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A $900 Billion Plan Would Help the Economy, but Not Fix It

The economic recovery, slowing for months, is in danger of going into reverse. That’s why a growing list of economists, business lobbyists and other advocacy groups are urging lawmakers to rally around the $908 billion aid package currently gaining bipartisan support in Congress. A plan of that size would fall short of doing everything that […] More

by Tonya Frazier December 4, 2020, 11:07 pm
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For Boris Johnson, a Week to Exorcise the Demons of 2020

LONDON — Britain’s approval of a coronavirus vaccine this week, beating every other Western country, would be a political gift for any leader. But perhaps none needs it as much as Prime Minister Boris Johnson. A successful vaccine rollout could be the last chance for Mr. Johnson’s government to show competence, after botching virtually every […] More

by Tonya Frazier December 4, 2020, 10:22 pm
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Covid ‘Long-Haulers’ Need Medical Attention, Experts Urge

Dr. John Brooks, the chief medical officer of the C.D.C.’s Covid response, the co-chairman with Dr. Saag of one session, said he expected long-term post-Covid symptoms would affect “on the order of tens of thousands in the United States and possibly hundreds of thousands.” He added, “If you were to ask me what do we […] More

by Tonya Frazier December 4, 2020, 6:28 pm
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Lon Adams, Who Gave the Slim Jim Its Flavor, Dies at 95

So Mr. Adams began tinkering. The details of how exactly a Slim Jim is made are not for the faint of heart. “Slim Jims begin as 60-pound frozen blocks of sliced meat labeled ‘beef head meat,’ which originates on the foreheads and cheeks of cattle,” The Times Magazine wrote after being given a “one-time peek” […] More

by Tonya Frazier December 4, 2020, 5:48 pm
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How 700 Epidemiologists Are Living Now, and What They Think Is Next

How and when will life go back to normal? “For some, it has gone back to normal, and because of this, it will be two to three years before things are back to normal for the cautious, at least in the U.S.” Cathryn Bock, associate professor, Wayne State University “The new normal will be continued […] More

by Tonya Frazier December 4, 2020, 3:53 pm
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A Jobs Report Without Silver Linings

The bad news in the November jobs numbers reported Friday isn’t in the rate of job creation, though that was pretty bad. Employers added only 245,000 positions last month, and even if you adjust for the one-time effects of temporary census jobs being eliminated, it would take 29 more months to return to February employment […] More

by Tonya Frazier December 4, 2020, 3:43 pm
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Opinion | Learning From ‘Leaf Town’

By now you have probably noticed that we’ve been referring to Leaf Town in the past tense. It didn’t take long for the robberies to start. “The robbers tricked us,” Rose explained. “They looked like normal kids, and then when we took our money out, they would grab all our leaves and run. It made […] More

by Tonya Frazier December 4, 2020, 3:10 pm
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Melinda Gates Interview: Coronavirus, Masks and Inequality

As the valedictorian of her Dallas high school, Melinda Gates delivered a graduation speech that included a quote attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson. “To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived,” she told her classmates, “this is to have succeeded.” Decades later and billions of dollars wealthier, Ms. Gates says the […] More

by Tonya Frazier December 4, 2020, 3:02 pm
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Biden Asks Fauci to Stay, and Plans a Mask Plea

Joe Biden has asked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, to maintain his central role in fighting the coronavirus pandemic once Biden assumes the presidency, he said yesterday during an interview on CNN. “I asked him to stay on in the exact same role he’s had for the past several presidents, and […] More

by Tonya Frazier December 4, 2020, 12:01 pm
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The Uncertain State of the Subway

Weather: Mostly cloudy, afternoon rain with a high about 50. Cold and windy tomorrow, with a chance of light snow; sunny and warmer Sunday. Alternate-side parking: In effect until Tuesday (Immaculate Conception). Nobody knows what the future holds for New York City’s transit system. It’s carrying about a third of its usual 5.5 million weekday […] More

by Tonya Frazier December 4, 2020, 9:22 am
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Blue State or Red, Pandemic Upends Public Services and Jobs

The coronavirus pandemic has inflicted an economic battering on state and local governments, shrinking tax receipts by hundreds of billions of dollars. Now devastating budget cuts loom, threatening to cripple public services and pare work forces far beyond the 1.3 million jobs lost in eight months. Governors, mayors and county executives have pleaded for federal […] More

by Tonya Frazier December 4, 2020, 8:52 am
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Lawmakers Inch Toward Stimulus Compromise

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory and faster-than-expected breakthroughs on a coronavirus vaccine have shifted the dynamics of stimulus talks in Congress, leading to the first serious bipartisan negotiations in months and empowering rank-and-file lawmakers who have long agitated for a compromise. With many cities and states reinstating lockdowns and the pace of job […] More

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