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Hawaii Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm. But Geographic Isolation Isn’t the Blessing it May Seem

When Hawaii’s coronavirus infections were rising in late August, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell visited doctors in the COVID-19 ward of The Queen’s Medical Center, the state’s largest hospital. “I could see it in their faces and in their eyes,” Caldwell

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Biden taps Palestinian-American as deputy legislative director

Longtime senatorial staffer Reema Dodin described as ‘fixture of Senate who knows what’s happening in Senate before most Senators do’

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A Kid, A Minor Bike Accident And A $19,000 Medical Bill

It was a surprise even for a family of lawyers. A process called “subrogation” began with a Nevada family’s health insurer denying their claim for an ER visit after their 9-year-old fell off his bike. (Image credit: Maggie Starbard for

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How The Coronavirus Has Affected Individual Members Of Congress

Congress saw its first two members enter self-quarantine on March 8. Later that month, seven members tested positive or were presumed so and dozens more were quarantined. The ranks have since grown. (Image credit: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Cast.ai nabs $7.7M seed to remove barriers between public clouds

When you launch an application in the public cloud, you usually put everything on one provider, but what if you could choose the components based on cost and technology and have your database one place and your storage another? That’s

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End of Covid mortgage holiday – will housing prices fall?

Of the million Israelis furloughed or fired after Covid-19 took over our lives, almost 200,000 households chose to put home-loan payments on hold; this holiday is all about over

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27 coronavirus deaths at Illinois veterans nursing home prompts probe

State officials have launched investigations into a coronavirus outbreak at a veterans nursing home in Illinois that has infected nearly 200 residents and staff members, and killed 27 veterans.

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U.S. jobless claims rise to 778,000 as pandemic worsens

The Labor Department’s report Wednesday said jobless claims climbed from 748,000 the week before.

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Europe Won’t Push Biden for Swift U.S. Return to Iranian Nuclear Deal

European powers are looking to the incoming Biden administration to swiftly reduce nuclear tensions with Tehran but won’t press Washington to re-enter the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran quickly, according to senior diplomats.

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The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020

The saying “what a year this week has been” predates 2020, but the past 11 months seemed to give it new meaning. As COVID-19 confined tens of millions of Americans to our homes, many of us either fighting the virus

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