As states across the country reopen their economies, the restaurant industry is showing signs of recovery after stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures caused sales to crater. The NPD Group, which tracks transactions for 70 quick-service, fast-casual and full-service restaurant chains, found that transactions declined just 18% during the week ended May 24. Restaurant transactions hit
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo conducts a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., after a meeting with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call | Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said mass protests for the police killing
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO heardquaters in Geneva on March 11, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images The World Health Organization’s top official said Monday that he hopes the agency’s partnership with the
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officers walk down Las Vegas Boulevard during a Black Lives Matter demonstration demanding justice for the death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Denise Truscello | Getty Images Las Vegas is getting ready to launch a “Welcome Back” ad campaign to encourage visitors to come. But
Medical personnel move a deceased patient to a refrigerated truck serving as make shift morgues at Brooklyn Hospital Center on April 09, 2020 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images The World Health Organization cautioned world leaders Monday about reports that the coronavirus is “losing potency,” saying “this is still a
Kenneth Frazier, CEO of pharmaceutical company Merck. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Merck CEO Ken Frazier said Monday that George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died at the hands of Minneapolis police, could have been him. “What the African American community sees in that video tape is that this African American man,
Demonstrators march on I- 35 while participating in a protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on May 31, 2020 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Scott Olson | Getty Images Within the last few days, careful social distancing has been overturned by demonstrations against social injustice — as thousands of Americans congregate in
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo conducts a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., after a meeting with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call | Getty Images New York City, closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic, is
Walt Disney World Getty Images | Dan Anderson Walt Disney World received approval from the state of Florida to reopen its four Orlando-based theme parks starting July 11. Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom will open first, on July 11. Then, Epcot and Hollywood Studios will follow on July 15. Disney submitted its reopening plans on
Smokey Bear wears a protective face mask as he warns of High Fire Danger at the Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Blvd entrance to Griffith Park in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 26, 2020 as the Southland’s latest heat wave will send the mercury soaring into triple-digit territory raising the risk of heat-related illnesses. Al Seib