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many mouths to feed 7/7/2020
The Secondhand Refrigerators Feeding New Yorkers Community fridges across the city are fighting food insecurity, reducing waste, and uniting neighbors.
By Brock Colyar

coronavirus 12:59 p.m.
What Will College Be Like in the Fall? Most universities say they plan to resume in-person classes, but life on campus will be a lot different.
By Erica Schwiegershausen

coronavirus 12:15 p.m.
When Will Schools Reopen? Everything we know about when it will be safe for schools to resume in-person classes — and what it will look like when they do.
By Erica Schwiegershausen

disney 11:04 a.m.
Florida Disney World Is Seriously Going to Reopen This Weekend In the face of a massive COVID-19 surge in the state, Disney is plowing ahead with its plans.
By Hannah Gold

coronavirus 10:30 a.m.
The U.S. Keeps Seeing Record Numbers of Coronavirus Cases Meanwhile, the Trump administration has announced plans to withdraw the country from the WHO.
By Claire Lampen, Hannah Gold, and Amanda Arnold

black holes 7/7/2020
Scientists Discover the Hungriest Hole New research shows that the universe’s fastest-growing supermassive black hole is gobbling up one sun per day.
By Kelly Conaboy

health 7/6/2020
And Now, a Confirmed Case of Bubonic Plague According to Chinese officials, a herdsman in Inner Mongolia has contracted the disease.
By Hannah Gold

hot bod 7/3/2020
Is Hiking the Only Summer Activity That’s Basically Still the Same? Perhaps this is why it’s so popular right now.
By Maggie Lange

coronavirus 7/2/2020
Here’s What We Know About Asymptomatic COVID-19 Carriers There’s still a lack of clarity about what an asymptomatic case could mean for the future of one’s health.
By Amanda Arnold and Katie Heaney

work 7/2/2020
5 Vulnerable Workers on the Anxiety of Returning to the Office “They basically have the power of life or death over me right now.”
As told to Anna Silman
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