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Local governments are now challenging the primacy of the centralized state, the foundation of French society, after it allowed supplies of virus-fighting masks and test kits to be depleted.
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Here’s what you need to know.
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The death toll is expected to rise with many workers believed to be missing inside a warehouse filled with toxic gas.
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Posted: April 29th, 2020, 12:21pm CEST
The latest on stock market and business news during the coronavirus outbreak.
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For the Zulu club, a black social organization in New Orleans, Mardi Gras was a joy. The coronavirus made it a tragedy.
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Posted: April 29th, 2020, 12:10pm CEST
She ordered Michigan to stay on lockdown through mid-May. He thinks the measures are too extreme.
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The ex-presidential candidate has boosted his profile, giving money to Bronx residents and starting a podcast and an antidiscrimination campaign.
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The prime minister of Britain and Ms. Symonds, who both recently battled the coronavirus, have said they planned to be married this summer.
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Enterprising creative workers, like artists, photographers and students, are using their unique skills to help the city through the pandemic.
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Posted: April 29th, 2020, 11:16am CEST
The governor waded into the city-versus-state dispute over the issue of homeless people sleeping on trains.
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Dozens of tracking apps for smartphones are being used or developed to help contain the coronavirus pandemic. But there are worries about privacy and hastily written software.
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It worked for him before, but will the rising racial liberalism of white Democrats counter the rising racial conservatism of white Republicans? Is that even the right way to frame the question?
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Federal support for cities and states was a core part of the New Deal. The president is tearing it apart.
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There’s a reason video apps make you feel awkward and unfulfilled.
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Our ability to test for coronavirus antibodies is growing, but what we can do with that information is still limited.
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When she made “Saving Face,” Wu didn’t expect to influence a generation of Asian-American actresses and directors. Her new Netflix movie arrives in a much different time.
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Monetary policy has taken a back seat as the central bank has begun lending programs to prop up markets reeling from the pandemic.
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A buyout firm is trying to back out of its deal for Victoria’s Secret, citing the coronavirus. The contract’s wording will make that tricky.
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Amid an economic catastrophe, a few billionaires are still winning.
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President López Obrador and businesses will have to work miracles to avoid economic catastrophe.
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Supreme Court precedent comes down on the side of state and local governments.
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Some people are using time in isolation to resolve deeply held grudges.
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The authorities have announced that the kidnapping of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen may have been fabricated by her husband, Tom Hagen, one of Norway’s wealthiest businessmen.
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The Indian actor brought a modern sensibility to recent hit movies and was featured in several Hollywood films, including “Life of Pi” and “The Namesake.”
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The Greeks have been dogged by years of instability, but their government’s response to the coronavirus has won praise from citizens.
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A doctor stricken with Covid-19 was running out of options. His family mounted a search for a donor whose plasma might help.
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“Oh my God. You are the head of the coronavirus task force. And you’re in the hospital, and you’re the only one without a mask,” Stephen Colbert said of Mr. Pence’s visit to the Mayo Clinic.
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After overseeing the dispersal of hundreds of Hasidic mourners in Brooklyn, Mayor Bill de Blasio called the gathering “absolutely unacceptable.”
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Yes, it’s possible.
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The Hall of Fame induction ceremony is still planned for late July, but making it happen with the proper fanfare seems impossible while the threat of the coronavirus looms.
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Mr. Amash, an independent congressman from Michigan who left the Republican Party last year, said he was exploring running as a Libertarian, adding new volatility to the race.
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The executive order is meant to prevent shortages of pork, chicken and other products. But unions fear it will endanger workers in the plants, which have become coronavirus hot spots.
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Most districts have no plans to end online lessons soon, and reopening will bring significant changes, educators say.
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While the RNA of the virus was found in tiny droplets in China, scientists don’t know if it was capable of transmitting the virus.
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We can rebuild better. Here’s how.
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The Swedes aren’t battling the coronavirus with broad lockdowns.
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Never get in the way of an incumbent who is digging his own grave.
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More than 5,200 construction projects have reopened in New York City, offering a glimpse of new routines in postpandemic workplaces.
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Here’s what you need to know about the pros and cons of using melatonin supplements for sleeping difficulties.
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Canceled rallies. A looming election. A stretched healthcare system with a predominantly female face. Women’s frustrations then resonate loud and clear today.
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The strikes at Amazon and elsewhere over working conditions and low pay have been small, but they may spark a new movement.
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The playwright and performance artist is working on two new productions from the Berkshires, and is enjoying virtual cocktail hours.
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Some parents think siblings make kids happier. Others say singletons are better off. Emily Oster looks at what the data says.
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Digital influencers are shaping our habits, even now and even if we’re clueless about it.
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Sally Rooney’s novel comes to Hulu as a sad, sexy, class- and power-conscious coming-of-age story.
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We may not be thrilled with our housebound conditions, but what better opportunity for learning a foreign language?
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“You have an American amount of rice,” my mother told me as news of the coronavirus intensified. “Go get the biggest bag you can find.”
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Your finances may be tight, but there are helpful changes you can make during the coronavirus lockdown.
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A journalist introduces readers to a new mother struggling mightily, against all odds, to find a permanent place to live.
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“She tried to do her job, and it killed her,” said the father of Dr. Lorna M. Breen, who worked at a Manhattan hospital hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak.
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How does a two-and-a-half-hour show become a half-hour online event? Deliberately, haltingly, and with a few technical glitches.
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A new study of lizards in countries struck by hurricanes suggests cataclysmic weather can reshape entire species.
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We asked pharmacists and doctors what they would want in the house for their own families. Here’s what they suggested.
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Men are more likely than women to die of the coronavirus, so scientists are treating them with something women have more of: female sex hormones.
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Even before the pandemic, many parents rejected readily available, safe and effective immunizations that can protect their children.
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Posted: April 25th, 2020, 3:45pm CEST
As of Friday, the U.S. death toll was more than 45,000 and the global total was creeping toward 200,000, even as nations and American cities tentatively reopen.
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Posted: April 25th, 2020, 3:36pm CEST
The global death toll is nearing 200,000. Britain’s government faces pressure to be more open about the secretive group guiding its response to the pandemic.
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The attack at Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site in eastern Congo, was among the deadliest in its recent history.
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China arrested five former employees who had discussed the tech giant’s Iranian sales in a chat group, raising questions about its government ties.
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Walled off from voters in a distinctive kind of lockdown, Mr. Biden has developed a routine, of sorts, as he seeks the presidency from his basement.
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The election is still six months away, but a rash of ominous new polls and the president’s erratic briefings have the G.O.P. worried about a Democratic takeover.
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Dominic Cummings, a major Brexit strategist, took part in Britain’s top scientific advisory group, but only to listen and offer help, the government said.
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The 27-year-old Iraqi man is accused of enslaving and murdering a 5-year-old. His trial is believed to be the first that carries the charge of genocide in relation to the Yazidis.
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A team of scientists worked around the clock to evaluate 14 antibody tests. A few worked as advertised. Most did not.
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When the pandemic shuttered colleges, many international students had no idea where to live or whether they would ever be able to return to class.
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Posted: April 25th, 2020, 2:48pm CEST
The number of coronavirus patients in hospitals in New York State is down almost 25 percent since last week.
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Frozen dumplings as skulls and A/C ducts as fashion accessories. A Facebook group for art re-enactors has gained 540,000 followers across the locked-down globe.
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The heated debate over when to restart the economy has obscured an issue that could prove just as thorny: How to do it.
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Undeterred by the coronavirus, couples across the Middle East are pressing ahead with scaled-back weddings. The authorities aren’t always thrilled.
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Migrant workers globally send hundreds of billions of dollars home every year. The economic paralysis with the coronavirus pandemic threatens that.
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We need the ritual; we have the time. And during lockdown, it’s 5 o’clock everywhere.
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Posted: April 25th, 2020, 9:01am CEST
A columnist for The Times shares his ode to the city: I was in a hurry. I was forgetful. Please forgive me as I forgive you.
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With no clues about when the pandemic might subside, short-term discomfort is becoming long-term despair: “I feel like I have accepted this, and given up.”
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Responding to the criticism from public health officials around the country, the president said he was playing a trick on reporters.
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Random sampling is the quickest, most feasible and most effective means of assessing the U.S. population.
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An extended shutdown is not without enormous consequence.
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Republicans look the other way when electoral cheating helps them.
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Some states have taken tentative steps toward reopening businesses shuttered by the coronavirus. In Georgia, it meant a few residents were out getting haircuts and their tongues pierced.
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As lawmakers scramble to assemble the largest government relief effort in decades, they are locked in a cycle of reacting to events and hoping for better economic news.
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“The first and most important thing is to turn off the faucet of new immigrant labor — mission accomplished,’’ Mr. Miller told conservatives allies, according to an audio recording.
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A national lockdown is bad medicine and worse politics.
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Closed by the coronavirus, the company is streaming its biggest stars, performing live across nine time zones.
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Get recommendations on the best TV shows and movies to watch.
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It has become an act of resilience in isolation, a way to seduce without touch.
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The distribution of coronavirus bailout funds requires more attention.
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Fox News anchors conceded that injecting disinfectant would be “poisonous.” But Rush Limbaugh and Breitbart defended Trump.
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Visitors who break Hawaii’s 14-day quarantine rule may get an unwelcome gift: A free flight home.
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Joseph R. Biden Jr. has increasingly speculated that President Trump may try to delay or disrupt the election in some way, sending a warning signal that attempts to frame the president as desperate.
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The vulnerability researcher, TED Talk star and new podcast host was urging people to face their deepest fears long before the world fell apart.
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Posted: April 24th, 2020, 11:22pm CEST
“The truth is down there, and you’ve got to go down and dig for it.”
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There is no evidence that sunlight, bleach or any disinfectant can cure coronavirus in the body.
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The notion that he is bound for four more years is pure superstition.
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Posted: April 24th, 2020, 10:31pm CEST
Jon Mooallem talks about “This Is Chance!” and Elisabeth Egan discusses Charlie Mackesy’s “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.”
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The battle for humanity and solidarity in the post-American world.
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The ruling is another court victory by French unions against Amazon in a battle over workplace safety.
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The epitome of the ‘Mad Men’ era, the sleek midcentury buildings of Park Avenue glimmer. Our critic strolls with the architect Annabelle Selldorf.
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With the mobs of visitors gone, the city once again belongs to the Parisians. And, of course, to “les microbes.”
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George Condo and Rashid Johnson talk about their new simultaneous digital shows, politics and how the role of artists has changed.
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Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s novel “The Discomfort of Evening” was a best seller in the Netherlands. Now, it’s been nominated for the Booker International Prize.
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California cases rewrite virus’s timeline. A mortuary professor comes “out of nowhere” to help N.Y.C. The untold story of social distancing. And more.
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