London trains remain quiet during rush hour despite easing of coronavirus lockdown

After almost two years investigating Russian interference in America’s presidential election of 2016, Robert Mueller presented his report to William Barr, the attorney-general, who released a summary. The special counsel found no collusion between anyone on Donald Trump’s campaign and the Russians who had meddled in the election. Questions about whether the president tried to…

It was a little over a month ago when Tom Hanks shared that he and his wife, Rita Wilson, had tested positive for COVID-19 while over in Australia filming Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic. They were the first major celebrities to announce their diagnosis, and this coincided with a turning point in Americans behavior concerning…

Image copyright Getty Images The UK offshore oil industry has been hit by several storms at once – only one of them being coronavirus. The gas market is often overshadowed by oil, but demand has been sliding and supply has become more competitive. Up to 30,000 jobs could be lost in this downturn and the…

Protesters demonstrate in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday. (Matt Slocum/AP)Over the last week, protests against social-distancing orders have sprung up across the country. The crowds have generally numbered a few hundred, been predominantly white and had some carrying firearms. Although they give the appearance of spontaneous demonstrations by angry citizens, in fact they have largely been organized…

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Unlike the existential threat posed by the coronavirus outbreak, cultural life returned swiftly to normal after the flu.During the 1918 pandemic, several different songs called “The Influenza Blues” were published as sheet music.Credit…Arizona State University Music Library Sheet Music CollectionMay 6, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET“Music Nets Millions for Liberty Loan Drive,” proclaimed a front-page headline…

Image caption The coronavirus outbreak has brought tourism in the Lake District to a standstill Lake District tourism businesses have accused insurance companies of using a policy wording “loophole” to refuse payouts for losses due to coronavirus.Cumbria Tourism found 72% of its members who responded to a survey said they had been turned down for…

We will use your email address to send you newsletters. Please see ourPrivacy Noticefor more information on how we use your data and your data protection rights.Invalid EmailGoing to the supermarket is a very different experience during the coronavirus lockdown. Supermarket giants are limiting the number of people in their stores at any one time,…

5:52 PM ETAdam TeicherESPN Staff Writer CloseCovered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013Kansas City Chiefs guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a medical school graduate and volunteered to help recently when his hometown of Montreal experienced a shortage of medical personnel during the coronavirus pandemic.He was assigned to assist in a…

In The Purge, a blaring siren signals the start of violence and mayhem as all crimes — including murder — become legal for 12 hours. It’s only the dystopian premise of a fictional horror series, thank goodness, but every once in a while, when the world gets really bad, the internet will joke that we’re not…

“Born alive” bills show where abortion politics are going. March 1, 2019 Worked in Obama’s Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Kevin Lamarque / ReutersWe are in the postabortion-debate phase of the abortion debate. Earlier this week, Senator Ben Sasse’s Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act was debated on the Senate floor, and failed to receive…

May 6, 2020 | 3:29pm Enlarge Image Pedestrians walk on Main Street during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Getty Images Dozens of Sundance Film Festival attendees fell ill on the heels of the star-studded event — in what one expert says may have been early, undiagnosed coronavirus cases, according to a…

The coronavirus outbreak largely has spared the baseball world, with data released Sunday to prove it.Of the 5,603 major league employees who submitted to what researchers called the largest national antibody study to date, only 60 tested positive, researchers said Sunday.The researchers announced an estimated positive rate of 0.72% after adjusting the results for what…

Pizza Express was forced to temporarily close all its UK restaurants in March as part of the Covid-19 lockdown. Photograph: Pizza Express Pizza Express is to reopen 13 London restaurants for delivery only in the next 10 days as it tests the water for a national return to business. Zoe Bowley, the managing director of…

Trump aide Miller was escorted off set by security after being asked to “leave several times.” Image: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images By Johnny Lieu2018-01-08 04:30:55 UTC UPDATE: Jan. 8, 2018, 12:15 p.m. EST This piece has been updated with a transcript of an exchange between Miller and Tapper after the segment ended. A hostile interview between…