The US has hit another milestone of coronavirus. As of Sunday morning, COVID-19 had infected 5,017,150 people in the US. It killed 727,984 people worldwide and 162,555 in the U.S., and also infected at least 19.7 million people worldwide, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns …
Read More »DC shots left 1 dead, some 20 wounded
Police in Washington, D.C. 9 August 2020, 20:53 hours 2 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article WASHINGTON – A dispute that erupted in gunfire during a large open-air party in Washington, DC, killed one person early Sunday and injured some 20 others, including an off-duty officer “fighting …
Read More »Hot rookies and not-so-hot pot companies are jumping on the slow income parade
Corporate profits have so far surpassed low expectations so far this winning season, but there are still a lot of wild cards left in the deck. Consensus S&P 500 SPX, + 0.06% income taxes rose only 3% for the third quarter and are not budgeted at all in the fourth …
Read More »With U.S. infections close to 5 million, Fauci says public expectations should temper COVID-19 vaccine
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the last three decades and an expert on pandemics for the last four decades, has been optimistic about a vaccine arriving in late 2020 or early 2021, but he has also warned the public about their expectations …
Read More »US health chief arrives in Taiwan on trip condemned by China
TAIPEI (Reuters) – US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday as the top US official to visit in four decades, a trip condemned by China claiming the island as its own, Sino-US continues irritating relationships.
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