BEIJING — Global stock markets rebounded Tuesday from record-setting declines after President Donald Trump said he would ask Congress for a tax cut and other measures to ease the pain of the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Oil prices also recovered some of their losses in Monday’s record-setting plunge. London opened 1.8% higher and Frankfurt advanced 1%. […]
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WASHINGTON — Can any American who’s sick get tested for the worrisome new coronavirus? That’s been a complicated question, one that’s left doctors, patients and some health experts frustrated and concerned. U.S. health officials say more and more public and private laboratories are now able to test for the virus. But some experts have wondered
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When all is said and done this primary election season, some Republicans will vote against Donald Trump — just like they did the last time. Samantha Bee talked to one of them on “Full Frontal” last week while doing a mop-up of Super Tuesday. She found a 45-year registered Republican Never Trumper, a class of
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The first Earth Day was conceived by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin as an environmental teach-in. On April 22, 1970, an estimated 20 million people participated in rallies and protests. With grass roots activism increasing over the years, Earth Day has since gone global. And for many organizers now, it feels more important than ever
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LeBron James was making a statement on the court when the Milwaukee Bucks had to make one of their own. Giannis Antetokounmpo had been hurt two nights earlier while losing to James and the Los Angeles Lakers, and on Sunday afternoon they said the reigning MVP had a minor sprain of his left knee and
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On a recent day, he called in one of the high school’s high-achieving juniors to talk about possibilities, including the University of Michigan scholarship. “Do you know how much your parents make?” Mr. Harris asked Jessica Albrecht, who is 17. She told him that her father is a truck driver, and her mother works in
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says his administration will ask Congress to pass payroll tax relief and other quick measures as a public health and economic maelstrom brought on by the coronavirus drew closer to him personally. Intending to calm the fears of financial markets over the impact of the epidemic, Trump told reporters Monday
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Image copyright ITV Coronation Street has been praised for its “really powerful” storyline about gay footballer James Bailey. The plot sees James balance being gay with sporting ambitions after coming out to his family. It all comes to a head this week, when rumours about James’s sexuality spread on social media, forcing his club to
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Thousands of passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the novel coronavirus waited anxiously Tuesday for their chance to leave the vessel, even if meant being shipped to military bases for weeks of quarantine. After days of being forced to idle off the Northern California coast, the Grand Princess docked Monday at
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TOKYO — The tentacles of canceling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. The International Olympic Committee and local organizers say the games are on, but the
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