WASHINGTON — As leaders from Congress and the White House toiled in high-stakes negotiations on a mammoth $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package Friday, President Donald Trump unleashed fury on those questioning his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. It was an extraordinary moment in Washington: Congress undertaking the most ambitious federal […]
Daily Archives: March 20, 2020
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ROME (Reuters) – The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of a nationwide contagion, has risen by around 380 in a day to some 2,550, a source said on Friday. If confirmed, it would be the highest […]
Hulu experienced an outage Friday. Comcast Video streaming service Hulu is back up after its Friday outage, after the Disney-owned platform displayed error messages when users tried to play videos. “We’re having trouble playing this,” the message said. “Rest assured, we’re working on it.” Others got hit with a “load […]
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, spent nearly a billion dollars on his long shot presidential bid, according to his campaign’s final financial disclosure report released Friday. Bloomberg spent $936,225,041.67 on the campaign, which lasted roughly three months. More than half of that total was spent […]
registered nurses Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images Nurses around the world are on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, providing bedside care for COVID-19 patients. But three US nurses told Business Insider that their hospitals are making it difficult for employees to get tested for the disease. One nurse alleges the hospital […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea’s military said, as it continues to expand military capabilities amid a standstill in nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles were fired […]
Justin Timberlakeis standing by his and Britney Spears‘ decision to do denim on denim at the 2001 American Music Awards. It was a controversial choice then and it’s still a hotly debated topic, but all these years later the “Senorita” singer says he doesn’t regret wearing that with his girlfriend on the […]
There’s a new Half-Life game coming out in two days, on Monday, March 23. It’s really happening! To prove that it’s really happening and that, no, you don’t need someone to pinch your cheek to wake you up from a dream, Valve has opened up preloads of Half-Life: Alyx on […]