NEW YORK (AP) – Racial differences in the American coronavirus epidemic are spreading to children, according to two sobering government reports released Friday. One of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports looked at children with COVID-19 who needed hospitalization. Spanish children were hospitalized eight times higher than white …
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Government taxes will not preserve social security
Next week, Social Security will celebrate its 85th anniversary since it was enacted into law. Without question, it is America’s top social program, providing benefits to more than 64 million people a month and pulling 22 million of those people out of poverty. However, it is also a program that …
Read More »Newly developed laser beam defies the laws of light
Scientists at the University of Central Florida in the US have developed a new laser beam that does not use the typical laws of refraction of light physics. The discovery could lead to new communication technologies, which may be useful for military and defense personnel, for example, who communicate with …
Read More »Big Ten could be the next conference to cancel football
Getty Images The Mid-American Conference is perhaps not the biggest domino to fall today. Not even close. Yahoo.com’s Pete Thamel reports that Big Ten school chairmen will meet on Saturday, and that “all options are on the table. ”Including cancellation of the fall season. Thamel reports that it is not …
Read More »I love Marvel’s Avengers, but his Spider-Man problem bumbles me out
On Monday, Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix made a major Marvel‘s Avengers announcement: Spider-Man is coming to the game, but it will be exclusive to PlayStation systems. Understandably, parts of the internet brought out in anger. Nobody likes it when they are told they can not play with a new …
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