U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll, Highest in World, Surpasses 100,000

U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll, Highest in World, Surpasses 100,000

• The milestone comes just months after the country’s first known case was confirmed, according to a New York Times tally.
• The death toll, far higher than in any other nation, exceeds the number of U.S. military combat fatalities in every conflict since the Korean War.
• California reached at least 100,000 known infections. Scientists are revising their timelines of how the virus spread. Here’s the latest.

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A €750 Billion Virus Recovery Plan Thrusts Europe Into a New Frontier

Adopting the proposal would make history for the bloc, vesting authority in Brussels in ways that more closely resembled a central government.