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The year in email
Steve Kenny, The Times’s senior editor for nights, keeps the newsroom informed of what happened while many of us were sleeping. Five nights a week, Mr. Kenny sends an email to editors and reporters all over the world that recaps the news and prepares others for the day ahead. Here are a few of his “late notes” that tell the story of 2020.
THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 2020. 2:08 A.M.
Sui-Lee Wee and Donald McNeil gave us the breaking news that researchers in China have identified a new virus that is behind a mysterious pneumonialike illness that has caused a panic in the central Chinese region. “There’s no evidence that the virus, a coronavirus, is readily spread by humans, and it has not been tied to any deaths,” they write. “But health officials in China and internationally are watching it carefully.”
THURSDAY, MARCH 12. 3:52 A.M.
Within a five-minute period tonight, President Trump wrapped up his coronavirus speech, Tom Hanks announced on Instagram that he and his wife, Rita Wilson, had tested positive, and the N.B.A. said it was suspending its season until further notice.
TUESDAY, JUNE 23. 12:40 A.M.
The White House trade adviser, Peter Navarro, set off alarms late tonight when he told Fox News that the trade deal with China was “over.” He took it back pretty quickly — or said, rather, that his remarks had been taken “wildly out of context” — but not before stock markets in Asia began to dive.
TUESDAY, OCT. 6. 1:58 A.M.
We got off to a hectic start, with Trump’s return to the White House and his dramatic maskless salute on the balcony overlooking the South Lawn. Then he released a video recorded at the White House in which he told Americans that Covid-19 was nothing to fear.
That’s it for this briefing. See you next time.
— Victoria
Thank you
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