NEW YORK (AP) — At a University of Maryland lab, people infected with the new coronavirus take turns sitting in a chair and putting their faces into the big end of a large cone. They recite the alphabet and sing or just sit quietly for a half hour. Sometimes they […]
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With sales taxes plunging, a hotel industry ravaged and nightclubs closed by emergency law, Miami-Dade commissioners passed a $9 billion budget Thursday night that expands county hiring, preserves services and keeps property tax rates flat. Before their votes during the online meeting, commissioners warned not to expect such an easy […]
Prince William and Kate took part in their first joint engagements since their summer break, donning masks and practicing social distancing in East London. The couple visited an iconic East London bagel shop at the end of a day of engagements in the capital, where they dropped into a job […]
This is the second in a five-part series about deaths in American jails. Read the first here. Illustrations by Molly Crabapple I n the early-morning hours of January 7, 2019, when it became clear that 30-year-old Christopher Hall might die, no medical staff were on duty at the Boyd County […]
Who decided that bigger is better? Apparently the companies that produce toilet paper in this country. Special to The Olathe Journal Stacey Hatton America is getting bigger and bigger. I’m not talking about population growth or elected officials’ egos, but America is swelling, and manufacturers have been adjusting to keep […]
Josh Harris, the co-founder of Apollo Global Management Inc., obsessively weighs the risks and implications of decisions he makes: whom to hire for a role at the private-equity giant, whether to move forward with an investment or which trades to make to fill out the roster of the Philadelphia 76ers, […]
How many times in the last few months have the words “When things get back to normal…” come out of your mouth? “When things get back to normal, I’m finally using all my vacation days and taking that trip to Italy.” “When things get back to normal, I’m never saying […]