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Top News Straggling in a Good Economy, and Now Struggling in a Crisis By PATRICIA COHEN The coronavirus pandemic has shown how close to the edge many Americans were living, with pay and benefits eroding even as corporate profits surged. Trump Says States Can Start Reopening While Acknowledging the Decision Is Theirs By PETER BAKER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR The guidelines released by the president effectively mean that any restoration of American society will take place on a patchwork basis. 29 Dead at One Nursing Home From the Virus. Or More. No One Will Say. By JOHN LELAND, AMY JULIA HARRIS and TRACEY TULLY What is happening inside a Queens nursing home hit by the outbreak? Relatives of residents said there was a disturbing lack of information. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

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Editors' Picks World 'There's No More Water': Climate Change on a Drying Island By TOMMY TRENCHARD A delicate ecosystem was disrupted in the Comoros, off East Africa, when forests were cleared to make way for farmland. The consequences offer lessons for other parts of the developing world. Opinion The Coronavirus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for a Vaccine? By NATHANIEL LASH and TALA SCHLOSSBERG Developing a defense against the virus will depend on how it behaves.

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