Thousands of Zoom video calls left exposed on the open Web
Many exposed videos include personally identifiable information and intimate conversations, recorded in people’s homes. Zoom has become a go-to video chat service in an age of social distancing.
Banks flooded with applications for federal small-business loan program
Major bankers said it will take time before federally backed loans under the $2 trillion bailout package are made available, contradicting claims made earlier by top federal officials.
Government spent millions to ramp up mask readiness, but that isn’t helping now
The creation of a high-speed machine to make N95 masks in a pandemic and a reusable-masks project were aimed at alleviating shortages. The efforts have not led to a single new mask for the government’s response.
A coffin lays wrapped in plastic and covered with cardboard outside a block of family apartments in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Thursday. (AP)
Bodies lie in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador, the emerging epicenter of the coronavirus in Latin America
The overwhelmed health system in Ecuador’s largest city could be a harbinger of worse to come in the developing world.
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Fatherhood is more visible than ever. But will dads working from home step up more?
Coronavirus has knocked down the wall between work life and family life for many men.
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Bill Withers
1938–2020 His songs, smooth-voiced melodies melded with perfect grooves, became the soundtracks of countless engagements, weddings and backyard parties.
Marie Monroe-Ames, a descendant of Rosewood massacre survivor Oren Monroe, looks over a photo taken at her great-uncle's funeral. (Zack Wittman for The Post)
Descendants of Rosewood massacre survivor Oren Monroe, from left: Morgan Carter; her mother, Natasha Twiggs; and her grandmother Marie Monroe-Ames, Monroe’s daughter. (Zack Wittman for The Post)
In 1923, an all-white mob burned the town of Rosewood, Fla., to the ground. Descendants of the victims are tortured by questions that have lingered for generations: How much should the past determine the future? And when is it time to move on?
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