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Coronavirus Spread Hits 1-Day High, World Health Organization Says

June 19, 2020 - 9:10pm

The coronavirus pandemic reached a new one-day high Thursday with 150,000 new confirmed cases, according to the World Health Organization.

Almost half of those cases were reported in the Americas, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference.

"The world is in a new and...

Coronavirus FAQs: Home Repair Guidelines, Toilet Plumes, Manicures And Self-Spraying

June 19, 2020 - 9:04pm

Each week, we answer "frequently asked questions" about life during the coronavirus crisis. And we ask readers to send in their queries. Some of the questions we get are a little ... unusual. They may not be the most critical health questions. Yet they are definitely interesting. So this week,...

Zoom Call Eviction Hearings: 'They'll Throw Everything I Have Out On The Street'

June 19, 2020 - 8:31pm

Many state and local governments have decided it isn't safe yet to hold in-person eviction hearings in court during the pandemic. But apparently it's OK for people to be put out on the street during the outbreak if you do it after a Zoom call.

That's what's happening in...

'Democracy In One Book Or Less' Proposes Solutions To U.S. Government Ills

June 19, 2020 - 8:25pm

Our twin pandemics in the forefront at the moment — racism and health — underscore a democracy in crisis.

David Litt, author of Thanks, Obama and a speechwriter for the 44th president, has a prescription: Democracy In One Book Or Less: How it Works, Why It Doesn't, and Why...

Across The U.S., A Juneteenth 'Tinted With Sorrow' And Buoyed By Hope

June 19, 2020 - 7:16pm

Updated at 3:36 p.m. ET

The weeks since the killing of George Floyd have been a cauldron of outrage, frustration and, at times, violence. But on Friday, Juneteenth brought another emotion to this simmering mixture: the joy of celebration.

Demonstrators planned rallies in towns and ...

De Blasio Makes Juneteenth An Official New York City Holiday

June 19, 2020 - 7:11pm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that the city will officially observe Juneteenth as a city and school holiday starting next year.

"Every city worker, every student, will have an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of our history and the truth, and to think about...

Apple Closing 11 Stores Again In States Seeing a Spike in Coronavirus Cases

June 19, 2020 - 6:55pm

Apple said Friday it has decided to close 11 stores in four states in which coronavirus infections are surging. The decision comes just weeks after the company had reopened those locations.

The states where the stores are closing, starting Saturday, are in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and...

Anderson .Paak's 'Lockdown' Examines The Quiet Spaces Of An Uprising

June 19, 2020 - 6:44pm

When I think about the screen images that startled me into a new way of thinking, one always surfaces first. Agnes Varda's 1986 masterwork Vagabond, about the short life of a young homeless woman played by Sandrine Bonnaire, is filmed in faux-documentary style. It opens with the discovery of...

Tom Ridge, Ex-DHS Secretary, Laments 'Sad' Trump Fears About Voting By Mail

June 19, 2020 - 6:10pm

A prominent Republican has tough words for President Trump's campaign against the expansion of mail-in voting and says the president's criticism could undermine his own party's efforts to retain control of the Senate.

"It's got to be pretty discouraging, I would think, to incumbent members of the Senate, who...

Louisville's Police Department Fires An Officer Involved In Breonna Taylor's Death

June 19, 2020 - 4:37pm

Kentucky's Louisville Metro Police Department is firing one of the police officers involved in the shooting death of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, saying that Brett Hankison "displayed an extreme indifference to the value of human life."

Mayor Greg Fischer announced Friday morning that the Louisville police chief has started...

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Coronavirus Spread Hits 1-Day High, World Health Organization Says

Coronavirus FAQs: Home Repair Guidelines, Toilet Plumes, Manicures And Self-Spraying

Zoom Call Eviction Hearings: 'They'll Throw Everything I Have Out On The Street'

'Democracy In One Book Or Less' Proposes Solutions To U.S. Government Ills

Across The U.S., A Juneteenth 'Tinted With Sorrow' And Buoyed By Hope

De Blasio Makes Juneteenth An Official New York City Holiday

Apple Closing 11 Stores Again In States Seeing a Spike in Coronavirus Cases

Anderson .Paak's 'Lockdown' Examines The Quiet Spaces Of An Uprising

Tom Ridge, Ex-DHS Secretary, Laments 'Sad' Trump Fears About Voting By Mail

Louisville's Police Department Fires An Officer Involved In Breonna Taylor's Death

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