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Obamacare

Insurers will cover virus tests, but check if costs apply

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after Vice President Mike Pence assured Americans that lab tests for coronavirus would be covered by private and government health insurance, that promise appears to be less than airtight.The bottom line: Medicare, Medicaid, and “Obamacare” insurance plans will cover the tests, officials said Thursday. Major…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Refugees

Border arrests increase slightly over previous month, ending downward trend: CBP

The uptick came from more single adults and children trying to cross the border.March 5, 2020, 7:43 PM5 min read The number of unauthorized migrants arrested at the southern border ticked up slightly last month, marking an end to the 8-month decline reported by officials since last May. U.S. Customs…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Electric Scooter

Electric scooter sparks fire in San Francisco, sending one to hospital

An electric scooter sparked a blaze in a San Francisco building that sent one person to a hospital Thursday morning, officials said.The fire was reported shortly before 5 a.m. in the SoMa neighborhood, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. Firefighters arriving at the scene reported seeing heavy smoke on…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Polestar 2

Our favorite debuts from the 2020 Geneva Motor Show that wasn’t

The Precept concept is an exciting preview of what's to come at Polestar. Polestar Right about now, the Roadshow team should be on a plane heading home following a successful week at the 2020 Geneva Motor Show. A little thing called coronavirus foiled those plans, but that didn't stop automakers from…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Neymar

Bad news for Dortmund: Mbappé’s becoming even more prolific

PARIS (AP) — The bad news for Borussia Dortmund is that Kylian Mbappé is becoming even more prolific for Paris Saint-Germain.Five goals in two matches have taken the young France star’s tally to 30 in 32 games, which means he is scoring at a faster rate than last season’s ratio…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Holocaust

The Philippines’ Schindler: How this man saved 1,200 Jews from the Holocaust

Updated March 06, 2020 16:21:30 In 1939, more than 1,200 Jews were saved from the horrors of Nazi concentration camps by a man with a list.While many people know of Oskar Schindler — the hero made famous by Thomas Keneally's novel and Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List — there…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Chernobyl

HBO, PlayStation announce Last of Us TV series—the “first of many shows”

We truly are the... — Loud announcement for Last of Us HBO series follows quiet handling of Uncharted film. Sam Machkovech - Mar 5, 2020 7:07 pm UTC Aurich Lawson / Naughty Dog / HBOSony's push to create a formal film and TV studio based on its massive video game…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

NSA

NSA’s message to cops: Democracy fails if you fail to enforce laws

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. (HT) 1 min read . Updated: 06 Mar 2020, 12:32 AM IST Shaswati Das The police should not only be fair and credible but they should also be seen as fair and credible, says DovalWith the Delhi Police facing flak for not being able to…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Filter Bubble

A note of reflection after 10 years of “A successful Git branching model”

Note of reflection (March 5, 2020) This model was conceived in 2010, now more than 10 years ago, and not very long after Git itself came into being. In those 10 years, git-flow (the branching model laid out in this article) has become hugely popular in many a software team…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Volodymyr Zelensky

Trump’s pick for senior intel director raises troubling security concerns: law professor

President Donald Trump is clearly determined to make certain that U.S. intelligence has as many loyalists as possible. In addition to nominating Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe for director of intelligence, Trump has chosen Michael Ellis (a White House lawyer) as senior director of intelligence on the National Security Council (NSC). And in…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Insurers will cover virus tests, but check if costs apply

Border arrests increase slightly over previous month, ending downward trend: CBP

Electric scooter sparks fire in San Francisco, sending one to hospital

Our favorite debuts from the 2020 Geneva Motor Show that wasn’t

Bad news for Dortmund: Mbappé’s becoming even more prolific

The Philippines’ Schindler: How this man saved 1,200 Jews from the Holocaust

HBO, PlayStation announce Last of Us TV series—the “first of many shows”

NSA’s message to cops: Democracy fails if you fail to enforce laws

A note of reflection after 10 years of “A successful Git branching model”

Trump’s pick for senior intel director raises troubling security concerns: law professor

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