Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will appear before a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 28. Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty Images Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that he “can not speculate” on whether another incentive bill will pass in the full term, days after …
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Pelosi says Dems and White House are miles apart
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat on the left, listens as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, speaks to members of the media after a meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, on Friday, August 7, 2020. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty …
Read More »Discovery of a neck brace could spread COVID-19 more than no mask at all, study finds
SAN ANTONIO – Because face masks become an essential part of daily life during the coronavirus pandemic, researchers say some options may be counterproductive. Researchers at Duke University on Friday published a study focusing on commonly available face masks and coatings, and how effective they are at protecting people from …
Read More »Meet the ‘vampire’ parasite that masquerades as a living tongue
When scientists recently x-rayed a fish’s head, they found a gruesome sidewalk: A “vampire” dish had swallowed its host’s tongue, then replaced it. The buglike isopod, also called a tongue-biter as a tongue-eating lice, sighs its blood meal from the tongue of a fish until its entire structure disappears. Then …
Read More »NCHSAA moves football to February, short seasons for all sports due to pandemic
By Nick Stevens, Editor-in-Chief of HighSchoolOT Chapel Hill, NC The NC High School Athletic Association will not play football this fall and all other sports will see changes to their schedules following a vote by the NCHSAA board on Tuesday night, NCHSAA commissioner Que Tucker announced in a video class …
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