#Dow slides 200 points after cracking 30,000 milestone

#Dow slides 200 points after cracking 30,000 milestone

“#Dow slides 200 points after cracking 30,000 milestone” US stocks slid Wednesday as Wall Street took a breather following a historic rally that drove the Dow Jones industrial average past the 30,000 mark for the first time ever. The blue-chip index dropped as much as 200.82 points, or roughly 0.6 percent, to 29,845.42 a day…

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#778,000 workers seek unemployment aid

#778,000 workers seek unemployment aid

“#778,000 workers seek unemployment aid” Some 778,000 American workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as a surge in coronavirus infections kept the labor market’s recovery under pressure, the feds said Wednesday. The latest initial jobless claims reported by the US Department of Labor brought the seasonally adjusted total for the COVID-19 pandemic to about…

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#Jason Kenney’s coronavirus announcement: ‘These measures are tough, but necessary’ (full transcript)

#Jason Kenney’s coronavirus announcement: ‘These measures are tough, but necessary’ (full transcript)

“#Jason Kenney’s coronavirus announcement: ‘These measures are tough, but necessary’ (full transcript)” As daily cases in Alberta hit record highs and the province’s COVID death toll surpassed 400 (it is now 492), Premier Jason Kenney was still resisting calls to institute lockdown measures like those imposed in other provinces. On Tuesday, however, Kenney shifted course,…

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#You can ignore psuedoscientific rules to celebrate Thanksgiving smartly

#You can ignore psuedoscientific rules to celebrate Thanksgiving smartly

“#You can ignore psuedoscientific rules to celebrate Thanksgiving smartly” Politicians and bureaucrats are trying to control and even eliminate holiday gatherings. As a physician, however, I urge you to make your own responsible choices. Not long ago, Americans wouldn’t have even considered the possibility of government agents entering their homes to cancel their Thanksgiving. Then…

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#Staten Island COVID-19 field hospital opens, accepts first patient

#Staten Island COVID-19 field hospital opens, accepts first patient

“#Staten Island COVID-19 field hospital opens, accepts first patient” Staten Island opened its emergency field hospital Tuesday and accepted its first patient amid a troubling surge of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the borough. “We’re up and running,” Staten Island University Hospital’s spokesman Christian Preston told The Post Tuesday afternoon. Located on the grounds…

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