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FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks by a mural of a medical worker in Manchester city centre, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Manchester, Britain, August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jason CairnduffLONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Friday it will back three nationwide COVID-19 studies with 8.4 million pounds ($11 million)…

Image: bbernard (Shutterstock)Back-ish to SchoolBack-ish to SchoolNormally we’re sending kids back into the classroom right about now, but nothing is normal this year. This week we’re exploring ways to help manage our domestic and academic new normals.As students return to college campuses, many families worry about the lingering threat of coronavirus. While schools are taking…

Back-ish to SchoolBack-ish to SchoolNormally we’re sending kids back into the classroom right about now, but nothing is normal this year. This week we’re exploring ways to help manage our domestic and academic new normals.There’s no “safe” way to live in a dorm during a pandemic. As careful as your college kid may be, they…

another group of students appealed to the court to let the exams continue as per schedule. They said they didn’t want students who have been preparing for the exams for the last two years to lose any more time or face more anxiety wondering when they will finally be held. What is the government saying?…

he explained on Twitter last year. He liked to tell reporters that Jesus did not tell Caesar how to run Rome.That was always an unusual stance for the head of a distinctly evangelical institution. But Mr. Falwell pulled it off until recently, coasting by on a combination of success — Liberty’s endowment grew to $1.6…

the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest.ImageCredit…Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times1. Melania Trump and Mike Pompeo are speaking at the Republican convention tonight, and their appearances will be a sharp break from tradition. The first lady will speak from the Rose Garden of the White House. Mr. Pompeo will endorse the president from…

Villanova has already received verbal commitments from enough players to build most of a starting lineup for future seasons.During the coronavirus pandemic, Villanova Coach Jay Wright has assembled the best recruits among athletes graduating high school in 2021. Most would not usually have committed this early if not for the health crisis.Credit…Laurence Kesterson/Associated PressIn April,…

President Trump’s campaign has quietly receded from the television airwaves in Michigan in recent weeks, shifting money elsewhere as one of the key Midwestern states that powered his surprise victory in 2016 threatens to move more firmly back into the Democratic column in 2020.Michigan began the year with expectations that it would be one of…

By Jim TankersleyMr. Tankersley covers economic policy in the Washington bureau of The Times.Aug. 6, 2020The United States long reserved its most lucrative occupations for an elite class of white men. Those men held power by selling everyone else a myth: The biggest threat to workers like you are workers who do not look like…

Aug. 18, 2020The University of North Carolina told many of its undergraduate students this week that they could go home and log on for classes. It had a different message for athletes: You can study online, stay on campus and you just might be able to play this fall, too.The coronavirus pandemic is turning one…