PARIS – A French magazine has caught fire after publishing a fictional story and picture depicting a French legislator as an African slave in the 18th century. The legislator, Daniel Obono, an anti-apartheid activist who is black and was born in the former French colony of Gabon, calls and describes …
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Axis: President Trump offers job to FBI director if he promises loyalty to John Kelly
“Kelly needed to be loyal to him, and only to him,” Trump wrote, according to Smith Axios. According to White Xios, Schmidt’s book states that Kelly, who serves as White House Chief of Staff, “immediately understood the problem with Trump’s request for loyalty and pushed him back to the president’s …
Read More »Mask wearers are “dramatically less likely” to get a serious case of Covid-19
The mask slows the spread of SARS-CoV-2 By reducing how much the infected people spray the virus into the surrounding environment when they cough or talk. Evidence from laboratory experiments, hospitals, and countries around the world shows that masks work, and that disease control and prevention centers in the U.S. …
Read More »SpaceX launched the first south-bound rocket from Florida in decades
This evening, SpaceX launched another rocket from Florida, but the vehicle took a very different route than most flights from the East Coast. Instead of heading east after the launch, like most Florida missions, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket went south after the liftoff, lapping at Florida’s southeastern coast and heading …
Read More »Clipper vs. Mavericks score, takeoways: Poet Leonard enters game 6, advancing to the West Semis in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Clippers are advancing to the second round of the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 2015. After a more difficult matchup than they expected, they finally put down the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, and won the game to take the 111-97 series, 4-2. Now they will …
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