Fauci tells Americans to ‘hunker down’ this fall and winter: ‘It’s not going to be easy’

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Coronavirus cases remain ‘unacceptably high’ as schools and restaurants reopen, and flu season approaches See full story.

My parents have $50,000 in credit-card debt and $50,000 in a home-equity loan. My father works part-time and my mother refuses to work. How can we help?

‘My mother seems to think they will be able to retire in three years when they get additional Social Security, but they have zero retirement funds.’ See full story.

A record number of Americans are renouncing their citizenship — here’s why

Most already live abroad. See full story.

Big Tech is turning on one another amid antitrust probes and litigation

“Battle royale” evokes images of professional wrestlers engaged in a free-for-all brawl in which combatants eventually turn on one another until there is an eventual winner. With apologies to Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant, Big Tech is taking on the same trappings as companies turn on one another amid multiple antitrust investigations and issues. See full story.

Apple’s launch event has one big unknown

There's debate about whether Apple will actually reveal new iPhones on Sept. 15 or hold off until a future event. See full story.

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Two papers presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress examined patients who were suffering health aftereffects of coronavirus. See full story.