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Electric Car

Europe’s shift to electric cars picks up despite recession

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The coronavirus has cancelled business plans all over the world but Europe’s push into electric cars isn’t one of them. Sales of battery-powered and hybrid cars have held up better than the overall market amid a deeply painful recession, mainly thanks to the action of governments.The…

bubmagJuly 15, 2020

Obamacare

Healthcare is Trump’s Achilles heel. Republicans don’t get it | Lloyd Green

Like Moloch, the ancient pagan god, Donald Trump is ever ready to demand that Americans sacrifice themselves for his greater good. He commanded that states open up early, and then this happened: Arizona, Florida, and Texas are looking like Wuhan redux. Come this fall, the president also expects that parents…

bubmagJuly 15, 2020

Spanish Flu

Fauci says COVID-19 could reach level of 1918 Spanish flu, the ‘mother of all pandemics’

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bubmagJuly 15, 2020

Pre-Crime

Cities Turn to Software to Predict When Police Will Go Rogue

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bubmagJuly 15, 2020

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey marks fourth anniversary of failed coup attempt

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey marked the fourth anniversary of an attempted 2016 military coup Wednesday with ceremonies and memorial events for the people who died in the failed effort to overthrow the government that resulted in the arrests of tens of thousands of people. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied…

bubmagJuly 15, 2020

Star Wars

Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun’ Helmet, ‘Star Wars’ Props & More in $6M Auction

Classic Hollywood Memorabilia Maverick's Helmet, 'Star Wars' Props ... Grab 'Em in $6 Mil Auction!!! 7/15/2020 12:50 AM PT Some of La La Land's most recognizable movie props in the filmmaking history are finally being released to the public -- but none of this stuff comes cheap ... not by…

bubmagJuly 15, 2020

Tesla

Elon Musk shares render of Gigafactory Berlin, bathed in sunshine and solar

Tesla are pretty great at building cars, but they’re also getting pretty great at building factories. Gigafactories have long been part of the Tesla story, it was really the success of the Shanghai, China Gigafactory that reframed the discussion. Gigafactory Berlin, Germany is currently under construction and until now, we…

bubmagJuly 15, 2020

Virtual Reality

Air Force anticipates virtual reality trainer for B-52 pilots

July 14 (UPI) -- The Air Force hopes to adopt a virtual reality trainer to help B-52 Stratofortress student-pilots train for combat. The Virtual Reality Procedures Trainer, developed by Maj. Mark Budgeon of Air Force Global Strike Command, Maj. Brandon Wolf, 307th Operations Support Squadron, and Maj. Justin Stephenson, 11th…

bubmagJuly 15, 2020

Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Autonomy Act, and ends the city’s preferential trade status

US President Donald Trump arriving at the news conference Tuesday in the Rose Garden at the White House, at which he announced new measures against China over its actions against Hong Kong. Photo: ReutersNew law is the latest salvo from a united Washington as it retaliates against Beijing for further…

bubmagJuly 14, 2020

Christianity

The Dark Obsessions of QAnon Are Merging With Mainstream Conservatism

The online furniture seller Wayfair is not engaged in child sex trafficking. The high prices of some of its industrial-grade cabinets do not mean that they conceal children. And yet these absurd, evidence-free claims circulated so widely online that on Monday, Reuters published an extensive fact-check to disprove them, and…

bubmagJuly 14, 2020

Europe’s shift to electric cars picks up despite recession

Healthcare is Trump’s Achilles heel. Republicans don’t get it | Lloyd Green

Fauci says COVID-19 could reach level of 1918 Spanish flu, the ‘mother of all pandemics’

Cities Turn to Software to Predict When Police Will Go Rogue

Turkey marks fourth anniversary of failed coup attempt

Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun’ Helmet, ‘Star Wars’ Props & More in $6M Auction

Elon Musk shares render of Gigafactory Berlin, bathed in sunshine and solar

Air Force anticipates virtual reality trainer for B-52 pilots

US President Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Autonomy Act, and ends the city’s preferential trade status

The Dark Obsessions of QAnon Are Merging With Mainstream Conservatism

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