The Trump administration is open to resuming coronavirus talks with Democratic leaders and would offer more aid money to try to reach a compromise, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday. “The president is determined to spend what we have to spend. … We are ready to put more money on …
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Dear Amy: With knowledge comes broader perspective. I am a person of color. While studying for my Ph.D. in clinical psychology I have realized that many things about my upbringing were wrong. Columnist Amy Dickinson (Bill Hogan / Chicago Tribune) In light of the social environment at the moment, the …
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The official COVID-19 death toll for the United States is reported as “total COVID deaths”, a number that currently stands at 150,000. Many Americans, of course, assume that “COVID death” means that infection with the virus was the COD, the “cause of death” that normally appears on a death certificate. …
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Media playback is not supported on your device Media captionMore than 1,000 tons of oil have leaked into water near Mauritius Large cracks have apparently appeared in the hull of a leaking oil tanker in Mauritius, prompting the prime minister to warn that it “could break in two”. The MV …
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DUBLIN – Ireland is a nation of saints, scientists and the status quo. This small island in the northwestern periphery of Europe is ruled by two old enemies: the right-wing Republican Fianna Fáil party and the fellow Christian-Democratic Fine Gael, which since independence in 1922 on opposite sides of ‘ …
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