The tips encouraging handwashing, social distancing and other familiar practices were published after the White House rejected an earlier draft of recommendations.Customers at the International House of Food in Phoenix. The C.D.C. released a set of guidelines to help businesses decide whether to reopen.Credit...Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York TimesMay 15, 2020Updated 9:07 a.m. ETThe…
Barber Kola Peavy trims customer Aaron Bolling's hair at the Barber Studio in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. (Cam Bonelli/Hattiesburg American via AP)APSome Oregon counties may slowly begin to reopen certain businesses as early as Friday, pending approval by the state.One of those sectors is “personal services,” which includes hair and nail salons, massage therapists and tattoo parlors.Coronavirus…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Can you feel it? Can you feel the pace quickening? More cars on the road, more people in the stores, more ads crowding your inbox?Activity is picking up, even in my state of New York, where we’re still under lockdown. It’s palpable; Americans everywhere are…
Reopening California’s devastated economy is increasingly looking to be a slow, deliberative process in many parts of the state as Gov. Gavin Newsom issued strict protocols that communities must satisfy to speed reopening and health experts warned of the risks of a surge if social distancing is abandoned too early.California will take baby steps in…
After weeks of stay-at-home orders, California will allow some retailers to reopen on Friday.Here is what is open and what is not based on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan:Open with curbside serviceBookstoresMusic storesToy storesFloristsSporting goods retailersClothing stores Other “low-risk” retailers The governor’s office said it also was hoping to allow some manufacturing and logistics businesses to…
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…