PARIS—The reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is going fast enough to allow its reopening to visitors and faithful at the end of 2024, less than six years after a fire ravaged its roof, French officials said Monday. The cathedral’s iconic spire, which collapsed in the blaze, will gradually start reappearing above the monument…
School Where 6-Year-Old Boy Shot Teacher Reopens With Added Security
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher reopened Monday with stepped-up security and a new administrator, as nervous parents and students expressed optimism about a return to the classroom. Richneck Elementary School in Newport News opened its doors more than three weeks after the Jan. 6 shooting. Police have…
Google News Re-Opens in Spain After 8-Year Shutdown
BRUSSELS—Alphabet reopened Google News in Spain on Wednesday, eight years after it shut down the service because of a Spanish rule forcing the company and other news aggregators to pay publishers for using snippets of their news. Madrid last year transposed European Union copyright rules, revamped in 2020, into legislation, allowing media outlets to negotiate…
Yellowstone National Park to Partly Reopen After Floods
BILLINGS, Mont.—Yellowstone National Park will partially reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, after catastrophic flooding destroyed bridges and roads and drove out thousands of tourists. The Park Service announced Saturday that visitors will once again be allowed on the park’s southern loop under a temporary license plate system designed to manage the crowds: Those with even-numbered…
NYC Public Schools Reopen Classrooms for 1 Million Students After 18-Month Closure
New York City on Monday opened its classroom doors to nearly one million students, many of whom are returning for the first time since March 2020, when the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic prompted the nation’s largest public school system to close. Just about 40 percent of New York City’s public school students went…
Chicago, One of the Most Locked Down Cities, Reopens After COVID-19
The city of Chicago was at the epicenter of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic response for two reasons: its pandemic restrictions were among the strictest in the nation and the first national case of COVID-19 spread, from a woman returning from Wuhan, China, occurred there in January 2020. By March of 2020, Illinois governor J. B….
Canadians Missing Loved Ones Want Border to Reopen
Having suffered over 14 months of separation, many Canadians are eagerly waiting for the U.S. border to reopen to renew relationships with friends and family, or to simply get back to travelling south of the border. The Canada-U.S. border has been closed to non-essential travel since March 21, 2020. The current extension period is set…
‘Like New Year’s Eve’: Polish Bars Celebrate Midnight Reopening
WARSAW—Champagne corks popped at the stroke of midnight on Friday as bars and restaurants in Poland opened their outdoor terraces for the first time in over six months and many Poles went out to celebrate. Bars and restaurants can now offer outdoor service, with indoor service due to reopen with limited capacity on May 28….
Broadway Theaters to Reopen at Full Capacity by Mid-September
NEW YORK—Many Broadway productions are scrambling to resume ticket sales in the coming days to welcome theater-goers this fall after city and state leaders have green-lit a reopening of the Great White Way at full capacity by mid-September. “We remain cautiously optimistic about Broadway’s ability to resume performances this fall and are happy that fans…
‘I’m So Excited’—England Reopens With Pints Pulled, Shopping Sprees, and Hair Cuts
BIRMINGHAM, England—People queued up outside retailers across England on Monday to release their pent-up shopping fever and some grabbed a midnight pint or even an early haircut as England’s shops, pubs, gyms, and hairdressers reopened after three months of lockdown. After imposing the most onerous restrictions in Britain’s peacetime history, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said…
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