Two white men in Indiana were charged with assault on Friday for allegedly attacking a black man in the woods on July 4. Monroe County District Attorney Erika Oliphant said Jerry Edward Cox, 38, and Sean Purdy, 44, have been charged with assault, among other charges, each in the alleged …
Read More »FDA greenlights ‘group testing’ to increase diagnostic capacity
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization for Quest Diagnostics to begin pooled testing: One test technique increases capacity, allowing up to four test samples to be tested at one time. The authorization comes as the United States tries to contain a massive resurgence of …
Read More »Blue Jays unable to play in Canada due to pandemic
The Blue Jays spring training complex in Dunedin, Florida is a less likely landing site due to the increase in coronavirus cases in Florida. MLB already has two teams in Florida, the Miami Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays, but they’ve been training there all month, and it seems ill-advised …
Read More »New York Police Commissioner offers scathing reprimand to lawmakers who have criticized officers, pressured for reforms
“They don’t have a damn idea what they’re talking about, but we are not going to let them destroy this city,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said during a CompStat briefing on Thursday. “People who have no idea how to keep New Yorkers safe suddenly think they know about the police.” …
Read More »The Queen loaned Princess Beatrice a vintage dress and tiara for her wedding
Princess Beatriz’s secret wedding on Friday with Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi became a little less secret on Saturday with the release of photographs showing the bride and groom leaving the church, and another with the Queen and Prince Philip smiling at both of them. A photograph shows Beatrice, 31, and Mapelli …
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