A sign reminds customers about social distancing at the entrance to a grocery store in central Stockholm, Sweden on November 16, 2020. amir nabizadeh/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images European stocks edged lower Tuesday, as traders took pause after a rally on signs a second coronavirus vaccine works effectively. Up 1.2% on Monday after Moderna said its vaccine […]
Joe Biden campaigned for president on a vow to raise taxes for the rich and corporations so that they’d pay their “fair share” — a vow that made some affluent families game out various investment and estate planning scenarios. That pledge was premised on a “blue wave” where Democrats kept the House of Representatives and […]
“ “Let me be clear about this: Government should have no role in determining how many family members you may lawfully have in your own home. Not even in the midst of a deadly pandemic. … My family, my house, and, so long as we obey fire and zoning codes, my rules.” ” New York […]
Stakeholders are hopeful that Jill Biden’s role as a community college professor will increase emphasis on these schools in a Biden administration. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images When Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education nearly four years ago, Vice President Mike Pence broke a tie in the Senate, making her nomination for the post one […]
Jon Ossoff; David Perdue Jon Ossoff and David Perdue Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images This article originally appeared here on Salon.com Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff called Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., a “coward” on Sunday for refusing to participate in any debates ahead of their January runoff election in Georgia. Perdue will be “represented by […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s first acknowledgment that he was facing a post-White House life happened on Friday, as he was giving a coronavirus vaccine speech from the Rose Garden. His administration, he vowed, would not initiate another round of lockdowns. “Hopefully, the — the — whatever happens in the future — who knows which administration […]
Dr. Scott Atlas at the White House in October 2020. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Scott Atlas was heavily criticized on Sunday when he tweeted that the people of Michigan should “rise up” against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s new COVID-19 restrictions. Whitmer announced on Sunday that the state would be instituting new […]
Joe Biden campaigned for president on a vow to raise taxes for the rich and corporations so that they’d pay their “fair share” — a vow that made some affluent families game out various investment and estate planning scenarios. That pledge was premised on a “blue wave” where Democrats kept the House of Representatives and […]
It may be safest to skip this year’s family holiday gathering if possible, public-health experts say — but the decision is a personal one, and there are ways to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission if you choose to forge ahead. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week issued detailed guidance for […]
“Cytokine storms” have captured the imagination of both historians and the medical community. Despite early comparisons between COVID-19 and influenza, the novel coronavirus was never going to be just another flu. It comes from a different family of viruses, and it has proven far more pernicious and unpredictable. Even so, cytokine storms, where the immune […]