Image copyright Alex Hilton Image caption IT consultant Alex Hilton with wife Jenny and sons Joe and James British consumers say they are struggling to get refunds on cancelled holidays due to the coronavirus outbreak. IT consultant Alex Hilton and his wife Jenny had planned a skiing holiday in France with university friends they had […]
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New research indicates that the coronavirus began to circulate in the New York area by mid-February, weeks before the first confirmed case, and that travelers brought in the virus mainly from Europe, not Asia. “The majority is clearly European,” said Harm van Bakel, a geneticist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who co-wrote
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This article is part of our latest Artificial Intelligence special report, which focuses on how the technology continues to evolve and affect our lives. Steve Jobs once described personal computing as a “bicycle for the mind.” His idea that computers can be used as “intelligence amplifiers” that offer an important boost for human creativity is
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First-year head coach Matt Rhule said Teddy Bridgewater’s familiarity with the team’s offensive scheme made him the “right fit” at quarterback for the Panthers and ultimately led to Cam Newton’s release By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer April 8, 2020, 8:40 PM 4 min read CHARLOTTE, N.C. — First-year head coach Matt Rhule said Teddy
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WASHINGTON — Seeking to move past allegations that she has tried to profit from the coronavirus crisis, Senator Kelly Loeffler, Republican of Georgia, announced on Wednesday that she and her husband would divest from all individual stocks and move their money into mutual and exchange-traded funds. Ms. Loeffler, a freshman senator who was already in
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The steep drop in air travel is passing a milestone By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer April 9, 2020, 4:25 AM 4 min read 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The number of Americans getting on airplanes has sunk to a level not seen in more than 60 years as people
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People are increasingly wearing gloves and masks in public, in order to protect themselves and reduce the spread of COVID-19. Apparently, though, those gloves and masks need to come with proper disposal directions. Everywhere you look in America, it seems, there are discarded gloves and masks in streets and parking lots, left behind by people
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Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Little Fires Everywhere.” Hulu’s engrossing new drama, “Little Fires Everywhere” (based on the novel by Celeste Ng), gives us plenty to chew on when it comes to the policing of motherhood. But no scene captures that more viscerally than when a tearful Mia (Kerry Washington) bangs on her window, screaming “You’re
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Image copyright Getty Images The economic fallout from the coronavirus could increase global poverty by as much a half a billion. This bleak warning comes from a United Nations (UN) study into the financial and human cost of the pandemic. It will be the first time that poverty has increased globally in 30 years, according
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The steep drop in air travel is passing a milestone By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer April 9, 2020, 4:25 AM 4 min read 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The number of Americans getting on airplanes has sunk to a level not seen in more than 60 years as people
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