European stocks plunged on Friday, thanks to increasing cases of coronavirus in several countries and new restrictions on coronavirus on trips between France and Britain. Concerns about worse-than-expected factory and retail data in China and the ongoing deadlock over new fiscal stimulus in the US also weighed on sentiment. The …
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US global media agency hires shock-jock who called Obama ‘Kenyan’
But it’s time Wuco hosted “The Frank Wuco Show” from 2011 to 2013 that got the most attention. His hiring has raised eyebrows among USAGM employees, who marvel that an agency dedicated to promoting factual news to audiences around the world would hire someone who has proliferation of conspiracy theories …
Read More »Trump says ‘we put New York at stake’, cites crime and taxes
President Trump said during an exclusive Oval Office interview on Thursday that his campaign “Put New York in play” against Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Trump told The Post that he believes a spike in violent crime and high taxes could help him win his home state in …
Read More »Mark Emmert says using bubbles for championships in 2021 ‘perfectly viable’
NCAA President Mark Emmert supported the idea of potential use of bubbles for NCAA championships – including basketball – in the first half of 2021, and said Thursday night that it is “perfectly viable in many sports.” “Starting with 64 teams is difficult. Twenty-two, OK, maybe that’s a masterful number. …
Read More »Hand sanitizers made in Texas, 3 other states now on the list of unused FDA
After nearly two months of hand sanitizers made in Mexico by recall by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), hand sanitizers from four U.S. states and another country were added to the “do-not-use” list. Texas is the largest state on the list, followed by North Carolina, Georgia and Utah. …
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