Celebrity Life
Bernie Sanders: No Pentagon Funding Without a Vote on $2,000 Checks
Sanders says he'll keep senators in Washington â including Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue â on New Year's Eve unless he gets a vote on more Covid-19 relief money
Why the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Caused a Widespread Existential Crisis
âThe âol quarantine move-in,â a friend joked a couple months ago, when I told her Iâd decided to live with my boyfriend of almost two years. I can add all the caveats I wantâmy lease was up and we probably would have moved in together this year anywayâbut I know Iâm a statistic. Iâm justâŚ
âThis Means a Lot.â After Their City Was Battered by Coronavirus, Wuhanâs Soccer Fans Find Redemption
Plucky soccer team Wuhan Zall has been an inspiration to residents of COVID-19's ground zero
Democratic-Controlled House Passes Bill to Increase Stimulus Checks to $2,000
Trump supposedly wants the direct coronavirus relief payments to increase, but getting the legislation past the Republican-controlled Senate is not likely
With Over 275,000 Infections and 1,700 Deaths, COVID-19 Has Devastated the U.S. Prison and Jail Population
Mario Smith first broke out in cold sweats on Nov. 21. He thought it was just exhaustion from working maintenance shifts at the Gus Harrison Correctional Facility in Adrian, Mi., where heâs been incarcerated since 2018. But then guards came to his cell on Nov. 23, he says, and told him to report to anotherâŚ
The Road: 100 Days of Travel in Pandemic-Ravaged America
What's it like to report across 16 states and log 12,000 miles during the most devastating year in modern history?
I Rejected the Native Grieving Ceremonies My Mother Taught Me When She Died. But Losing Friends During the Pandemic Changed That
I cut a fistful of hair over the bathroom sink in tears. This is how our people have mourned for generations. Nlakaâpamux women, my mother taught me, would cut their hair. They swallowed a spoonful of oil. They prayed and stopped harvesting for a year when a loved one died. There are stories about aâŚ
Fueled by a History of Mistreatment, Black Americans Distrust the New COVID-19 Vaccines
When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes widely available to Americans, Brianna Clarke says she wonât be taking it. âI donât trust the vaccine,â the 22-year-old says. âI think itâs too soon to have a vaccine.â Clarke, who lives in Willingboro, N.J., is among a significant number of Black Americans who are skeptical of the healthcare industryâŚ
New York State Probes âFraudulently Obtainedâ COVID-19 Vaccines, Criminal Investigation Opened
(Bloomberg) â A health care provider in New York may have fraudulently obtained COVID-19 vaccines and diverted them to members of the public in violation of priority guidelines, the state government said on Saturday. New York state police has started a criminal investigation into the matter, which could be the stateâs first vaccine distribution-related scandal.âŚ
An After-Curfew Drive With My New Baby Brought the Lessons of the Pandemic Into Sharper Focus
Iâm breaking curfew. Just like my parents and their parents before them, Iâm driving my baby around so that heâll finally go to sleep. Itâs 10:45 p.m., his witching hour, and weâre re-entering lockdown here in California as our hospitals are overwhelmed. Milo was a pandemic pregnancy, a child of 2020, and I canât faultâŚ
These Hotels Are Ringing in the New Year With Covid-Safe Parties, But Whoâs Booking a Stay?
With the travel industry at a standstill, properties are hoping to attract New Year's Eve business with unique spins on old holiday traditions
A Year After COVID-19 Emerged, Asia Struggles to Contain Growing Outbreaks
The first COVID-19 case in Taiwan since April shows how the global coronavirus surge is breaking down defenses in Asia