10.07.20
Six months, six countries, six families - and one unrelenting, unforgiving epidemic
For the rising actress in Hong Kong, who had broken free of the poverty of her peasant parents, 2020 began as a ...
10.07.20
After covid-19, giant corporations and chains may be the only ones left
Antonio's, my kids' favorite pizza-by-the-slice joint, will be fine. The rest of downtown Amherst, Mass., where I live - I'm not so sure. Antonio's is (or was, before March) perpetuall...
09.07.20
Retail workers are being pulled into the latest culture war: Getting customers to wear masks
It's been nearly a week since the city of Mobile, Ala., began requiring masks in public. But inside the discount store where Kae Palmer works, not much has changed. Most shoppers still...
09.07.20
As economy reels from pandemic, Trump and Mexican president mark start of 3-nation trade pact
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday marked the start of a three-nation regional trade deal in a Rose Garden ceremony with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tha...
08.07.20
Facebook met with civil rights groups after hundreds of companies joined ad boycott
Civil rights leaders organizing a major advertising boycott of Facebook said they remained unconvinced that the social network is taking enough action against hate speech and disinform...
07.07.20
Companies are hiring their own epidemiologists to help deal with the pandemic
Grubhub wasn't sure how to safely deliver meals during a pandemic. The familiar food safety rules of temperature and sanitation were not enough. Did drivers need masks? Hand sanitizer?...
07.07.20
Drawing on grandma's lessons from 1918, a distillery donated 800 gallons of hand sanitizer
Michael Dombrosky's grandmother was a teenage moonshiner who knew survival. A coal miner's daughter, Mary Fellin put herself through nursing school in Allentown, Pa., at the turn of th...
07.07.20
After covid-19, a poultry worker fears a return to work
GEORGETOWN, Del. - The poultry plant worker pulled into the clinic's parking lot to find it full of people in face masks. Some sat quietly in their cars while others paced the gravel a...
06.07.20
Some jobs are coming back, but economy will need years to heal
Sales were stronger than expected when Macy's reopened its first stores in early May, after a nearly seven-week coronavirus shutdown. But that initial surge soon fizzled, leaving the r...
06.07.20
'Runway to Recovery' offers airlines, airports advice on managing coronavirus; critics say it doesn't go far enough
WASHINGTON - The federal government on Thursday released a framework for managing the coronavirus in the aviation sector - a list of recommendations it hopes will be embraced by the in...
05.07.20
Money actually can buy happiness, study finds
A new report finds that in recent decades, having more money has become increasingly associated with greater happiness. The Expanding Class Divide in Happiness in the United States, 19...
04.07.20
'The Last of Us Part II': The Evolution of Ellie
Note: This article contains major spoilers for "The Last of Us Part II" and 2013′s "The Last of Us." - - - A man is shot in the chest and chokes on his own blood. A pregnant woman fall...
03.07.20
CEOs of America's large firms push for police reform
WASHINGTON - After weeks of professing support for racial justice, corporate America is wading into the debate over policing reform, calling on Congress to pass bipartisan policing res...
03.07.20
We've been isolated for months, and now we hate our home assistants
"I'm not a bad person," Angela Hatem said. "I'm so nice to people." But Alexa, the voice of Amazon's home devices, isn't a person, despite how hard "she" tries to emulate one. And coro...
02.07.20
Administration makes it easier for drugmakers to profit from publicly funded coronavirus drugs, critics say
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is weakening taxpayer safeguards in its agreements with companies working on novel-coronavirus drugs, which could prevent regulators from curbing ...