Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House coronavirus advisor, said Tuesday that US health officials are monitoring a new strain of pig-borne flu in China that has characteristics of the 2009 H1N1 virus and the pandemic flu of 1918. The virus, which scientists call “G4 EA H1N1,” has not yet been shown …
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Hundreds of unemployed Kentucky residents wait in long lines outside the Kentucky Career Center for help with their unemployment claims on June 19, 2020 in Frankfort, Kentucky. John Sommers II / Getty Images The financial aid that unemployed workers have been receiving to shore up household income during the coronavirus …
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Focals by North smart glasses Source: Focals by North Alphabet’s Google announced Tuesday that it acquired North, an eight-year-old Amazon-backed company that makes smart glasses. The value of the deal was not disclosed, but the Globe and Mail, which first reported Google’s interest, put the price at around $ 180 …
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House Democrats emerged from a closed-door briefing at the White House on Tuesday, which reacted to President Donald Trump’s response to reports that Russia paid rewards to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan for attacking and kill American troops. “The president publicly called this a hoax. Nothing in the briefing we just …
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After the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota, advocates of police reform called for the police to be removed, banned from strangleholds, and more effectively punished officers who abuse their power or display racial bias. Before any of those proposed reforms can take effect, lawmakers and department heads would first …
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