| Happening Now |
| As the Chinese city at the heart of the global pandemic reopens, the economic, political and psychological toll of the coronavirus pandemic is becoming increasingly clear. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is acknowledging that the city’s official coronavirus statistics have missed hundreds of people who died at home without ever being tested for the virus. As a modern pandemic afflicts the globe, Israeli Jews are being forced to scale back or cancel beloved traditions and rituals marking the start of Passover, the holiday celebrating Israelites’ freedom from Egyptian bondage and referencing biblical plagues. Black voters in Milwaukee said the decision to go ahead with Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary amid the coronavirus pandemic was especially problematic in their city, the state’s largest. President Donald Trump’s removal of a watchdog tasked with overseeing how his administration spends the $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package is his latest challenge of an inspector general community asked to be impartial and independent of the White House. |
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