More than a year after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the Brooklyn Public Library buildings still have not fully reopened, but staff are working to bring library services online and outside for book lovers borough-wide.
Cheddar correspondent Chloe Aiello went library-hopping to check out the latest programming, including whispering libraries and outdoor reading rooms in advance of broader reopening efforts that will kick off May 10.
The Amal, or Hope, orbiter is the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.
Here are the headlines you Need2Know for Monday, July 20, 2020.
Nationally, homes are selling within 30 days on average, leaving less time to act on homes when they go on the market.
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.
SEIU President Mary Kay Henry talked to Cheddar about how the Strike for Black Lives will fight for the causes of racial and economic justice simultaneously.
Teams of military medics were deployed in Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by coronavirus patients. Miami area authorities, meanwhile, began stepping up enforcement Friday of a mask requirement.
The U.S. once again shattered its own record of new coronavirus cases: 77,000 on Thursday --14,000 of which were in Florida. In Miami Beach, the party scene on iconic Ocean Drive continues; worried that the Manhattan nightlife scene -- which has moved to the streets -- is getting out of control, Gov. Cuomo told bars in NYC they can no longer serve alcohol unless it’s accompanied by food, and all walk-up bar service will be shut down.
Netflix added a flood of new subscribers amid the coronavirus pandemic and also offered clues to a possible successor for founding CEO Reed Hastings, who on Thursday named the company’s chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, as co-CEO.
The ruse discovered Wednesday included bogus tweets from Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires.
The politicization of school reopenings by Trump has scared off teachers who before were "overwhelmingly" in support of heading back in the fall, Randi Weingarten told Cheddar.
