University of Alabama System to push contact tracing app, require online health checks
(This May 21 story has been refiled to clarify university system name)
Lori Loughlin, husband plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal
“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her husband on Friday pleaded guilty to participating in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud scheme to secure spots for their daughters at the University of Southern California.
New York obtains student loan debt relief fraud settlements
New York state’s attorney general said on Friday she has settled a lawsuit against three companies accused of tricking struggling borrowers into paying more than $1,000 for student loan debt relief services that were available for free.
Two regions close to New York City almost ready to reopen, says Cuomo
Two New York state regions adjacent to New York City could begin reopening businesses next week so long as deaths from the new coronavirus continue to decline and a contact tracing program is up and running, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday.
Drug touted by Trump as COVID-19 treatment tied to increased risk of death: study
The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking and has urged others to use, was tied to increased risk of death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a large study published in the medical journ…
U.S. demands review of WHO’s handling of pandemic starts now, seeks reforms
The United States called on the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday to begin work immediately on investigating the source of the novel coronavirus, as well as its handling of the response to the pandemic.
U.S. urges WHO to start review of pandemic response, seeks reforms
The United States called on the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday to begin work immediately on investigating the source of the novel coronavirus, as well as its own handling of the response to the pandemic.
Fun beats fear in Rube Goldberg contest to fetch soap amid COVID-19 crisis
Caitlin Diel waited in the shower as her brother started their chain-reaction machine, dropping a marble into a tube that sent a toy train speeding, a deodorant stick flying and a stuffed bunny racing along a zip line to finally shoot a bar of soap int…
New York chef turns Michelin-starred eatery into charity kitchen in COVID-19 crisis
Chef Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park, who is used to being paid for fine dining with exclusive black credit cards, says his richest reward during the COVID-19 crisis is the grateful smiles of poor New Yorkers fed by the Michelin three-starred restau…
Lori Loughlin, husband to plead guilty via Zoom to U.S. college admissions scam
“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her husband will appear by video on Friday to plead guilty to participating in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud scheme to secure spots for their daughters at the University of Southern California.
