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<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/new-yorker-spends-her/"></div>NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York communications consultant who lost her job during the pandemic has used her free time to help people secure COVID-19 vaccine appointments. Carrie Driscoll’s efforts started when her mother in Florida struggled to sign up for her appointment. So 42-year-old Driscoll put her research skills to work from her […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Setti...
Updated After a year like no other, New York's Times Square empties out on New Year's Eve 4 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters) - Only a handful of invited guests, including health care workers and others from the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, will gather on Thursday evening in New York’s Times Square to witness the dropping of the New Year’s Eve ball, marking the end of a sobering 2020 and a hopeful start to 2021. Slideshow ( 5 images ) For decades, tens of thousands of merrymakers -- many of them tourists -- have filled the blocks around Times Square on New Year’s Eve, standing fo...
By Dan Fastenberg and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's Times Square was barricaded on Thursday, with only a handful of invited guests, including health care workers and others from the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, allowed in to watch the New Year's Eve ball drop in person. Everyone else should stay home and watch the pared-down festivities on television, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, with scores of events around the United States similarly curtailed or moved online. Tens of thousands of people usually fill the blocks around Times Square, standing for hours in t...
5 Min Read (Reuters) - Americans defied pleas from state and local officials to stay home for the Thanksgiving holiday in the face of the surging coronavirus pandemic, triggering fresh warnings from health officials with the release of vaccines still weeks away. Travelers check-in for their flights at O'Hare International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski U.S. President-elect Joe Biden joined in the calls for safety, urging people to forgo big family gatherings, ...