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Stocks surge after Federal Reserve makes emergency rate cut

U.S. stocks jumped Tuesday after the Federal Reserve made an emergency rate cut to help support the economy from the impact from the virus outbreak.

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‘Hate Is Being Preached Openly Against Us.’ After Delhi Riots, Muslims in India Fear What’s Next

Surrounded by smoldering houses and the blackened skeletons of burned-out cars, Mohammed Efaz picked his way through the streets of Khajuri Khas, a neighborhood in north-east Delhi. The 32 year-old Muslim said he would never return to India’s capital after

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3 Jewish day schools in New York close due to coronavirus fears

SAR Academy shuts down ‘for precautionary measures’ after New York governor confirms second case in state; 2 schools in suburbs also halt classes

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Responding to Coronavirus Testing Problems, US Government Expands Number of Labs That Can Run Tests

After a slow and criticized rollout of U.S. government-designed testing kits for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, federal agencies enforced new policies to scale up capacity to conduct tests and produce results more quickly. On Feb. 29, the US Food and

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South Korea seeks criminal charges against Christian sect over coronavirus spread

Investigators in South Korea are seeking to establish the extent to which 12 executives of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus can be held criminally responsible for the rapid spread in the country of COVID-19, the illness that results from the

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In A First, Architecture’s Most Prestigious Prize Is Awarded To Two Women

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara founded Grafton Architects in Dublin in 1978. The Pritzker Architecture Prize jury called the two Irish architects “beacons” in a male-dominated field. (Image credit: Federico Brunetti/Pritzker Architecture Prize)

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Stack Overflow expands its Teams service with new integrations

Most developers think of Stack Overflow as a question and answer site for their programming questions. But over the last few years, the company has also built a successful business in its Stack Overflow for Teams product, which essentially offers

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Wall Street dips as G7 statement underwhelms

U.S. stocks fell minutes after the open on Tuesday as G7 heads stopped short of outlining measures to cushion the economic blow of the coronavirus epidemic, while assuring policy support.

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FX on Hulu’s First Streaming Series, Devs, Is a Tech Thriller With Cosmic Ambitions

Alex Garland keeps his mind trained on the near future, perpetually imagining that the dire consequences of millennia of human folly are waiting just around the corner to mug us. Published in 1996, his first novel The Beach envisioned the

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People Are Very Attached to This Waffle Recipe Featuring, Wait For It, Paper Clip-Carved Hot Dog Noodles

Hot dog waffles aren’t exactly a classic staple of modern cuisine, but hot diggity dog, this recipe — which involves the odd method of scooping out fun strands of raw hot dogs with a paper clip, a.k.a. Clippy, your old

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