Shares of Netflix Inc. NFLX, + 0.28% inch 0.28% higher to $ 482.68 Friday, on what proved to be a very mixed trading session for the stock, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, + 0.12% increasing 0.12% to 27,931.02 and the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.01% falling 0.02% to …
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Spain bans public smoking, France sees new rules as COVID cases increase
Paris – Spain has banned smoking in public open spaces, where people can maintain no social distance of at least six feet and close nightclubs amid a rise in new coronavirus fallen. The moves followed research by the Spanish Ministry of Health that showed an increased risk of smokers transmitting …
Read More »Biden promotes mail-in-vote, swiping at Trump over Florida’s primary vote
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden took aim at President Trump on Friday after the president requested e-mail votes for Florida’s primary election next Tuesday. “Voice by mail is safe and secure,” Biden said tweeted. “And do not take my word for it: Take it from the president, who just …
Read More »We will probably wear masks until Easter, says medical officer
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Michiganders are likely to wear masks until Easter, says Metro Health chief medical officer. The comment came Friday, Aug. 14, during a virtual press conference on the Kent County: Back to Work Safely program, a public health surveillance tool used in Kent County to screen employees …
Read More »Greenland’s ice sheet has melted to a point of no return, study finds
“The ice sheet is now in this new dynamic state, where even if we could return to a climate that was more than what we had 20 or 30 years ago, we will still lose mass pretty quickly,” Ian Howat, co-author of the study and a professor at Ohio State …
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