Monthly Archives: August 2020

DNA clears a Florida man of the 1983 murder, rape of a woman

Florida, a 37-year-old Florida man released from prison a day later, has been deported by DNA evidence in connection with the 1983 murder and rape of a woman in Tampa. Robert Dubois, 55, was released Thursday from the Hardy Correctional Institution in Bling Ling Green, where his mother, sister and …

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Cats’ drugs can fight coronavirus in humans, the study says

Two coronavirus drugs used in cats can help humans infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a preliminary study recently published in the journal Nature. Drugs known as GC376 and GC373, diptide-based protein inhibitors, are designed to treat cats with infectious peritonitis of the cat, a potentially fatal disease caused …

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NBA, players say games will resume on Saturday

In a statement issued Friday, the league and the players’ union announced their commitment to jointly establish a social justice alliance and voting initiative. Nine games have been postponed since Wednesday, when the Milwaukee Bucks became the first team to choose not to play in response to a Jacob Blake …

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