Representative Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, asked Attorney General William Barr on Monday to open a criminal investigation into Mark Zuckerberg on allegations that the Facebook CEO lied to Congress. In a letter to Barr, Gaetz accused the social media executive of making false statements to Congress twice in 2018. He alleged …
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Russia Used English Sites to Spread Covid-19 Disinformation, US Officials Say | United States News
US authorities say Russian intelligence services are using a trio of English-language websites to spread information about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis the United States is struggling to contain before the November presidential election. Two Russians who have held high-level roles in the Moscow military intelligence service …
Read More »Coronavirus: Trump sticks with revoked hydroxychloroquine
Media playback is not supported on your device Media captionUnited States President Trump on Dr. Fauci’s approval rating: “No one likes me” United States President Donald Trump has again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to prevent the coronavirus, contradicting his own public health officials. He argued that the antimalarial drug …
Read More »U of M study measures how COVID-19 particles propagate in classrooms – WCCO
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – While Minnesotans anxiously await Governor Tim Walz’s announcement about schools in the fall, a new study from the University of Minnesota has looked at how COVID-19 spreads indoors, especially in classrooms. The experiment models the transmission of viruses in the air through aerosols that are expelled when …
Read More »China’s probe of Mars photographs Earth en route to the Red Planet
The Chinese mission is called Tianwen-1 in a nod to a classic poem that has verses about the cosmos. China’s first Mars probe has transmitted a photo of Earth and the Moon as it heads toward its destination, the country’s space agency said Tuesday. The image, which shows the two …
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