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At least 16 players have tested positive for coronavirus as the league nears its return next month, the NBA and the National Association of Basketball Players announced Friday. More than 300 players were tested for the virus in total. SEVERAL POSITIONS IN THE NBA PLAYERS TEST FOR THE CORONAVIRUS WEEKS …

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US consumer spending rebounded in the largest amount on record in May, but earnings are unlikely to be sustainable as revenue will decline and is expected to further decrease as Millions lose their unemployment checks starting next month. The surge in spending reported by …

There are only a handful of proven interventions to slow the spread of the coronavirus. One of them is locating contacts and “it’s not going well,” White House health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday. Contact tracing occurs when trained personnel contact infected people to investigate where they might have …

COVID-19 by the numbers Billions of dollars in coronavirus aid were sent to deceased people and millions of Americans are believed to have been infected at some point. The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association say 16 players tested positive for coronavirus in the first wave of mandatory tests …

New Jersey’s 2,500 public schools will open for the 2020-2021 school year, but classes will be unlike anything students and teachers have ever experienced before, state officials announced Friday. Students will be kept six feet apart in classrooms and on buses, lunch hours will be staggered, and teachers will be …