NEW YORK — James Dolan, the owner of the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers, has tested positive for the coronavirus, his NBA team said in a statement Saturday night. The Knicks said that Dolan, 64, is experiencing “little to no symptoms” and is self-isolating. He is the…
This puts America in a very dangerous position. Legal protections for the election do exist and are strong. The Constitution and federal law require the election of a president this November and state that the president’s term ends the following January. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that once states…
Two of the hottest stocks over the past five years have been Hubspot (NYSE: HUBS) and Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV). The former is up more than 260%, while the latter is up an incredible 440%, leaving the paltry S&P 500 and its 20% return in the dust. In 2020, however,…
French-Armenian politician Patrick Devedjian died on the Coronavirus Patrick Devedjian, a career French politician of Armenian descent, died on Saturday of Covid-19—the Coronavirus. He was 75. Devedjian took to Twitter on Thursday to announce that he was diagnosed with the Coronavirus and praised the exceptional work of the medical staff…
Japan: “Rap came to me as an escape valve to be able to represent my youth” (photo: Nathalia Millen / Divulgao) Rapper Japo, from the group Viela 17, is the second character in the series that deals with the relationship between people who make art in Brasilia and how they…
Shani Mootoo’s Polar Vortex (Book*hug, $23, 288 pages) is a suspense-filled novel that captures the banality of everyday life. Lesbian couple Priya and Alex are preparing for the arrival of Priya’s long-lost college friend Prakash. The two had bonded as Indian immigrants – she from Trinidad and he from Uganda,…
On any normal day, it would be packed with pilgrims and tourists traipsing around the tomb revered as the place of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. But in the age of coronavirus, what mostly greets visitors to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre is stony silence. A month ago, even as reports…
LONDON (Reuters) – Hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed on Friday he had the coronavirus, his health minister said he did too, and England’s chief medical officer announced he also had symptoms. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty (L) and Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance look…
Trump, for his part, reportedly wants to establish himself in the crisis as a “wartime president,” above the fray, but can’t resist stopping to tweak his own rivals, from Joe Biden to Mitt Romney. Is this the way the U.S. government is supposed to behave in the face of a…
Lots of things about modern politics would surprise William Gladstone if the 19th-century Liberal prime minister was unexpectedly reincarnated into the Britain of 2020. Things like press conferences, video links and female MPs would all catch him out. Gladstone would, though, be reassured by one thing. He would easily be…
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