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Pret keeps its doors closed even when open for business in effort to save energy
Pret a Manger is keeping its doors closed in an effort to preserve energy, as British retailers pledge to go net-zero by 2040. Branches of the popular high street sandwich shop keep their doors shut even when they are open for business, a move that has led to a five […]
Best Buy closed down stores in the pandemic. People kept shopping
Barry could have kept stores open in some areas where Best Buy (BBY) was considered an essential business because it sold products that allowed people to work and go to school from home. But customers and employees were scared, she said in an interview, and the company had “very little […]
What’s open, what’s closed this weekend in Las Vegas
If Public Schools Are Closed, Should Private Schools Have to Follow?
St. Andrews Episcopal School, attended by Baron Trump, President Donald Trump’s son, in Potomac, Md., on April 29, 2020. (Samuel Corum/The New York Times) Facing a resurgence of the coronavirus, public schools in the suburbs of the nation’s capital decided in recent weeks that more than 1 million children would […]
‘Open today, closed tomorrow’ is the new normal for hair, nail salons due to coronavirus
Travis Vu cuts a client’s hair in one of two socially-distanced chairs in front of his salon in Fountain Valley. He said he could never have imagined moving his operations outside, but is doing his best to keep business afloat and four employees working. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles […]
Gov. Newsom orders most California schools to stay closed until coronavirus spread lessens
Gov. Gavin Newsom handed down strict guidelines that will require most California schools to keep their buildings closed to start the year to cope with the coronavirus outbreak. Those that do reopen during the coronavirus outbreak must require masks for older childrena as well as makes and consistent testing for […]
LAUSD To Keep Campuses Closed, Despite Trump’s Push To Reopen
VENICE, CA — Amid spiking coronavirus cases, Los Angeles Unified School District campuses will remain closed when classes resume next month, Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday, defying President Donald Trump’s demand that students return to in-person instruction. “While the new school year will begin in August, it will not start […]
Hoboken Coronavirus Testing Site Closed Temporarily; Updates
HOBOKEN, NJ — Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla said in an update on Tuesday night that the city’s uptown coronavirus testing center will close from Wednesday through Sunday, but alternatives are being offered in nearby towns during that time. “Dr. Brahmbhatt informed me that he is unavailable for the next three […]
Jacksonville, the host of GOP convention, mandating masks; Broadway closed until 2021;
The city scheduled to host the GOP convention is mandating masks and Broadway stages will remain dark through 2020 amid a national boom in coronavirus cases. However, the nation’s leading infectious diseases expert remains “cautiously optimistic” that a vaccine could be widely available by year’s end. Also, a drug company’s steep price […]
What does Miami distillery make when bars are closed? (Hint: Don’t drink it.)
Toast Distillers’ signature product was premium vodka. But when unemployment increased and medical supplies became scarce nationwide, Toast switched formulas to solve both problems. The company hired 15 new employees as it shifted production from spirits to hand sanitizer, said founder and CEO Dieuveny “DJ” Jean Louis. The “EZ Hand […]
B.C. warns ‘it only takes one person’ to spread COVID-19, U.S.-Canada border to remain closed
As cases of COVID-19 continue to spread around the world, Canadians seem to be increasingly concerned about their health and safety Check back for the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak in Canada. For a full archive of the first month of the pandemic, please check our archive of events. […]