Dip in Unemployment Claims Offers Hope as New Virus Cases Ease
After a pandemic-induced spike in layoffs amid new restrictions in many states, unemployment claims are falling, helped by a drop in new coronavirus cases.Initial claims...
Whale Songs Could Reveal Deep Secrets Beneath the Oceans
“For some of us, it’s just been, ‘ugh, these dang whales are in my data,’” Dr. Caplan-Auerbach said. Humpback whales have interrupted her research in...
Cubans Study a Shrinking List of Banned Private Enterprises
HAVANA — Car dealerships, book publishing and hedge funds are still prohibited. Bed-and-breakfasts are not. Zoos, scuba diving centers and weapons production remain banned. Veterinary...
Tiny Blobs of Brain Cells Could Reveal How Your Mind Differs from a Neanderthal’s
In recent years, scientists have figured out how to grow blobs of hundreds of thousands of live human neurons that look — and act —...
Biden’s Climate Task Force Opens for Business, Aiming to Restore ‘Credibility’
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris and White House aides convened cabinet secretaries and the acting heads of 21 federal agencies on Thursday to begin...
Trump impeachment: Democrats to focus on ‘terrible toll’ of Capitol riot – live
Congresswoman: insurrectionists questioned why police tried to block them as they followed Trump’s instructionsTrump’s legal team will conclude arguments tomorrow: adviserBiden reacts to riot videos:...
Will A.O.C. Endorse? How She Could Shake Up the Mayor’s Race
Asked whether she planned to endorse in the mayoral race and how she intended to use her influence, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said that she did not...
Lebanese ex-army chief testifies in Beirut port blast probe
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's former army chief told the lead investigator of last year's massive Beirut port blast on Thursday that he had recommended, years...
Duration of call between Biden and Xi a ‘very positive message’ -Global Times editor
BloombergA Crypto Kid Had a $23,000-a-Month Condo. Then the Feds Came(Bloomberg) -- Stefan Qin was just 19 when he claimed to have the secret to...
Twitter vs. India
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.A remarkable face-off is unfolding between an American...