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Coronavirus Makes Cooling Centers Risky, Just as Scorching Weather Hits

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Top News As Hunger Swells, Food Stamps Become a Partisan Flash Point By JASON DePARLE Democrats are seeking to raise benefits as research shows a rise in food insecurity without modern precedent amid the pandemic. But Republicans have balked at a long-term expansion of the program. Coronavirus Makes Cooling Centers Risky, Just as Scorching Weather Hits By CHRISTOPHER FLAVELLE Officials are scrambling to find ways to protect residents against dueling threats of extreme heat and the coronavirus. E.U. Is Facing Its Worst Recession Ever. Watch Out, World. By MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF and JACK EWING New forecasts predict a 7.4 percent economic collapse and risks of even worse decline if the reopening triggers a second virus wave. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

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Editors' Picks Science Hoping Llamas Will Become Coronavirus Heroes By JILLIAN KRAMER Antibodies from Winter, a 4-year-old llama with great eyelashes, have neutralized coronavirus and other infections in lab experiments. Opinion Is It Safer to Visit a Coffee Shop or a Gym? By KATHERINE BAICKER, OEINDRILA DUBE, SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN, DEVIN POPE and GUS WEZEREK Some businesses, like some people, are "super-spreaders."

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