The city has not completed a single office-to-housing conversion, despite hopes to meet housing demand and inject life into empty downtowns.
Category: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
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San Francisco Is Still Pushing to Turn Offices Into Homes
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Taylor Swift Named Her New Song ‘Patient Zero.’ Where Does the Term Originate?
The New York Times – Music:“Patient zero” has long been associated with virus outbreaks and fictional health investigations. It was coined in the 1980s, by accident.
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Trump Officials May Undo Nursing Home Mandates for Reporting Covid
The New York Times – Business:The agency led by Dr. Mehmet Oz is proposing an end to weekly tracking of respiratory infections at the facilities where thousands of elderly residents died in the pandemic.
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Trump, the Supreme Court and the Postal Service: A History of Mail Voting
The New York Times – On the Runway:The mail system took on new prominence during the Civil War by enabling soldiers to vote from afar. On Monday, the Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s effort to give it a new role in elections.
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The Next Terrorist Attack Is Predictable
The New York Times – On the Runway:A.I.-driven cyber and biological attacks threaten not just American lives, but also the American government.
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Why These Giant Storage Tanks Increasingly Hold Very Little Oil
The New York Times – Business:Oil companies and governments are consuming their once vast stockpiles as Iran and the United States continue to struggle for control over the Strait of Hormuz.
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Dolly Parton’s Other Legacy: A Fortune Given Away, Dollar by Dollar
The New York Times – Business:The country star supported early childhood literacy, disaster relief, the development of the Covid-19 vaccine and more.
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Moderna’s Shift to Cancer Company Lifts Stock Up 177%
The New York Times – Business:The company’s fortunes cratered as demand for Covid-19 vaccines plummeted. But it was busy working on something else.
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Fauci Faces Contempt Vote. Here Are the Legal Issues Involved.
The New York Times – On the Runway:Dr. Fauci invoked his Constitutional right under the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions from a Senate committee. Republicans say he is ineligible for that protection.