For that very reason, the numbers were artificially high on Friday, when many states reported two days’ worth of data. That pushed the country past 200,000 cases in a single day for the first time, with more than 205,000 reported as of late Friday night, along with more than 1,400 […]
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Millions of Americans took to the skies and the roads ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring petrol on the coronavirus fire, disregarding increasingly dire warnings that they stay home and limit their holiday gatherings to members of their own household. © John Minchillo Travellrs arrive at Terminal C […]
Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Everything’s going digital, even beer. Beer fans have very specific tastes, so when they find a drink they like, they stick with it. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, however, one popular, yet limited, brew won’t be […]
More than 88,000 people in the U.S. – an all-time high – were in the hospital with Covid-19 as of Tuesday, pushing the health care system in many places to the breaking point, and new cases of the virus have been setting records, soaring to an average of over 174,000 per […]
The ReelAbilities Film Festival New Jersey will make a virtual visit to Bridgewater on Monday, Nov. 30. The Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center will host a pair of online screenings as part of the annual traveling festival, which is dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, […]
Romeo Garcia waits in line to receive a COVID-19 test prior to the Thanksgiving holiday in Washington on Nov. 19, 2020. (Jason Andrew/The New York Times) Ginger Floerchinger-Franks typically invites 10 people to her home in Boise, Idaho, for Thanksgiving dinner and cooks the entire meal herself, including her specialty: […]
Since they were allowed to open July 2, Atlantic City’s casinos have been working hard to try to make up some of the millions in revenue they lost during the coronavirus shutdown. Another shutdown would put them even further behind and put thousands out of work again. So far, Gov. […]
WASHINGTON – With nationwide coronavirus hospitalizations topping 80,000 and case counts on the cusp of 200,000 a day, officials and experts are giving their final pleas for caution in the days before Thanksgiving. Average cases reported each day in the United States have jumped nearly 15% in a week, according […]
“If you look at the map of spread across the country, you can see the risk; it’s very visible. And moving through airports or travel hubs, I think that will increase people’s risk,” Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said on “Fox News Sunday.” “Even […]
Ginger Floerchinger-Franks typically invites 10 people to her home in Boise, Idaho, for Thanksgiving dinner and cooks the entire meal herself, including her specialty, pumpkin soup. But the pandemic has forced her to devise a new plan: a socially distant potluck. Three households will each prepare a dish, and Ms. […]
Jim Mimna, a concert photographer in the Denver area, was on the phone with a friend recently when the conversation turned to his finances. Mr. Mimna’s business was in free fall and he worried he would get evicted because he couldn’t pay the rent. Shortly afterward, his friend, Joe Michaels, […]
Days after the federal government warned against Thanksgiving travel, college students will be fanning out across the U.S. Every itinerary raises risks somewhere. With COVID rates at their highest ever, most schools are telling students to return home — and stay. But they aren’t requiring testing or quarantining to prevent […]
Mike Ehrmann/Getty Amalie Arena The Toronto Raptors are heading south for the winter. Raptors President Masai Ujiri announced on Friday that the Canadian team will make its home base in Tampa, Florida, to begin the upcoming season due to restrictions in the country over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). “The Raptors […]
Statewide curfew goes into effect tomorrow A statewide curfew will go into effect Thursday, calling for Ohioans to stay at home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for the next three weeks. Gov. Mike DeWine said that the goal of the curfew was to have fewer contacts to slow down […]
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Shoes off, laptops out and masks on: these are just some of the things passengers going through Orlando International Airport (OIA) will see this holiday season. But those aren’t the only measures in place to protect travelers. “We have been able to implement several procedures, all which […]
PLAINFIELD, Ind. (WISH) — Town of Plainfield officials announced new restrictions following Gov. Eric Holcomb’s decision to end stage 5 and put new guidelines in place following an increase in COVID-19 cases. In an executive order signed by town council president Robin Brandgard, town facilities will be closed to “walk-in” […]
Joe Salisbury, Britain’s sole representative at the Nitto ATP Finals in London, has had his preparation severely disrupted by a coronavirus scare. The doubles specialist, who will play at the O2 with American partner Rajeev Ram as one of the world’s top eight teams, was getting ready for the Paris […]
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — The Montgomery County Office of Public Health said they will now vote today at noon on whether to start two weeks of virtual-only school beginning November 23. The vote was originally scheduled for Thursday morning. If they vote to do so, all schools K-12 in the […]
Q. My family plans to travel by air for the holidays. COVID considerations make planning much more complex. What advice may BBB provide for travel? A. Thinking about traveling by air for the holiday season? According to data from Airlines for America, airlines in the United States were serving only […]
Thanksgiving is just two weeks away, and many of us are making plans that include food, family, friends and football. Celebrating the holiday can seem challenging this year, however, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to grip the United States. Is it safe to hold a dinner party? How do I […]
RBC managing director Mark Mahaney discusses the stock market surging amid coronavirus vaccine talk, saying top stocks in the travel industry are ‘vaccine derivatives.’ Brian Contreras represents the worst fears of the lucrative business travel industry. A partner account executive at a U.S. tech firm, Contreras was used to traveling […]
Add one more tradition to the toll taken by the coronavirus pandemic. Snow days — beloved by children (especially those facing math tests) and dreaded by parents — will be a thing of the past this winter in North Attleboro. Now that many area schools are operating on a hybrid […]