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U.S. Disease Experts Questioned By Senate as Fauci Warns of ‘Needless Suffering and Death’ if Reopening Rushed Putin

U.S. Disease Experts Questioned By Senate as Fauci Warns of ‘Needless Suffering and Death’ if Reopening Rushed

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert issued a blunt warning Tuesday that cities and states could “turn back the clock” and see more COVID-19 deaths and economic damage alike if they lift coronavirus stay-at-home orders too fast — a sharp contrast as President Donald Trump pushes to…
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May 12, 2020
‘Blood, toil, tears, and sweat’: Winston Churchill’s ‘electric’ speech, 80 years on Stalingrad

‘Blood, toil, tears, and sweat’: Winston Churchill’s ‘electric’ speech, 80 years on

On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill gave his first address to the House of Commons as prime minister. While German troops were tearing through Western Europe, a defiant Churchill famously told the British people that there was one objective: “Victory”. In the meantime, he had “nothing to offer but blood,…
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May 12, 2020
Google vowed to help small businesses amid the pandemic. Travel CEOs say it’s not enough Be Evil

Google vowed to help small businesses amid the pandemic. Travel CEOs say it’s not enough

Getty For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Stephen Oddo, CEO of travel company Walks, got a preview of the daunting financial damage the coronavirus could wreak, as he saw sales evaporate for his company's daily guided tours of Milan. Earlier this year,…
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May 12, 2020
An anarchist community bookstore had the best response to getting robbed Times Square

An anarchist community bookstore had the best response to getting robbed

Firestorm Bookstore Co-op is a collectively-owned radical bookstore and community event space in Asheville, North Carolina that describes itself as an essentially anti-capitalist business, in as much as they can be. And on May 7, someone smashed their through their window and robbed the cash register. (They also behind a…
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May 12, 2020
We’ve published more than 5,000 fact-checks about the coronavirus. Here are the 5 most popular Antibiotics

We’ve published more than 5,000 fact-checks about the coronavirus. Here are the 5 most popular

Last week, the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance database grew to over 5,000 fact-checks. The International Fact-Checking Network also released its WhatsApp chatbot, putting the combined effort of over 70 fact-checking networks from more than 40 countries in the palm of your hand. The database unites fact-checkers around the world in publishing, sharing…
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May 12, 2020
‘Should have kept his mouth shut’: McConnell slams Obama for criticizing Trump admin Barack Obama

‘Should have kept his mouth shut’: McConnell slams Obama for criticizing Trump admin

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Monday evening slammed former President Barack Obama for what the Senate majority leader said was breaking tradition of not criticizing the sitting president."I think President Obama should have kept his mouth shut," McConnell said in an interview with Trump 2020 senior adviser Lara…
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May 12, 2020