WASHINGTON — Federal agencies are concerned that domestic extremists could use the coronavirus pandemic to attack Asians and Jews, according to a joint intelligence bulletin obtained by Yahoo News. That bulletin mirrors what organizations that monitor online hate content are also finding. The bulletin, a joint effort of the Department of Justice, the National Counterterrorism […]
Across the country, hospital administrators, doctors and public officials are pleading for ventilators, as the spread of coronavirus is making growing numbers of patients dependent on the machines that pump oxygen into their lungs to keep them alive. The subject comes up at almost every White House briefing on coronavirus, and the administration has even proposed […]
While it is not a certainty, it is likely that schools will be able to reopen in the fall, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Tuesday. “I fully expect — though I’m humble enough that I can’t accurately predict — that by the time we […]
This article is part of a series tracking the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on major businesses, and will be updated. It was originally published on April 7. While most prominent tech companies are fretting about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix Inc. may become even more important in the daily lives of Americans […]
Stock market investors aren’t imagining it, this is a tough trading environment. Analysts at Bespoke Investment Group, as illustrated in the tweet below, noted Tuesday that the S&P 500 index’s SPX, -0.16% average absolute daily percentage change over the past five weeks has been plus or minus 4.8% — a historic achievement. “That’s higher than […]
This article is part of a series tracking the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on major businesses, and will be updated. It was originally published on April 7. Perhaps no company faces a greater existential financial crisis in the age of COVID-19 than Walt Disney Co., a legendary company built on social interaction that may […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said new research shows the coronavirus is disproportionately affecting black Americans across the country. “This is a real problem and it is showing up very strongly in our data on the African-American community,” Trump said during his daily coronavirus briefing. “They are getting hit very, very hard,” he said. Dr. […]
Even as Asia, Europe and North America battle to keep the spread of coronavirus under control, public health officials are raising the alarm that infection rates in Africa could soon boom, while also undermining international efforts to end the pandemic. So far, African countries have been spared the high death tolls seen in Italy, Spain, […]
1 / 5 Virus Outbreak Mideast Disrupted Burials FILE – In this Friday, March 27, 2020 file photo, municipality workers bury the body of coronavirus victim on the outskirts of Herat province west of Kabul, Afghanistan. Across the Middle East and parts of South Asia, bereaved families have faced traumatic restrictions on burying their dead […]
WASHINGTON — Trump used Monday’s briefing of the coronavirus task force to lash out at several members of the press, despite having recently praised media coverage of his response to the crisis as “very fair.” After kicking off the briefing by praising his own administration for its response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Trump opened […]