“We can’t allow folks from outside our community to lecture us about Black lives,” said a member of the New York City Council, opposing the N.Y.P.D. cuts.Protesters formed a barricade in front of City Hall Tuesday night.Credit...Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi for The New York TimesPublished June 30, 2020Updated July 1, 2020, 12:48 a.m. ETNew York City…
According to a new report from a federal watchdog, the government sent out $1.4 billion in coronavirus stimulus checks to dead people.People are very mad about this "waste."These people are very wrong. In fact, it's more worrying that the amount of overpayment was too low.People are dying, people are unemployed. We should be more worried that…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels on May 27, 2020, amid the crisis linked with the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus.Kenzo Tribouillard | AFP | Getty ImagesThe European Commission has unveiled plans for a 750 billion euro ($826.5 billion) recovery fund…
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A $500 billion Treasury Department fund created by the Cares Act in March to help stabilize the economy has lent barely any money, according to an initial report issued by a new Congressional Oversight Commission.The money was supposed to be used to help prop up large segments of the U.S. economy at a time when…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that New York will report a $13.3 billion shortfall in revenue compared with its original forecast — representing a 14% decline in the state's projected receipts.The Empire State, which has been hit harder by the coronavirus pandemic than anywhere else in the U.S., currently forecasts $61 billion in total lost…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…