(Reuters) — Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs has pulled the plug on its Toronto “smart city” project, citing “unprecedented economic uncertainty” in a setback for the city’s long-planned waterfront revitalization. Sidewalk Labs had developed a proposal for a futuristic, data-driven city development along Toronto’s downtown lakeshore. It was working with a government-mandated …
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New York City’s coronavirus outbreak grew so large by early March that the city became the primary source of new infections in the United States, new research reveals, as thousands of infected people traveled from the city and seeded outbreaks around the country. The research indicates that a wave of …
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PATERSON, N.J. — “Back up, sir!” shouted Kenny Kiefer, a Fire Department battalion chief, his N95 mask muffling his words. “What?” replied the frail older man leaning out the doorway of a shelter and addiction treatment center, who had called 911 because he was having trouble breathing. Smiling timidly, he …
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The plane leaving New York was nearly empty. Ariella Tabick, one of a handful of passengers flying to Colorado on Thursday evening, was 31 weeks pregnant, and the idea of giving birth at a hospital in New York City had started to feel too risky. So Tabick, a special education …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: State and City Leaders Clamor for Medical Supplies as U.S. Cases Top 135,000
新冠病毒疫情最新消息 Here’s what you need to know: Mayor Bill de Blasio and many other elected leaders stress their urgent need for medical supplies. A delivery of medical supplies arrives in New York from China, the work of Jared Kushner’s public-private partnership. With global cases passing 675,000, Syria reports its first …
Read More »Holy Lashes! City Beauty Launches NEW Beyond Mascara!
Press Sample Today is the launch of Beyond Mascara, City Beauty’s new mascara. If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that mascara is my go-to, can’t-live-without makeup product. I am also very picky about my mascara. There is a strict criterion the mascara must …
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