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Amazon wants Alexa owners to buy more things. That's the clear impetus behind the new Alexa feature announced today at Amazon's Accelerate conference, called Customers Ask Alexa, which will allow brands to get…

A Texas law banning most abortions after about six weeks of gestation went into effect Wednesday, despite the Supreme Court's 1973 ruling establishing a constitutional right to the procedure governing the state's access to abortion services…

Most experts say they use a good quality medical mask such as an N95 or KF94 when flying. If you don't have one, double masking is recommended. For a vaccinated person, the risk of briefly removing a mask to eat or drink during a flight…

In the barren desert 1,200 miles west of Beijing, the Chinese government is digging a new field of what appears to be 110 silos for launching nuclear missiles. It is the second such field discovered in the past few weeks by analysts…

In addition, questions about transmission remain unanswered. Vaccinated people with asymptomatic or breakthrough infections may still be able to pass the virus on to others, but it is not yet clear how often this happens.Until this science…

“It puts us in a bad place,” agreed Dr. Karina Bishop, a geriatrician at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Ethically, she added, “if this drug was available right now, I would not feel able to prescribe it.”Even as individual…

Tim Cook took the position as CEO of Apple for the first time. The billionaire of one of the world's most popular video games led a federal judge through what is known as the Metaverse. And lawyers in masks discussed whether an…

He said he first became concerned about the financial health of his company in December when a German regulator said a bank acquired by Greensill Capital must cut its exposure to a client.In business todayUpdated May 11, 2021 at 1:13 p.m.…

Almost three million people in the United States receive the Covid-19 vaccine every day. And each new burst raises new questions about what to expect after vaccination.Last week I asked readers to send me their questions about…

In recent days, the world has watched with curiosity and growing alarm as scientists in the U.K. have described a newly identified variant of the coronavirus that appears to be more contagious than, and genetically distinct from, more…