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WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced a sweeping relaxation of environmental rules in response to the coronavirus pandemic, allowing power plants, factories and other facilities to determine … Read More

The stakes of any disruption to reproductive health care are always high, and especially so during a crisis. A lack of timely access to abortion, in particular, threatens the health … Read More

My girlfriend recently bought a new car. After 23 years, she sold her 1997 Honda Accord to a guy who’s more mechanically inclined than we are. Kim upgraded to a … Read More

Both hands were waving — over here, over there, a full wingspan on display — as Bernie Sanders directed his most biting sarcasm at his “Republican friends.” Excuse him, forgive … Read More

It can all seem so meaningless. Some random biological mutation sweeps across the globe, murdering thousands, lacerating families and pulverizing dreams. Life and death can seem completely arbitrary. Religions and … Read More

Small businesses are trying to defer bills and secure emergency loans to stay afloat amid the coronavirus scourge as they await relief earmarked specifically for them in the $2 trillion … Read More

WASHINGTON — As Senator Chuck Schumer walked the two miles from his apartment to the Capitol early Sunday morning, getting his steps in since the Senate gym had been shut … Read More

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Over the four years I’ve worked at a Walmart, a handful of days stand out as extremely stressful, even dangerous. But right now, we retail associates … Read More

Right now we keep reading that more young people in their 20s are dying from it than expected. But if we don’t have a picture of the total number of … Read More

If you have some spare time and are looking for ways to make a little extra money, you could try filling out surveys for money. With survey companies paying out … Read More

A month ago, Azim Maknojiya was in the business of fun, producing promotional wristbands, glowsticks, and lanyards for big events. Now his company, Ionized, is dealing with life and death. … Read More

Thursday’s news that more than three million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, a total far higher than in any previous week in the modern history of the United … Read More

People stand in line to get tested for the coronavirus at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, N.Y. Thursday. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angela Weiss/AFP via … Read More

Record-breaking warm waters have bleached large parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef this year, as they did in 2016 and 2017, scientists reported on Thursday — the latest sign that … Read More

The $2 trillion stimulus package that was approved by the Senate on Wednesday contains $400 million to address one of the most uncertain impacts of the coronavirus outbreak — its … Read More

Spring has sprung here in Portland, and that means yard work. I’ll spend most of March completing my project for Audible and The Great Courses — which means things around … Read More

People looking to start investing have found the right moment, personal finance expert Suze Orman told CNBC on Thursday. “There couldn’t be a better time to start investing [than] right … Read More

President Trump, in saying that he wanted to reopen the economy by Easter, has argued that an economic downturn would be more deadly than the coronavirus. What Was Said “You … Read More

Fred “Curly” Neal, whose dribbling wizardry made him one of the most well-known members of the beloved Harlem Globetrotters traveling basketball team, died on Thursday at his home near Houston. … Read More

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Thursday that he planned to label different areas of the country as at a “high risk, medium risk or low risk” to the spread of … Read More

“It is important for families to understand that the communication is a two-way street — a family should be candid and disclose if they have recently traveled internationally, have been … Read More

Buried deep in your phone’s arcane settings are a collection of features under the mundane banner “Accessibility.” These features seem as if they’re just for people who have special needs … Read More

Calm authority, an effortless intimacy with the facts, an empathy that’s felt, not merely read off a page: When the American president becomes comforter-in-chief by dint of a national crisis, … Read More

Can you feel it? There’s panic in the streets! We’re in the middle of a stock market crash and the hysteria is starting again. As I write this, the S&P … Read More

“Safaera” arrives in the middle of Bad Bunny’s second album, “YHLQMDLG,” like a gut punch of memory. The mood is early to mid-2000s: the hard-snapping vintage reggaeton production redolent of … Read More

The press tour had been canceled. Everything is canceled. But as anyone familiar with the comedy of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim would appreciate, there was something almost too appropriate … Read More

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Good morning. I roasted some black sea bass, the fillets painted with a mixture of mayonnaise and sesame oil, oyster sauce, a dash of lime juice, another of honey. I … Read More

The number of people with coronavirus in the U.S. has surpassed the number of cases being reported by China. According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. has … Read More

Jane Goodall is in isolation these days along with everyone else, since a fund-raising tour was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. She is staying at her family home in … Read More

TEL AVIV—Israel’s opposition leader splintered his political party to pursue the formation of a unity government, a move that creates a path for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend his … Read More

PARIS — Albert Uderzo, a co-creator of Asterix, one of France’s most revered and longest-running comic book series, died on Tuesday at his home in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. … Read More

Kious Kelly, a nurse manager at a Manhattan hospital, texted his sister on March 18 with some devastating news: He had tested positive for the coronavirus and was on a … Read More

Most Americans know that it’s important to build credit but many don’t know how. If you’re one of those confused about how to build credit, you’re not alone. In 2019, … Read More

Since 2016, Jessie Reyez, a Canadian songwriter whose parents came from Colombia, has built a fervent audience for songs that delve into loyalty and betrayal, ambition and obstacles, heartbreak and … Read More

Mercury — a planet with a surface hot enough to melt lead — might once have contained ingredients needed for life. Though that’s a pretty big might. The new theory, … Read More

W, the hefty fashion bible known for publishing the adventurous work of top-tier photographers, had long been one of the magazine industry’s most august titles. While it costs less to … Read More

WASHINGTON—The leaders of the Group of 20 nations said that they would collectively spend more than $5 trillion trying to insulate the global economy from the impact of the coronavirus … Read More

A young actress named Pearl arrives at an apartment in Brooklyn to meet her talent agent for a screen test. But there’s been a change in plans, the agent gently … Read More

Voters should not have to choose between casting a ballot and risking their health. They should not have to endure confusion over the location of polling places or the availability … Read More

These questions are significant, given evidence that some religious-right organizations are trying to game the system, advising that even telephone receptionists be given some religious duties so as to insulate … Read More

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The U.S. now has more cases of the coronavirus than any other country. At … Read More

I write out daily menus for our meals, because for some reason it brings the entire family great joy to anticipate them, even if it’s just “nuggets.” We schedule in … Read More

How quickly things change. Last week, the coronavirus (or Covid-19, if you prefer) was a distant problem. It was something other people in other places had to wrestle with. Sure, … Read More

LEEDS, England — The problem, for Peter Critchley, is that the phone just keeps ringing. At least 30 calls a day, every day. Then there is the online backlog: He … Read More

The story of air travel’s shutdown can be told in numbers. Helane Becker, managing director and senior airline analyst at Cowen, an investment bank, estimates between 40 and 60 percent … Read More

WASHINGTON — As China moves forward with expelling almost all American journalists from three major American newspapers, Trump administration officials have intensified discussions over whether to evict employees of Chinese … Read More

In those sessions, Mr. Krumroy identified the association of trauma with relief-seeking behaviors, like drinking and using drugs, that has scarred so many members, himself included. For him, the trauma … Read More

WASHINGTON — The Education Department announced Thursday that it had ordered Pennsylvania State University to make significant changes to the way it investigates complaints of sexual misconduct after a recent … Read More