How the Virus Slowed the Booming Wind Energy Business

Renewable energy developers have struggled to finish projects as the pandemic disrupts construction and global supply chains.


Infection of Pence aides raises new questions about the administration’s response to the virus.

After officials acknowledged over the weekend that another coronavirus outbreak had struck the White House, infecting Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff and four other top aides, Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, essentially offering a verbal shrug on CNN on Sunday: “We’re not going to control the pandemic.”


News Quiz: Russia, Google, World Series

Did you follow the headlines this week?


E.U. Debates Whether a Veggie Burger Is Really a Burger

The European Parliament is voting on proposals that would ban products without meat from being labeled burgers or sausages, drawing ire from environmentalists and manufacturers.


Your Friday Briefing

Trump and Biden square off in the final debate.


Trump and Biden’s Final Debate: Your Friday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know.


Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

Many of the worst outbreaks in the U.S. right now are in rural areas.


Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say

Researchers once feared that school reopenings might spread the virus through communities. But so far there is little evidence that it’s happening.


Your Friday Briefing

Goldman Sachs will pay billions in 1MDB scandal.


The worst virus outbreaks in the U.S. are now in rural areas.

With the U.S. case count and hospitalization rates approaching a third peak, none of the country’s biggest hot spots are currently in a large city. Almost all the counties with the largest outbreaks have populations under 50,000, and most have populations under 10,000. Nearly all are in the Midwest or the Mountain West.