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Michigan Dam Had Repeated Safety Violations Before Flooding

Michigan Dam Had Repeated Safety Violations Before Flooding

  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A hydroelectric dam that failed to hold back floodwaters this week in Michigan was the target of lengthy investigations… Read More ›

Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts

Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts

New York – The economy has gone from President Donald Trump’s greatest political asset to perhaps his biggest weakness. Unemployment is spiking at an unprecedented… Read More ›

Bronx ‘City Within A City’ Shaken By Sickness, Fear

Bronx ‘City Within A City’ Shaken By Sickness, Fear

  NEW YORK (AP) — Tarhia Morton and her family were planning to party this year. She is retired after 40 years with the U.S.… Read More ›

France recorded 70 new coronavirus cases in schools, a week after it let more than 1 million kids go back to class

France recorded 70 new coronavirus cases in schools, a week after it let more than 1 million kids go back to class

  France has recorded 70 new cases of the novel coronavirus in schools that were allowed to reopen last week, the country’s education minister said… Read More ›

SARS antibodies can block COVID-19 infection, new study finds

SARS antibodies can block COVID-19 infection, new study finds

Research published in Nature identifies 8 antibodies that can bind to coronavirus, blocking its spread, with one candidate showing ‘particularly strong neutralizing activity’   PARIS,… Read More ›

Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine though health experts question its effectiveness

Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine though health experts question its effectiveness

President Donald Trump claimed Monday he is taking daily doses of hydroxychloroquine, a drug he’s long touted as a potential coronavirus cure even as medical… Read More ›

Canadian Acrobatic Jet Crashes Amid Pandemic Show; 1 Dead

Canadian Acrobatic Jet Crashes Amid Pandemic Show; 1 Dead

  KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian acrobatic jet crashed into a British Columbia neighborhood Sunday during a flyover intended to boost morale during… Read More ›

Texas reported its highest single-day increase in new COVID-19 cases as restaurants, salons, and cinemas open to the public

Texas reported its highest single-day increase in new COVID-19 cases as restaurants, salons, and cinemas open to the public

  Texas reported 1,801 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday — the highest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases in the state so far. More than 700… Read More ›

Italy to reopen borders on June 3, scrap quarantine in bid to restart tourism

Italy to reopen borders on June 3, scrap quarantine in bid to restart tourism

Restaurants, bars and hairdressers to reopen on Monday, 2 weeks earlier than planned; entry shutdown caused heavy economic damage to country dependent on the tourism… Read More ›

Mayor: NYPD Won’t Break Up Small Groups, Police Masks

Mayor: NYPD Won’t Break Up Small Groups, Police Masks

  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department, criticized over instances of harsh social distancing enforcement, will no longer be involved in breaking… Read More ›

Analysis: 9/11 saw much of our privacy swept aside. Coronavirus could end it altogether

Analysis: 9/11 saw much of our privacy swept aside. Coronavirus could end it altogether

London – Spit into a cup when you land in an airport, and your DNA is stored. Every phone in every city talks to every… Read More ›

Trump Says He’ll Replenish Stockpile For Future Pandemics

Trump Says He’ll Replenish Stockpile For Future Pandemics

  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he intends to prepare for future pandemics by replenishing the national stockpile and bringing… Read More ›

US weekly jobless claims hit 3 million, bringing the 8-week total to more than 36 million

US weekly jobless claims hit 3 million, bringing the 8-week total to more than 36 million

  The number of US jobless claims last week totaled 2.98 million, the Labor Department said Thursday. The median economist estimate was for 2.5 million claims.… Read More ›

Coronavirus may never go away, World Health Organization warns

Coronavirus may never go away, World Health Organization warns

Disease that has infected more than 4.2 million people worldwide, killing nearly 300,000, may, like HIV, become endemic and a part of the fabric of… Read More ›

Biden, Comey, Clapper Tried To ‘Unmask’ Flynn During Russia Probe, What Does ‘Unmasking’ Mean?

Biden, Comey, Clapper Tried To ‘Unmask’ Flynn During Russia Probe, What Does ‘Unmasking’ Mean?

  WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2016, Obama administration officials received intelligence reports that were concerning, but incomplete. Surveillance of Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. revealed… Read More ›

Trump privately questions whether coronavirus deaths are being overcounted as Fauci projects the opposite

Trump privately questions whether coronavirus deaths are being overcounted as Fauci projects the opposite

Questions about the US coronavirus death count have taken hold inside the White House, officials familiar with the matter say, as President Donald Trump and… Read More ›

Leaked data from the White House task force shows virus cases are spiking in clusters across the US, contradicting Trump’s claims

Leaked data from the White House task force shows virus cases are spiking in clusters across the US, contradicting Trump’s claims

  President Trump on Monday insisted that the number of coronavirus cases is declining “all throughout the country.” But data from the White House coronavirus… Read More ›

China hits back at so-called coronavirus ‘lies’ by US politicians as war of words escalates

China hits back at so-called coronavirus ‘lies’ by US politicians as war of words escalates

China has struck back at what it calls “24 lies” by US politicians in the most sweeping and detailed rebuke yet of accusations over its… Read More ›

Palestinians: Fighting coronavirus and rumors

Palestinians: Fighting coronavirus and rumors

A PA security crackdown on rumor mongers also helped curb the spread of fake news, MADA said.   The Palestinian Authority’s daily briefings on the… Read More ›

‘Like nothing that has ever been seen before’: Here’s what 4 economists said about Friday’s April jobs report

‘Like nothing that has ever been seen before’: Here’s what 4 economists said about Friday’s April jobs report

  Friday’s April nonfarm payroll report from the Labor Department was dismal — the US economy lost a record 20.5 million jobs, and the unemployment… Read More ›