Новости за 10.05.2020

ByLisa Martucci-Thibault“I’m not ready,” I confessed to my husband when the early pregnancy test indicated I was carrying a tiny embryo. He had heard me say that repeatedly over the past decade and laughed. Then, I picked up the phone to tell my mother, patiently hoping for this news since my wedding.She was hardly subtle […]

WASHINGTON — An unprecedented shift in American democracy is underway, as more states and counties turn to voting by mail. But as jurisdictions prepare for a pandemic-riddled presidential election, the threat of a financial crisis at the U.S. Postal Service looms over that alternative to in-person voting.If Congress does not pass a $75 billion bailout, […]

According to a report from the Daily Beast, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is upsetting foreign allies  — as well as some of his own staffers — by spouting unfounded conspiracy rumors about the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when they are attempting to work together to solve the riddle of the health crisis that […]

According to a report from the Washington Post, Donald Trump has become depressed by his plummeting poll numbers leading up to the November election as the coronavirus pandemic overwhelms any message he hopes to push for his re-election. Noting that the president’s administration is struggling to expand testing for COVID-19, the report also states that […]

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped four million as some of the hardest-hit countries readied Sunday to lift lockdown restrictions despite concern about a second wave of infections. Governments around the world are trying to stop the spread of the deadly disease while scrambling for ways to relieve pressure on their economies, which are […]

What’s in a name? We can only wonder if, in a different world, Larry Page and Sergey Brin would have had taken over the Internet with a search engine called BackRub, or if a singer called Stefani Germanotta would have sold ten million copies of “Bad Romance.” One thing I am sure of, however, is […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hours after California State University, Sacramento’s president condemned the behavior of a professor and his wife caught on camera in an “ugly” confrontation with neighbors, the educator apologized for his wife’s use of a racial slur and said she was seeking help for alcohol and drug abuse.The video of associate professor Tim […]

Beijing (AFP) – Like many couples in the era of social distancing, Ma Jialun and Zhang Yitong held their wedding ceremony online — but they added a twist by livestreaming the event to more than 100,000 strangers.Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions have forced people around the world to delay their nuptials or adapt to the […]

NOTE: This story and its headline have been updated to reflect how the state is classifying coronavirus deaths at longterm care facilities.Nine weeks into New Jersey’s coronavirusoutbreak — the second-largest among American states — more than a third of the state’s deaths officially attributed to the disease have come at long-term care facilities.And that doesn’t […]

NEW YORK — Two more New York children have died from a “toxic shock-like” ailment that doctors now think is tied to the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday.The toddlers who died were being treated for symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease, a mysterious and rare ailment, and tested positive for COVID-19.“The illness has taken […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — If Florida experiences the misfortune of a hurricane on top of an epidemic this year, the encounter will be unlike any previous confrontation with the powerful storms.If you lose power, it may take longer to get it back. If your house is damaged, the in-person insurance adjuster could be replaced by […]

SEATTLE — One of the hottest debates in the coronavirus pandemic is whether the malaria drugs promoted as possible treatments by President Donald Trump really work. But Americans don’t seem overly eager to help answer the question.Enrollment in several clinical trials of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — including two by the University of Washington — has […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly two weeks after President Donald Trump proclaimed that meat processors should remain open, thousands of U.S. meatpacking workers are still not being tested for the coronavirus.Pork, beef and poultry laborers have been asked to return to fast-moving, shoulder-to-shoulder meat-cutting lines with no clear idea of who does or does not carry the […]

OLYMPIA, Wash. — As demonstrators of Washington’s stay-at-home order to slow the new coronavirus converged Saturday on the Capitol campus to again protest the restrictions, opposition has taken a darker turn online.Two Facebook pages this week posted names, emails and phone numbers of state residents who had complained to the state about businesses allegedly violating […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dozens of demonstrators in militia clothing descended Saturday on the west side of the state Capitol, one of at least three groups protesting California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s coronavirus stay-at-home order in downtown Sacramento.A group calling itself the 2nd Regiment of the California State Militia held a silent vigil on the sidewalk, where […]

The Georgia attorney general has promised his office will investigate local authorities’ handling of the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the black 25-year-old man shot to death by two white men who escaped charges for more than two months.Captured in a shaky graphic video that went viral this week, the Feb. 23 shooting of Arbery in […]

MIAMI — As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to allow phased reopenings in more parts of the state, the state’s Department of Health announced a new app that streamlines the way Floridians and others can take the Community Action Survey, which officials say can help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.Data from the survey […]

Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s top infectious disease expert, is putting himself in “modified quarantine” after possibly being exposed to a White House staffer with coronavirus, CNN reported Saturday.Fauci, 79, told CNN correspondent Jake Tapper that the contact was “low risk” — meaning he did not have direct contact with the sick staffer.A test Friday […]

New York (AFP) – Could a new type of ultraviolet lamp be used in stations, airplanes and schools to kill dangerous viruses, becoming a gamechanger in the COVID-19 fight?Researchers at Columbia University have been working on such uses for years, and the current pandemic could confirm the value of their efforts.UVC lamps have long been […]

Washington (AFP) – The cost of a university education in the United States has long been eye-watering, with a year costing tens of thousands of dollars.But as the coronavirus crisis settles in, students — many of whom take out huge loans to finance their degrees — are wondering how to justify spending $70,000 a year […]

Washington (AFP) – One week after Sally realized she was pregnant, her home state Texas temporarily banned abortions, deeming them unnecessary elective procedures that were suspended because of the coronavirus crisis.So, the 34-year-old, whose name has been changed for this story to protect her privacy, took matters into her own hands — something she never […]

New York (AFP) – A ferocious pianist with a madcap rubberband of a voice and bombastic stage personality, Little Richard, who died Saturday at 87, will go down in history as a key architect behind years of rock’s music world dominance.But though his pancake makeup and gaudy costumes oozed sexual ambiguity, Little Richard’s upbringing in […]

Washington (AFP) – Former president Barack Obama has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it an “absolute chaotic disaster.”In a leaked web call Friday night with former members of his administration, Obama also said the Justice Department’s decision to drop charges against Michael Flynn, the former Trump national […]

Caracas (AFP) – Venezuela has charged two former US soldiers with terrorism and conspiracy for allegedly taking part in a failed bid to topple President Nicolas Maduro, the attorney general said on Friday.Luke Alexander Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, were among 17 people captured by the Venezuelan military, which said it had thwarted an […]

President Donald Trump met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Saturday. The White House released a photo of the Cabinet Room meeting that also included senior military leadership. In the photo, nobody is seen wearing a mask, even though two White House aides have tested positive for COVID-19 in […]