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Covid-19 News: Republican Governors Push for Schools to Reopen Last Updated March 24, 2021, 7:47 a.m. ETMarch 24, 2021, 7:47 a.m. ET The more transmissible and possibly more lethal B.1.1.7 variant is spreading rapidly as Arizona, California and South Carolina join Texas and other states in easing limits. The Dalai Lama receives his first dose of a Covid vaccine. Here’s what you need to know: Elementary school students in Salem, Mass., last month. Gov. Charlie Baker and state education officia...

Stocks Rally as Jobs Report Signals Recovery Last Updated Here’s what you need to know: By: Ella Koeze·Data delayed at least 15 minutes·Source: FactSet Wall Street snapped its losing streak on Friday after a surprisingly good reading on the American job market refocused investor attention to the brightening outlook for economic growth. The S&P 500 gained 2 percent, more than reversing Thursday’s 1.3 percent tumble and leading the benchmark to a slight weekly gain after two consecutive w...

Rise in Gap’s Digital Sales Can’t Overcome In-Store Drop Last Updated Here’s what you need to know: The Gap Store at 1212 Avenue of the Americas near Rockefeller Center.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Gap, one of the country’s biggest operators of mall stores, had a very online holiday season, according to its earnings report on Thursday, highlighting the toll that the pandemic has taken on physical retail space. The company, which posted a 5 percent sales decline...

Christopher Wray, the F.B.I. director, called the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol “domestic terrorism” during Senate testimony. President Biden called into a meeting of fellow Democrats as the Senate prepares to take up the $1.9 trillion relief plan this week.

Fed Signals Alertness to Spike in Bond Yields Last Updated Here’s what you need to know: Lael Brainard, a Federal Reserve governor, made it clear that the Fed was watching developments in the government bond market.Credit...Ann Saphir/Reuters Lael Brainard, one of the Federal Reserve’s Washington-based governors, on Tuesday offered the first major hint that a wild ride in bond markets over the past week may have raised alarms at the U.S. central bank. “I am paying close attention to marke...

Miguel Cardona was confirmed as President Biden’s Education secretary and Merrick Garland has cleared the committee hurdle on his way to becoming attorney general. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the White House was exploring options to allow separated families to remain in the country.

Covid-19: The U.S. Is Edging Toward Normal, Alarming Some Officials Last Updated March 26, 2021, 7:58 a.m. ETMarch 26, 2021, 7:58 a.m. ET A single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine can protect older people, a study shows. California reaches a deal that encourages schools to reopen. Here’s what you need to know: A hot dog vendor in Los Angeles reopened on Monday after being closed for two months. The restaurant has been in business since 1939.Credit...Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse — ...

Black actors won multiple trophies as the group behind the ceremony acknowledged the need to diversify. “Nomadland” and “Borat” had big nights for film, as did “Schitt’s Creek” and “The Crown” for TV.

By News deskISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan Thursday declared the NA-75, Daska by-election as void and ordered fresh poll/re-poll in the entire constituency on March 18, 2021.The...

Robinhood Faces Lawsuits and Regulatory Scrutiny Last Updated Here’s what you need to know: Robinhood, the brokerage of choice for legions of online day traders, is in talks with securities regulators and other authorities over a host of matters, including last month’s surge in shares of GameStop and other so-called meme stocks. The firm, in a regulatory filing on Friday, said it has received requests for information from federal prosecutors, the Securities and Exchange Commission, various ...