Google sibling Verily launches COVID-19 screening website

Google sibling Verily launches COVID-19 screening website

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google sister company Verily has launched a website to screen people who think they might have COVID-19 and point them to testing sites. But you probably can’t use it to get tested quite yet.Verily, a health tech company owned by Google...
Amazon seeks to hire 100,000 to keep up with surge in orders

Amazon seeks to hire 100,000 to keep up with surge in orders

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Monday that it needs to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. to keep up with a crush of orders as the coronavirus spreads and keeps more people at home, shopping online.The online retailer said it will also temporarily raise pay by $2 an...
UK ramps up virus fight: no pubs, 12-week isolation for some

UK ramps up virus fight: no pubs, 12-week isolation for some

LONDON (AP) — British authorities on Monday dramatically ramped up measures to combat the new coronavirus, urging all U.K. residents to avoid unnecessary contact with others and telling people in the most vulnerable groups to stay at home for three months.Prime...
Virus fears fuel spike in sales of guns and ammunition

Virus fears fuel spike in sales of guns and ammunition

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The world’s largest gun store, in metro Atlanta, has had lines that are six and eight people deep. A gun store in Los Angeles had lines that stretched down the block. And at least one store in Idaho put limits on sales after its shelves were...

What now? Facing life without the entertainment world

NEW YORK (AP) — Overheard as the entertainment world stalled in response to the coronavirus outbreak: “What are we gonna do now, read books?”That’s exactly what Pamela Milam will be doing, and lots of them.Milam is a selection reader for the Women’s...