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Harvard global health professor Dr. Ashish Jha on Thursday lamented the haphazard U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, describing it as “among the very worst in the world.” “Certainly among all the major countries,” Jha told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, noting how “every major country has more testing than we do across Europe,…

Washington (CNN)Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning will be released from jail after being held for 10 months because testimony she refused to give to a secret grand jury is no longer needed, a federal judge said on Thursday.Manning's release comes because "the business of (the grand jury) had concluded,"…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Chelsea Manning, pictured here in May 2019, is refusing to testify before a grand jury Former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning is recovering in hospital after trying to take her own life, her legal team has said.Police confirmed there was "an incident" involving Manning,…

WASHINGTON — A lawyer for Chelsea Manning said Wednesday that the former intelligence analyst tried to take her own life Wednesday, but was transported to a hospital where she is recovering. Manning has been in jail since May 2019 for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. She…

A previously secret document from 2010 warned that classified diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks would likely result in “observable changes” in the tactics and techniques used by foreign spies, potentially making it easier to avoid detection by U.S. agencies. The document, recently declassified through a Freedom of Information request by…

For all the parents who have recently found themselves playing the role of teacher—and for all the temporarily housebound kids, too—Amazon is making more than 40 children’s shows available for free. Variety reports that the programs were once available only to Prime members, who pay $119 per year for access…

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By Amanda Yeo2020-03-05 03:15:20 UTC Though Elizabeth Warren and Tulsi Gabbard are still technically running, Super Tuesday effectively narrowed the race for the Democratic nomination down to Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. As Late Night host Seth Meyers noted during Wednesday's episode, many pundits and voters have now latched on…

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Former President Barack Obama has yet to endorse any of this year's Democratic presidential candidates — including his former vice president, Joe Biden. But on Super Tuesday, many of his top administration officials endorsed Biden.The endorsements come from Obama's former chief of staff Denis McDonough, former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel,…