Communications show scientists’ alarm at slow initial response by U.S.
Lab scientists expressed dismay at the Trump administration’s failure to move quickly and at bureaucratic demands that delayed coronavirus testing.
Trump suspends immigration laws, showcases vision for locked-down border
President Trump has used emergency powers to quickly turn people away from the southern border and deny due process.
Government spent millions to ramp up mask readiness, but that isn’t helping now
The creation of a high-speed machine to make N95 masks and a reusable-masks project were aimed at alleviating shortages. The efforts have not led to a single new mask for this response.
A person prays in front of a gravestone in Wuhan, China, in 2011, ahead of Tomb-Sweeping Day. (VCG/Getty Images)
Lines form at Wuhan’s eight main funeral parlors, including at the Hankou Funeral Home, as relatives come to collect ashes before Tomb-Sweeping Day. (Weibo)
Lines of cars formed outside the Hankou Funeral Home as people waited for hours to collect the remains of loved ones who died of the coronavirus. (Weibo)
Chinese families should be sweeping graves now. But thousands still haven’t buried their dead.
Saturday is Tomb-Sweeping Day, when Chinese people head to their ancestors’ graves to remove weeds and brush away dirt, to offer food and wine and paper money so loved-ones can enjoy the afterlife. But few will be tending to graves this year as authorities are curtailing memorial services.
Retailers furloughed nearly 1 million workers this week. But the industry’s troubles are just beginning.
Analysts say at least 15,000 stores, including some well-known brands, are likely to close permanently.
Guide to the pandemic
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Why physical distancing shouldn’t mean social distancing
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Many exposed videos include personally identifiable information and intimate conversations, recorded in people’s homes. Zoom has become a go-to video chat service.
The family has confirmed that authorities have been searching for Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, 40, and her 8-year-old son Gideon.
Critic’s Notebook
The “Lean On Me” singer, who died this week, gave us all words to live by, over and over and over.
Perspective
Like Vladimir and Estragon, we wait for our Godot. And wait.
Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece is a parable for our days in coronavirus limbo.
TV Review
‘World on Fire’ has something besides the usual heroics of a WWII story
The seven-part British miniseries, now on PBS, has characters who don’t always keep calm and carry on.
In Case You Missed It
Fatherhood is more visible than ever. But will dads at home step up more?
Because of the coronavirus, the wall between work life and family life has crumbled for many men.
