One protester died Saturday and another was seriously injured after a car headed for a closed highway in Seattle, where a group was demonstrating against police brutality. A spokesman for Harborview Medical Center told The Associated Press that Summer Taylor, 24, died at night. The hospital added that Diaz Love, …
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WHO changes schedule, says first coronavirus report came from the internet
The World Health Organization changed its chronology of the coronavirus to say that its China office first discovered the new coronavirus from local reports of “viral pneumonia,” rather than from Chinese officials. The review, released June 30, comes as multiple reports found that China withheld key information about the coronavirus …
Read More »Donald Trump uses inflammatory July 4 message to distract himself from coronavirus threat
The president’s claim with no evidence about the virus was his latest attempt to minimize the threat of the coronavirus, as it plagues the United States with increasing cases across the country, and as an increasing number of senior Republican officials from governors from the nation to members of Congress …
Read More »The explosive physics of penguins shitting: they can shoot poop from more than four feet
Enlarge / / Bombs away! When approaching a melancholic penguin in its nest, it is best to be careful with flying feces. Penguin poop can travel up to 1.34 meters (about 4.4 feet), according to a new study. Nature is a brutal place, so during breeding, the chinstrap and Adelie …
Read More »Pubs reopen in England when police officer warns of lack of social distancing
London (CNN) – Drunk people cannot distance themselves socially adequately, a UK police officer warned after finishing a late shift on Saturday, the first day that pubs reopened in England after the coronavirus closed. “A predictably busy night and what we knew confirmed, alcohol and social estrangement is not a …
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