Free agent guard JR Smith, out of the NBA for two years, has become a leading candidate to replace Avery Bradley on the Los Angeles Lakers’ roster for the season restart in Orlando, sources told ESPN. Lakers President of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka and Smith’s agent Rich Paul of Klutch …
Read More »Trump’s claim that he wants to delay coronavirus testing is the latest in a pattern of alleged jokes and sarcasm.
Then Trump’s advisers quickly jumped to his defense, dismissing his comments as “ironic” and insisting that the President had been joking. In an interview that aired Monday, given the opportunity to tell himself if he was serious, Trump covered it up and told CBN News that his comment was “half …
Read More »Ben & Jerry’s Joins Facebook Advertising Boycott For Hate Speech
Ben & Jerry’s is stopping paid advertising on Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram about the company’s hate speech policies, the company announced in a tweet Tuesday. “Facebook, Inc. must take clear and unequivocal actions to prevent its platform from being used to spread and amplify racism and hatred,” the company …
Read More »New dexamethasone statistics suggest life-saving potential for seriously ill patients with COVID-19
The medical community expressed caution when researchers in England said the widely used steroid dexamethasone could save the lives of seriously ill patients with COVID-19. Health experts demanded a full report to convince themselves. Now, they have more data to consider, though it doesn’t come from a peer-reviewed journal yet. …
Read More »‘Worrying’: New York hires 3,000 people to follow up on contacts, but finds most people won’t cooperate
A much-hyped effort by New York City officials to prevent a “second wave” of COVID-19 outbreaks has had a “worrying start” in part because most of the people the city has contacted have not fully cooperated with the effort. The development follows the city’s widely-informed decision to prevent contact trackers …
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