Here’s what you need to know: Distrust of the president hardened the conviction of some educators that teaching in person was unsafe. The number of new state unemployment claims in the U.S. fell below one million last week for the first time in months. New Zealand has a fresh outbreak. …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: 34 Health Experts Warn New Data Rules Left Hospitals ‘Scrambling’ and Could Mar Data Integrity
Here’s what you need to know: Experts warn that new U.S. rules on virus data collection are creating problems for hospitals and data integrity. The principals’ and teachers’ unions in N.Y.C. call on the mayor to delay in-person instruction by several weeks. As U.S. schools reopen, New Jersey and Florida …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump’s Order on Pandemic Relief Alarms Governors as Stimulus Talks Stall
Here’s what you need to know: Governors say Trump’s order on pandemic relief would wreck state budgets. Trump considers a rule that would block Americans thought to have the virus from returning home. Britain’s push to open schools may force it to close pubs. Federal schools on Native American reservations, …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: Ohio Governor Urges Caution on Rapid Tests After False Positive
Here’s what you need to know: Use rapid tests, but use them carefully, Ohio’s governor says after a false-positive scare. Trump’s moves on economic aid draw fire on the Sunday news shows. Kansas City, a potential hot spot, needs federal aid to cope, the mayor says. New Zealand goes 100 …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Signs Executive Orders for Economic Relief
Here’s what you need to know: At 5 million cases, the U.S. has passed another coronavirus milestone. With Congress at an impasse, Trump signs actions for another round of economic aid. Universities make reopening plans, and parents see tough choices no matter what. Motorcycles fill the streets of Sturgis, S.D., …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: As U.S. Stimulus Talks Near Collapse, Trump Eyes Executive Orders
Here’s what you need to know: As the U.S. stimulus talks falter again, Trump’s advisers say they would tell him to act on his own. Cuomo says N.Y. schools can reopen in-person but leaves it up to districts to determine if, when and how. The U.S. economy added jobs last …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: Lawmakers Remain at Impasse in Stimulus Package Talks
Here’s what you need to know: A dispute over Postal Service funding complicates the U.S. stimulus impasse as talks continue. After parents and teachers opposed a hybrid model, Chicago schools will reopen online only. N.Y.C. will set up checkpoints to promote compliance with the state’s quarantine rules for many travelers. …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: 6 States Enter Pact to Reduce Testing Times in U.S.
Here’s what you need to know: America is testing more. But the results are too slow, a survey finds. Democrats and Republicans have agreed to work toward a deal on a relief package by the end of the week. The number of virus-related deaths worldwide has passed 700,000. Johnson & …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: Fight Over Aid Package Drags On
Here’s what you need to know: ‘Long days, long nights’: Washington prepares for a prolonged fight over virus relief. Israel’s rocky reopening of its schools may be a lesson for the U.S. As Isaias makes landfall, the coronavirus makes it trickier to shelter from the storm. Trump addresses the death …
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