April marked the most dramatic and, some would say, dangerous phase of the Covid-19 crisis in the US. Deaths were increasing, bodies were piling up in refrigerated trucks outside hospitals in New York City and ventilators and personal protective equipment were in desperately short supply. The economy was falling off the proverbial cliff, with unemployment…
Britain is set to phase out Huawei equipment from its 5G mobile networks this year, the U.K. press reported over the weekend. If so, it marks a major U-turn in the government's position on the Chinese telecommunications giant.The government is drawing up plans to strip Huawei gear from Britain's next-generation networks by the end of…
After more than three months on lockdown, New York City began the biggest phase of its reopening on Monday, with workers streaming back into offices and some businesses such as hair salons resuming services. The coronavirus pandemic has forced those who normally toil in the city to stay at home since lockdown began in mid-March.…
We're now in Phase 2 of our reopening in NYC, and with current testing showing the infection rate holding at 1.5%, we can now dine and drink outdoors, with certain restrictions. While we've already seen this kind of activity over the past couple of weeks, Phase 2 will bring even more establishments back, officially. As…
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said “Phase 2” of the city’s reopening plan amid the coronavirus pandemic is expected to begin next Monday.During a press briefing Thursday, de Blasio said that based on the data he has received, the city, which has been considered the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United…
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…