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Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC Wednesday that the United States could have around 300,000 coronavirus deaths by the end of the year if current trends persisted. That would be more than double the current total. “Right now we have about 1,000 victims a day, so if we don’t change that …

Tesla Inc. reported a surprise second-quarter GAAP and adjusted earnings on Wednesday night, sending the stock more than 5% higher in the extended session. Sales also exceeded Wall Street expectations. Tesla TSLA, + 1.52% He said he earned $ 104 million, or 50 cents a share, in the quarter, compared …

The Internet is fed up with cake. For the past two weeks, the internet has been saturated with videos of seemingly hyper-realistic everyday objects: a Croc shoe, a pickle, a bulldog, which trick the eyes into revealing a cake underneath. As soon as these surreal cakes became ubiquitous, detractors came …

Top-30 prospect Malaki Branham became engaged to the Ohio State on Wednesday, giving Chris Holtmann and the Buckeyes their third ESPN 100 prospect in the 2021 class. Branham chose the state of Ohio over Alabama, Baylor, Louisville, Missouri, Marquette, and Xavier. The Columbus, Ohio native had officially visited the state …