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Members of President Trump’s golf club in New Jersey fired a press conference on Friday with him to cheer on a reporter who confronted the president about COVID-19 deaths and noted that the guests themselves did not wear masks. The moment arose after Trump repeated the lie that the new …

NEW YORK (AP) – Alcohol-based sanitizers may help spread the coronavirus, but drinking the products turned out to be fatal to four people in two states. Health officials reported this week that 15 adults were poisoned in May and June in Arizona and New Mexico after drinking sanitizer. In addition …

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Faces a smarter than expected primary, with a better-funded challenger claiming that Omar’s campaign is “falling apart.” Omar quickly became a national political star – and the source of significant controversy – since winning her 5th District seat in 2018. One of the first Muslim women …

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expanded the number of states where a salmonella outbreak in onions has been detected. The outbreak is inked on onions by Thomson International, Inc., a California-based company. Contaminated onions have now been found in 43 states and 640 sick people, 85 of …