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 in the race Cory Booker became the latest former presidential candidate to endorse Joe Biden, and our […]
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NEW YORK — Coronavirus fears and a crash in oil prices sent a shudder through financial markets Monday, with stocks plummeting so fast on Wall Street that they triggered the first automatic halt in trading in over two decades. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 2,000 points at one point during the day,
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBoris Johnson: “Our scientists think containment is extremely unlikely to work on its own” People who show “even minor” signs of respiratory tract infections or a fever will soon be told to self-isolate in an effort to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The UK government’s chief medical adviser
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dave won the album of the year award at this year’s Brits ceremony More than 300 complaints that rapper Dave’s performance at the Brit Awards was racist against white people have been rejected by the UK media watchdog. Ofcom received 309 complaints about the song Black, which the London
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Image copyright Tiffany Snowden Image caption The Snowdens can’t always charge their car outside their house They’ve got the only electric car in the village. Tiffany Snowden and her husband bought their second-hand Nissan Leaf a few weeks ago and love it. It’s smooth to drive and, she says, “It’s got quite a lot of
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Greece’s Olympic Committee announced Monday that no spectators will be allowed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia on Thursday due to the coronavirus outbreak. “The Olympic Flame Touch Ceremony will be held without the presence of spectators and will be attended by only 100 guests with accreditation from the International
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether judges must determine that juvenile offenders are incorrigible before sentencing them to die in prison. The case, involving a teenager who killed his grandfather, is the latest in a series of cases on the constitutionality of harsh punishments for youths who commit crimes before
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If You’re An Introvert, These 17 Tweets Will Speak Your Mind | HuffPost Life Part of HuffPost Wellness. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Huffington Post. If you’re an introvert, you value your alone time. You tend to think before you speak. You’d much rather socialize one-on-one than in a group. A phone call is
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s farewell tour is coming to a close. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reunited with Kate Middleton, Prince William, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, for the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on Monday. This is Meghan and Harry’s last scheduled appearance as working members
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Small towns and remote rural areas are set to benefit from the new deal The companies that run the UK’s mobile network have agreed a deal to eliminate signal dead zones in remote areas. The Shared Rural Network aims to extend 4G coverage to 95% of the UK, no
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