Enlarge / / A Tesla facility in Lathrop, CA. Andrei Stanescu / Getty Tesla has again surprised Wall Street with better-than-expected delivery numbers. The electric car maker delivered 90,650 vehicles in the second quarter of 2020, slightly more than the 88,400 vehicles delivered in the first quarter. This despite the …
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Lewis and Clark public health officials in Helena sent a clear message to the community on Wednesday: Avoid large gatherings. “We are social beings; we want to be together, “said Health Officer Drenda Niemann.” It’s summer in Montana; we want to do the things we’ve always done, but this is …
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Based on a CNN Jake Tapper book, the film (adapted by Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson) tells the true story of Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan, and the small unit assigned to it in 2009. They were given the ill-defined task. defending America’s interests, operating from what turned out to …
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