactive rollback of a tax change that hurt high earners in states like New York and California. A full rollback of the limit on the state and […]
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Some service stations in the U.S. are selling gasoline for 99 cents a gallon, prices not seen in about two decades By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer March 31, 2020, 12:54 AM 3 min read DALLAS — U.S. gasoline prices have dropped to their lowest levels in four years, and they are almost sure to
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RIO DE JANEIRO — A month ago, a massive Carnival party bursting with samba music and smiling faces raged inside Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome. Today, its floodlights are off and there’s no hint of celebration as its grounds serve a humanitarian purpose: protecting the homeless from the new coronavirus. Rio’s Sambadrome started receiving homeless people
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Who would have thought that a song that includes the lyrics “it spreads quicker than a hooker’s legs” could do such a solid public service. Last week, a YouTuber named Chris Franklin released an explicit poem about the importance of social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic on his account. The poem, called “Stay the Fuck
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Free agent safety Eric Reid is calling for an investigation and a re-vote in the NFL’s recently ratified collective bargaining agreement By ARNIE STAPLETON and JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writers March 30, 2020, 8:33 PM 3 min read Free agent safety Eric Reid wants the NFL’s new collective bargaining agreement invalidated over language added following
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WASHINGTON — The numbers the health officials showed President Trump were overwhelming. With the peak of the coronavirus pandemic still weeks away, he was told, hundreds of thousands of Americans could face death if the country reopened too soon. But there was another set of numbers that also helped persuade Mr. Trump to shift gears
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Signaling both growing anxiety and growing solidarity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, workers in a variety of occupations across the country are protesting what they see as inadequate safety measures and insufficient pay for the risks they are confronting. On Monday, a contingent of workers who fulfill orders for the grocery delivery service Instacart
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Image copyright Getty Images A simple blood test can check for more than 50 types of cancer, often before any signs or symptoms, scientists say. It could help diagnose tumours sooner, when they are easier to treat and, ideally, cure, experts hope. More than 99% of positive results are accurate, the team says, but it
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Leave it to Dolly Parton to find a warm and thoughtful way to ease fears amidst the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the country music icon unveiled plans for “Goodnight with Dolly,” a weekly video series featuring her reading different children’s stories on behalf of her Imagination Library, a literacy advocacy group. The first installment will air Thursday on
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Image caption Victoria Repa avidly read business books as a child The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Ukrainian entrepreneur Victoria Repa, founder of weight-loss and fitness app BetterMe. Victoria Repa had an unlikely start in life for a successful tech entrepreneur –
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