WASHINGTON — Children can transmit the coronavirus, a new study of childcare centers in Utah conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, but they do not get sick themselves. The new findings, released Friday, bolster previous research on childhood infections, and come from extensive contract tracing at three daycare centers in Salt Lake […]
As the revelations by journalist Bob Woodward of how President Trump misled the American people about the severity of the coronavirus reverberated this week, the Biden campaign did its best to keep the story alive with scathing digital advertising. Early excerpts and audio files from “Rage,” Woodward’s new account of the Trump presidency, show Trump […]
Dozens of wildfires in Oregon have forced the evacuation of more than 500,000 residents, prompting Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler to declare a state of emergency Friday as two massive blazes converged at the doorstep to his city. Today, I issued a City of Portland Emergency Order due to the extreme wildfire conditions threatening lives and […]
The Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans made headlines before they kicked off the 2020 NFL season on Thursday. The Texans elected to return to their locker room ahead of the singing of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — Chiefs players locked arms in the end zone during what is known as the Black National […]
UBS Group, which manages $2.6 trillion in assets for some of the world’s wealthiest people, will now advise private clients to opt for sustainable investments over more traditional options when appropriate, the first major financial institution to do so. While traditional investments will remain most suitable in some circumstances, UBS UBS, -0.89% believes a […]
Corporate borrowing is off to the races. Getty Images Companies wasted no time going back to the borrowing trough after the long Labor Day weekend. U.S. investment-grade companies already borrowed $46.7 billion in the bond market this month through Wednesday, a single day that accounted for $21.3 billion of the total, according to BofA Global […]
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins plays “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4” during the Doritos Bowl 2018 at TwitchCon 2018 in San Jose, Calif. Getty Images Ninja is back with Twitch. The world’s most famous videogamer announced Thursday he will return exclusively to Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN, -2.86% live-streaming platform, a year after he left for greener pastures […]
GoFundMe/courtesy Tammie Mabry When he couldn’t reach his cousin Jake Hyland on Monday, Jim Mabry drove to his family’s remote property in rural Washington state, where wildfires turned pastures of 4-foot-high sage into dust. Jake and his wife, Jamie, along with their 1-year-old son, Uriel, were visiting their land in Okanogan County when flames from […]
Peloton Interactive Inc. reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings Thursday afternoon. MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto A year after its initial public offering, Peloton Interactive Inc. is pedaling toward new highs amid a pandemic that is forcing people into their homes and away from gyms, creating demand for at-home fitness equipment. Peloton PTON, -3.75% on Thursday wrapped up its […]
In 2017, two Republican senators from deep-red Southern states — Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina — introduced legislation that would have effectively killed Obamacare. And this year, the two Black men running to replace them are reminding voters of what the “Graham-Cassidy” plan would have done to health care in […]