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Looks like there’s plenty of drama unfolding on this season of “The Real Housewives of New York City.” Dorinda Medley appeared on Maria Menounos’ show, “Better Together,” on Monday, and revealed which “RHONY” star she would least like to be quarantined with in her Berkshires, Mass. estate. “Probably, Tinsley [Mortimer],” she said, quickly adding, “Because, …
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When thinking through the wisdom of COVID-19 lockdowns and orders, commentators often compare the value of lives saved against some loss of economic output (GDP) to determine whether the measure was cost‐effective. But this is an apples vs. oranges comparison. The value of a statistical life is some calculation of what the average U.S. citizen is …
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President Trump hammered the World Health Organization on Tuesday over its response to the coronavirus pandemic, accusing it of being partial to China and endangering countries by recommending borders be kept open. “The W.H.O. really blew it,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We …
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MLB officials on Monday sketched out for the first time to the Players Association a vision of re-starting first spring training in May and then beginning a season a few weeks later, with all of the training and games played exclusively in Arizona with no crowds. The Associated Press and ESPN were first to outline …
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‘One World: Together at Home’ is a weirdly complacent name. There is a classic Simpsons episode in which young Bart falls down a well. Local celebrities, with the aid of guest star Sting, decide to band together to do something about it. Their magnificently useless contribution is to band together to perform a song in …
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Trump Administration trade adviser Peter Navarro sent a memo to the National Security Council on January 29 warning that the Wuhan coronavirus could kill over 500,000 Americans, but he was largely dismissed as “alarmist” and his policies were deemed “unsustainable” by White House officials, according to The New York Times. It is unclear if President …
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“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum Adrienne Maloof is mourning the loss of her uncle Phil Maloof, who died over the weekend from COVID-19. He was 93. The 58-year-old former reality star shared the tragic news about the Las Vegas entrepreneur on her social media on Monday, writing: “We lost my uncle, Phil Maloof to …
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing backlash after she violated her own quarantine advice over the weekend to go to a salon for a haircut. Lightfoot defended her decision by saying that she is the “public face of this city” “I’m on national media and I’m out in the public eye,” she responded to a …
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WeWork has sued SoftBank after the Japanese conglomerate said last week that it’s backing out of a $3 billion offer for shares in the struggling office-sharing startup. In the lawsuit, which was widely expected after the tender was yanked last week, a special committee on the board of WeWork’s parent We Co. alleged that SoftBank …
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US stocks jumped again Tuesday as Wall Street nursed hopes that the coronavirus crisis finally may be peaking. The Dow Jones industrial average surged as much as 937.25 points, or 4.1 percent, at the open amid signs that the pandemic is slowing — including reports that Tuesday was the first day that China, where the …
Looks like there’s plenty of drama unfolding on this season of “The Real Housewives of New York City.” Dorinda Medley appeared on Maria Menounos’ show, “Better Together,” on Monday, and revealed which “RHONY” star she would least like to be quarantined with in her Berkshires, Mass. estate. “Probably, Tinsley [Mortimer],” she said, quickly adding, “Because, …
