KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — As the coronavirus spreads in Africa, it threatens in multiple ways those who earn their living on the streets — people like Mignonne, a 25-year-old sex worker with HIV.The lockdown in Rwanda has kept many of her customers away, she said, so she has less money to buy food. And when…
Unemployed workers will be eligible for an additional 20 weeks of unemployment benefits, the N.J. Labor Department said Wednesday. Until now, workers maxed out at 39 weeks.The news is a relief for the many thousands of workers who are about to — or who already have — exhausted their state and federal unemployment benefits.“The state…
Covid-19 cases were climbing at Michigan’s McLaren Flint hospital. So Roger Liddell, 64, who procured supplies for the hospital, asked for an N95 respirator for his own protection, since his work brought him into the same room as covid-positive patients. But the hospital denied his request, said Kelly Indish, president of the American Federation of…
In the hours before his rally in Tulsa, President Trump’s campaign directed the removal of thousands of “Do Not Sit Here, Please!” stickers from seats in the arena that were intended to establish social distance between rallygoers, according to video and photos obtained by The Washington Post and a person familiar with the event.The removal…
The program is crucial to the next phase of reopening, which begins on Monday. But workers have not had much success in getting information from people who test positive.Daniel Okpare, a public health student in East Harlem, is in training to become a contact tracer.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York TimesJune 21, 2020Updated 7:09 a.m. ETNew York…
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…