The Trump administration has changed a major environmental law to speed up infrastructure projects like highways and pipelines, a move critics say could also make it harder for Americans to have a say in the planning process. President Donald Trump announced that the administration has completed a “top-down review” of …
Read More »The Modern COVID-19 vaccine enters the final stage of testing this month
Washington (AFP) – US biotech firm Moderna said Tuesday that it will enter the final stage of human testing for its COVID-19 vaccine on July 27, to assess how well it protects people in the real world. The announcement came when the results of an earlier trial to show that …
Read More »Coronavirus: US chief of disease Dr. Anthony Fauci calls White House attacks “strange”
Image copyright Reuters Screenshot Dr. Fauci: “It only reflects negatively on them” American infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci described recent efforts by the Trump administration to discredit him as “bizarre” and “meaningless.” “Ultimately, it hurts the president to do that,” Dr. Fauci said in an interview with The Atlantic. …
Read More »Maryland discovers $ 501 million in coronavirus unemployment fraud
The Maryland operation involved more than 47,500 fraudulent claims and totaled more than $ 501 million, according to Hogan. “The state of Maryland has discovered a massive and sophisticated criminal enterprise involving widespread identity theft and coordinated fraudulent unemployment insurance claims in Maryland,” Hogan said during a press conference. Hogan …
Read More »Arm-based Mac: Smart move for Apple, but irrelevant to the future of Windows PCs
The winner of this year’s Worst Kept Secret award could be Apple, which didn’t exactly surprise anyone when it announced plans to develop and ship a new line of personal silicon-based Apple computers with Arm technology instead of Intel CPUs. My web browser practically overheated trying to load all the …
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