“It was really just a matter of having experienced the political system for so long and getting frustrated with how redundant and corrosive it feels,” Stewart says of what inspired him to write and direct the film. Jon Stewart faces both sides of the political spectrum in his second feature …
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Springfield-Greene County Health Department Announces Possible Exposures to COVID-19
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Springfield-Greene County Health Department released a list of possible community exposures of two COVID-19 positive individuals. Before being diagnosed, two cases from another jurisdiction went to the following places: * Thursday, June 18: I visited Sam’s Club at 745 W El Camino Alto St. around 10:15 …
Read More »New pandemic blocks in Texas, Florida business owners
HOUSTON / MIAMI, June 26 (Reuters) – Bar and restaurant owners in Texas and Florida were furious on Friday after state officials abruptly opened new restrictions on their businesses due to a surge in new COVID-19 cases . The owners warned that sudden reversals, just weeks after the accelerated reopens, …
Read More »17 correction officers disciplined for the death of a trans woman on Rikers Island
Three officers and a captain of the New York City Department of Correction were immediately suspended without pay, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement Friday. Thirteen other uniformed employees face disciplinary action, but officials did not discuss their status. “The death of Layleen Polanco was an incredibly painful …
Read More »Coronaviruses reported to have been detected in wastewater samples since March 2019
An unpublished study by Spanish virologists suggests that the new coronavirus has been around for much longer than we thought. According to Reuters, researchers from the University of Barcelona announced on Friday that they had detected COVID-19 in sewage samples collected in March 2019, approximately nine months before the disease …
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