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How America fell in and out of love with J. Crew
CNN - 4 May 2020 21:28
Once the go-to brand for Michelle Obama, J. Crew has been a staple of the American fashion landscape for decades but in recent years it lost its footing. Now, with almost 500 stores worldwide currently shuttered by the c...
Twins who got in to 5 Ivy League schools make their choice
CBSNews - 4 May 2020 19:31
The Alexander sisters will be the first generation of their family to attend college.
Trump's rosy COVID-19 predictions were reportedly fed by faulty White House economic modeling
The Week - 4 May 2020 09:20
President Trump said at a Fox News town hall on Sunday night that 80,000 to 90,000 Americans might die from COVID-19, an increase from his longtime ceiling of 60,000 deaths and his more optimistic early predictions. By S...
Trump says up to 100,000 Americans may die from coronavirus
Reuters - 4 May 2020 04:32
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but said he was confident a vaccine would ...
German hairdressers reopen after six weeks -- but in Berlin, you need to fill out a questionnaire to get a cut
CNN - 4 May 2020 16:35
Hair salons in Germany have finally opened their doors after weeks of lockdown -- but Germans desperate to fix their overgrown locks must make appointments and even fill out questionnaires, as hairdressers deal with huge...
'It's not going to go back to normal for a long time'
Boston - 4 May 2020 15:55
"All of our income production has halted, all of our outgoing bills are still due."
Covidiot cuts hole in mask to make it 'easier to breathe'
New York Post - 4 May 2020 16:30
A Kentucky covidiot was captured in a viral clip shopping with a hole cut in her face mask, claiming that it made it “easier to breathe.” Footage posted on TikTok showed a gas station clerk stunned to see the woman e...
Europe is in a new phase of reopening, but it's hardly a return to normal
CNN - 4 May 2020 15:50
Millions of people across Europe were returning to some semblance of their former lives Monday as more countries across the continent began to reopen after weeks or months of coronavirus-related lockdowns. But not everyo...
China's young spenders say #ditchyourstuff as economy sputters
Reuters - 4 May 2020 06:22
Tang Yue, a 27-year-old teacher from the city of Guilin in southwest China, steam-presses a blue dress and takes dozens of photographs before picking one to clinch her 200th online sale.
Trump is 'very confident' there will be a coronavirus vaccine 'by the end of the year'
The Week - 4 May 2020 04:01
President Trump on Sunday participated in a virtual town hall with Fox News at the Lincoln Memorial, telling moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum that he is "very confident" that "we'll have a vaccine by the end of...
U.S. Supreme Court hears first case by teleconference; Thomas asks questions
Reuters - 4 May 2020 16:35
In a break from tradition caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday for the first time heard arguments in a case by teleconference - a trademark dispute involving popular hotel reservation webs...
Millions return to work in Italy as coronavirus restrictions loosen
New York Post - 4 May 2020 16:29
Millions of people were allowed to return to work in Italy Monday as the country began to loosen its lockdown — the longest imposed in all of Europe during the coronavirus crisis. Italy — the first European country h...
Trump has plan to remove US dependency on China supply chain
New York Post - 4 May 2020 15:58
The Trump administration is "turbocharging" an initiative to remove the US from dependency on a China-based supply chain and weighing imposing new tariffs to punish the Communist Party in Beijing.
U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin says Trump eyeing restaurant tax changes, travel boost
Reuters - 4 May 2020 15:50
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said bipartisan discussions are underway over whether more U.S. government relief funding is needed amid the nation's novel coronavirus outbreak, but that President Donald Trum...
For A.O.C., 'Existential Crises' as Her District Becomes the Coronavirus Epicenter
The New York Times - 4 May 2020 11:00
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the toll of the virus in her district has made the case for more health care and less income inequity. But it has also exposed the vulnerabilities and isolation of her voice in Congress.
What We Lose When We Go From the Classroom to Zoom
The New York Times - 4 May 2020 11:00
Like other utopian dreams, the fiction of equality has its value.
U.S. Intelligence Officials Believe China Covered Up Severity of Coronavirus Outbreak to Stock Up on Medical Supplies
Time - 4 May 2020 06:30
(WASHINGTON) — U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents sh...
Trudeau's assault weapons ban doesn't do enough
CNN - 4 May 2020 04:52
It came as close as possible to Canada's Sandy Hook tragedy. On April 18, an unhinged man went on a 13-hour rampage in rural Nova Scotia and killed 22 people, including a veteran Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer. It...
Trump again shifts estimated US coronavirus death toll
CNN - 4 May 2020 04:51
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the US coronavirus death toll could reach 80,000 to 90,000, a considerable upward shift from his previous estimates last month.
Brazil's Bolsonaro rallies the right amid coronavirus criticism
Al Jazeera English - 4 May 2020 04:10
Bolsonaro has turned to military-linked advisers as his relationship with legislators and the courts has cooled.
Body found in Swedish river is exiled Pakistani journalist, police say
Fox News - 4 May 2020 04:02
A body found late last month in a river in Sweden has been identified as the exiled Pakistani journalist Sajid Hussain, who had vanished on March 2, Swedish police said.