Where Group Prayer Meets Group Fitness

At first glance, the streaming fitness class looks like any other: blue yoga mats against a neutral background, with ambient music and candles to set the mood. Two athleisure-clad instructors, flanked by hand weights, introduce themselves. The giveaway is the flash of a wooden crucifix. “Surrender all and prepare yourself to go on this journey…

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A.C.L.U. Warns Against Fever-Screening Tools for Coronavirus

Airports, office buildings, warehouses and restaurant chains are rushing to install new safety measures like fever-scanning cameras and infrared temperature-sensing guns. But the American Civil Liberties Union warned on Tuesday against using the tools to screen people for possible coronavirus symptoms, saying the devices were often inaccurate, ineffective and intrusive. In a new report, “Temperature…

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Germany and France Propose $545 Billion Coronavirus Fund for Europe

Here’s what you need to know: Video Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Emmanuel Macron of France proposed a $545 billion joint fund for European Union members hit hard by coronavirus.CreditCredit…Pool photo by Andreas Gora Merkel and Macron pitch a ‘one-off’ borrowing plan to help Europe’s hardest-hit countries. Faced with economic calamity and the…

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