A Gloomy Prediction on How Much Poverty Could Rise
Researchers suggest the poverty rate may reach the highest levels in half a century, hitting African-Americans and children hardest.
Japan Declares Emergency Nationwide: Live Tracker
Singapore reported a sharp increase in new infections, many of them among migrant laborers. Britain is expected to extend its lockdown by three weeks.
E.P.A., Tweaking Its Math, to Weaken Controls on Mercury
The E.P.A. will change the way the benefits of mercury controls are calculated, a move that would effectively loosen the rules on other toxic pollutants.
An Army of Coronavirus Tracers Takes Shape in Massachusetts
Asian countries have invested heavily in digital contact tracing, which uses technology to warn people when they have been exposed to the coronavirus. Massachusetts is using an old-fashioned means: people.
Asthma Is Absent Among Top Covid-19 Risk Factors, Early Data Shows
Despite warnings that asthmatics were at higher risk for severe illness from the coronavirus, asthma is showing up in only about five percent of New York State’s fatal Covid cases.
Opponents of Stay-at-Home Orders Organize Protests at State Capitols
In states like Michigan, North Carolina and Kentucky, people protested against rules aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. More demonstrations were planned.
Virginia Nursing Home Had Plenty of Coronavirus Patients but Few Tests
“You can’t fight what you can’t see,” said the medical director of a Richmond nursing home where at least 46 residents have died.
Essence Festival Canceled in New Orleans
The annual event usually draws hundreds of thousands of people to New Orleans over the Fourth of July weekend.
Coronavirus and Booking Travel: Considering the Risk
Inexpensive deals abound, and coupled with newly relaxed change and cancellation policies, some travelers are seeing little-to-no risk in pointing, clicking and purchasing.
Art Recreation Is the Only Good Instagram Challenge
Around the world, people are posing as famous portraits with toilet paper, bedsheets, drawn-on unibrows, and did we mention toilet paper?
On Politics: Vice-Presidential Chatter
Unusual candor from Georgia, and protests in Michigan: This is your morning tip sheet.
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