TIMEflipped into Top StoriesRepublican National Convention Florida, Georgia Governors Offer Their States as RNC Host Amid North Carolina's COVID-19 Concerns TIME - ZEKE MILLER and BEN NADLER / AP(WASHINGTON) — Two GOP governors are offering up their states to host the Republican National Convention, a day after President Donald Trump threatened to pull the convention out of North Carolina if state’s
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesKawasaki Is There a Connection Between COVID-19 and Kawasaki Disease? TIME - Jamie DucharmeDr. Jane C. Burns has studied Kawasaki disease for four decades. It took only four months for COVID-19 to turn her life’s work upside down. Unusual numbers of children and teenagers living in COVID-19
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesBody Language The Coronavirus Killed the Handshake and the Hug. What Will Replace Them? TIME - Mandy OaklanderDr. Mark Sklansky has always hated shaking hands. He can think of about a dozen better ways to greet patients than the icky exchange. “Hands are warm, they’re wet, and we know that they transmit disease
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesEntertainment HBO Max Originals: What to Watch—and What to Skip TIME - Judy BermanWhen HBO Max launches on May 27, those who rush to subscribe will likely do so for access to WarnerMedia’s enormous catalog. The service will include beloved TV shows (Friends, The West Wing, Anthony Parts
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesCoronavirus (Covid-19) Senate Intel Chair Rubio Warns Foreign Actors Will Try to Amplify Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories TIME - Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro / AP(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Marco Rubio, the new Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is warning that foreign actors will seek to amplify conspiracy theories about the coronavirus and find
TIMEflipped into CoronavirusMuriel Bowser As Washington D.C. Weighs Reopening, African Americans in the Nation's Capital Brace for the Worst TIME - Kimberly DozierIt’s just past 7 a.m. as Tavis Clinton’s sanitation truck pulls to a stop in an alley in the Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Petworth, its streets lined by aging rowhouses and the occasional glass-and-metal
TIMEflipped into CoronavirusThe Ozarks Public Health Officials Urge Lake of the Ozarks Visitors to Self-Quarantine TIME - Mahita GajananHealth officials are urging self-quarantine for people who visited Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri over Memorial Day weekend, after videos showing large crowds gathering at the popular holiday went
TIMEflipped into CoronavirusNews Boris Johnson's Top Aide Under Fire for Traveling During Lockdown TIME - Billy PerrigoBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a full-blown political crisis after his most senior aide Dominic Cummings admitted he drove more than 260 miles from London to Durham and back with his family,
TIMEflipped into CoronavirusRetail Grocery Workers Fear Confrontations With Shoppers Over Mask Rules TIME - Alejandro de la GarzaAs May began, Tidal Creek, a co-op marketplace in Wilmington, North Carolina, put a new rule into place: No mask, no service. The policy, which many other retailers across the country have also adopted,
TIMEflipped into CoronavirusWorking From Home Thousands Flock to Facebook Group to Pretend They're Back In An Office Together TIME - Melissa LockerThe 1999 movie Office Space captured the humdrum existence of life in cubicle land complete with florescent lights, a relentless workday monotony, and a printer that is always jammed. Fast forward to when
TIMEflipped into CoronavirusCoronavirus (Covid-19) 265 Million People Could Face Hunger in 'Unprecedented' Crisis, World Food Program Expert Warns TIME - Aria ChenThe world faces an “unprecedented” food crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused both severe job losses and major disruptions in food supply chains, the U.N. World Food Programme’s Chief warns.
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesKyoto Animation Japanese Police Arrest Suspect in Anime Studio Arson That Killed 36 People TIME - Mari Yamaguchi / AP(TOKYO) — Japanese police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he recovered enough from his own severe burns to respond to the police investigation.
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesRussell Simmons On the Record Hints at What's Lost When Abuse Forces Women to Leave the Work They Love TIME - Stephanie ZacharekIt’s been nearly three years since the fall of Harvey Weinstein forced the gates of the #MeToo movement wide open, instilling courage in untold numbers of women to tell their own stories about inappropriate
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesHong Kong Trump Administration Considers Sanctioning Chinese Officials and Companies Over Hong Kong Security Bill TIME - Jenny Leonard, Jennifer Jacobs, Saleha Mohsin and Nick Wadhams / BloombergThe U.S. is considering a range of sanctions to punish China for its crackdown on Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter said, as the Trump administration weighs whether to declare the former colony
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesPolitics Joe Biden Says President Trump Is a ‘Fool’ for Making Fun of His Decision to Wear a Mask TIME - Will Weissert / AP(WASHINGTON) — Joe Biden said Tuesday that wearing a mask in public to combat the spread of the coronavirus is a sign of leadership and called President Donald Trump a “fool” who was “stoking deaths” suggesting
TIMEflipped into WorldHong Kong Hong Kong's National Anthem Bill Is Sparking Renewed Protests. Here's What to Know TIME - AMY GUNIA / HONG KONGHong Kong is bracing for a fresh round of protests on Wednesday over controversial legislation that would make insulting China’s national anthem a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in jail.
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesDonald Trump Twitter Adds Warning to President Trump's Tweets, in Reported First TIME - Tara LawPresident Trump started off his Tuesday as he does most days, with a series of tweets, the content of which many often find counterfactual. And for the first time, the social media company responded in
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesKelly Loeffler Justice Department Closes Probes Into 3 Senators Over Stock Trades Made Before Market Drop TIMEWASHINGTON — The Justice Department has closed investigations into stock trading by Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California, Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, according to people familiar
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesAutomotive Industry France Deploys $8.8 Billion to Rescue Car Industry and Boost Electric Vehicles TIMEPARIS — France’s government is injecting more than 8 billion euros ($8.8 billion) to save the country’s car industry from huge losses wrought by virus lockdowns, and wants to use the crisis to make France
TIMEflipped into BusinessBusiness Peloton CEO John Foley Talks Cheaper Bikes and Making the Most of Staying Home TIME(Miss this week’s The Leadership Brief? This interview was delivered to the inbox of Leadership Brief subscribers on Sunday morning, May 24; to receive an email of next week’s edition, a conversation Accenture
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesNew Jersey Politics Judge Whose Advice to Woman in Sexual Assault Case Was 'Close Your Legs' Permanently Barred from Court TIME - Bruce Shipkowski / AP(TRENTON, N.J.) — A judge who suggested that a woman seeking a restraining order could “close your legs” to prevent a sexual assault was removed from the bench Tuesday by the New Jersey Supreme Court permanently
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesN95 Respirators Pharmacist Charged With Hoarding and Price Gouging Scarce N95 Masks During Coronavirus Pandemic TIME - Associated Press(NEW YORK) — A pharmacist and a used car salesman were arrested Tuesday on charges that they designed frauds to capitalize on the search for masks and other protective equipment during the coronavirus
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesSoviet Union Lessons That Can Be Learned From Operation 'Denver,' KGB’s Massive AIDS Disinformation Campaign TIME - Mark Kramer / The MIT Press ReaderIn September 1985, the Soviet State Security Committee (KGB) informed other Warsaw Pact foreign intelligence agencies that it had launched a new, major disinformation campaign. “We are carrying out a of
TIMEflipped into U.S.Birdwatching White Woman Who Called Police on a Black Man at Central Park Apologizes, says 'I'm Not a Racist' TIMEIn a video that has gone viral, a white woman holding her dog by the collar in New York City’s Central Park can be heard saying “I’m calling the cops…I’m gonna tell them there’s an African American man
TIMEflipped into WorldNews In a First for Central America, Costa Rica Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage TIME - Suyin HaynesThe first same-sex weddings have taken place in Costa Rica, after a landmark court ruling came into effect at midnight. While activists’ plans for a national celebration had to be postponed due to the
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesSurveillance WHO's Executive Director Warns That World Is Still 'Right in the Middle of the First Wave' of Coronavirus TIME - Menelaos Hadjicostis and Elaine Kurtenbach / AP(BANGKOK) — As Brazil and India struggle with surging coronavirus cases, a top health expert is warning that the world is still in the very middle of the outbreak, dampening hopes for a speedy global rebound
TIMEflipped into HistoryGuns Understanding the Origins of American Gun Culture Can Help Reframe Today’s Gun Debate TIME - Jim RasenbergerOn the warm afternoon of June 8, 1844, an armed patrol of 15 Texas Rangers was traveling through the Hill Country of south central Texas when it came under attack by 75 Comanche warriors. Until this day,
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesJ. K. Rowling J.K. Rowling Is Releasing a New Story Online for Free to Entertain Families During the Pandemic TIME - Associated Press(LONDON) — J.K. Rowling is publishing a new story called “The Ickabog,” which will be free to read online to help entertain children and families stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The “Harry
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesCoronavirus (Covid-19) Spain Declares 10-Day Mourning Period to Pay Tribute to the Nearly 27,000 Lives Lost to COVID-19 TIME - Associated Press(MADRID) — The Spanish government is declaring a 10-day mourning period to pay tribute to nearly 27,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus. Starting Wednesday until June 5, flags will be at half-mast
