The narration begins customarily, with the play-by-play announcer enthusiastically welcoming his audience live to a competition unfolding on the screen. But this is no ordinary competition. “It’s the final of the two lonely blokes in a park contest,’’ the announcer, Nick Heath, begins, setting the scene of two men idly kicking a ball in a…
The retailer Target apologized on Saturday after coming under criticism for selling N95 masks, which are in acute demand by medical providers during the coronavirus pandemic, at some stores in Washington State. The masks were made available to the public for purchase “in error” in select stores in Seattle, the company said in a statement…
Erasing anxiety from daily life isn’t an option for most people today. But therapists, clergy and meditation specialists say there are simple and accessible ways to overcome debilitating panic. Coping skills, said Rick Hanson, a psychologist and a senior fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, “help you reframe…
The opera star Plácido Domingo disclosed on Sunday that he tested positive for the coronavirus. Mr. Domingo, 79, who was in Mexico, shared the news in a post on Facebook. “I feel it is my moral duty to announce to you that I have tested positive for Covid-19, the Coronavirus,” he wrote. He said that…
Communities living in warmer places appear to have a comparative advantage to slow the transmission of coronavirus infections, according to an early analysis by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The researchers found that most coronavirus transmissions had occurred in regions with low temperatures, between 37.4 and 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit (or 3 and 17…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageRoosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights Queens, on Saturday.Credit…Juan Arredondo for The New York Times Some places will have to wait for masks and ventilators, a top U.S. official says. President Trump’s top emergency management official, confronting growing cries from governors and other elected officials for more hospital masks, ventilators…
Watch birds. Geese if you’ve got them. That’s one small way to cope with social distance dysphoria. I’m not talking about “bird watching,” in the sense of identifying species, and pointing out to other humans who don’t know as much as you do about the differences between species of sparrow. As if there were others…
Even as millions of Americans are on lockdown in their homes, some people are still traveling to vacation spots, drawn by cheap airfares, the hope of riding out the pandemic in someplace less populated, or both. In Hawaii, statistics show that arrivals, which have been trending down since late February, largely led by a steep…
Tim McGreevy has worked in the bean business for more than 30 years. But when he scanned the bean aisles at a grocery store in Pullman, Wash., on Sunday, he saw something he had never seen before: empty shelves. “In one sense, this is like my best dream,” said Mr. McGreevy, who runs a trade…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageVice President Mike Pence during a coronavirus briefing in the White House on Wednesday.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times The vice president tested negative for the coronavirus. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen Pence, tested negative for the coronavirus, a spokeswoman for Mr. Pence said Saturday night. At…