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One way to think about the scale of that, one way to keep track of it is to keep up with the ticker on the New York Times front page. Everybody case numbers are slightly different. They all end up at the same place, but the nbc numbers are as of 6 30. The New York Times numbers are a little behind that. They dont show 50,000, but are close. They have the raw number. Every day the New York Times also posts on their front page the 14day change, how much that number has risen. We are up 82 over the...

President trump is visiting ohio tonight. The governor tested positive for covid19 quarantining him rather than meeting the president. Another alarming forecast of the life and death consequences of the coronavirus. Reporter thats right. How out of control the coronavirus is. It is now predicted nearly 300,000 deaths from coronavirus by december 1. But they say consistent mask wearing starting today could save about 70,000 lives. This is a predictor of trouble ahead. A new warning for nine u. S....

Morning as nancy pelosi backtracks on proxy voting where can you vote from your pricy kitchen. So far republicans werent going for that, griff. Griff no kitchen voting yet, brian, ainsley, steve. Pelosis proxy voting plans got pushed to the side after republicans were willing to revolt over it. Pass that urge bill. Massive pangs wont stop there phase 4 is expected to have funds for state and local governments and a fight is brewing between Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and the nations g...

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How Far Along Is New York City in Its Reopening This Spring? Intelligencer 1 day ago © Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg via Getty Images Over a year since widespread closures and a brutal first wave of coronavirus cases changed New York City forever, a new, post-vaccination normal is almost here. Below, a guide to the reopening process as it unfolds in New York City. NYC to Drop Remote Learning Option This Fall Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday morning that New York City schools would n...

Subway Ridership Exceeds 2 Million Straphangers In Single Day, A First Since Pandemic Began arrow A 2 train on April 9, 2021 Marc A. Hermann / MTA As more people get vaccinated and parts of the economy reopen, subway riders continue to return to the subway system. For the first time since the pandemic started, more than 2 million people rode the subway on April 8th. "Seeing more and more riders return to the subway system gives everyone in New York a sense of optimism, a...

How Far Along Is New York City in Its Reopening This Spring? A moviegoer enters the AMC Lincoln Square 13 movie theater on March 5. Photo: Noam Galai/WireImage Last year, all of New York followed a highly regulated outline that slowly reopened the state from the full shutdown implemented at the beginning of the pandemic. But with the closures this winter varying across the state, the return to a (new) normal this year is being executed on a local basis. Below, ...

MTA Mask Force distributing 60,000 child-sized face masks Updated 2:48 PM; Today 2:48 PM MTA Mask Force volunteers handing out masks for adults and children on Monday, April 5, 2021. (Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)MTA New York City Transit Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The MTA’s Mask Force is now tackling the city’s youngest mass transit riders. On Monday, the agency’s mask-distributing task force began the distribution of 60,000 child-sized masks during a pop-up e...

For immediate release: March 02, 2021 Subscribe PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) and Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management (OEM), in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) have opened the Center City Vaccination Center, located at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC), on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The site has the capacity to vaccinate up to 6,000 Philadelphians per day and ...

WHYY By Passengers wait to board the Market-Frankford line at City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY) The soft approach sets the authority apart from other transit agencies in the region. Riders on New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey can face $50 fines for flouting their mask policies. On Amtrak, such passengers are subject to federal penalties, can be denied boarding or be removed, and potentially banned from future travel. The Centers for Di...