19 October 2020 — Eighteen (18) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1373 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-two (4992). To date, four thousand, seven hundred, and ninety-seven (4797) patients have recovered and been discharged, including fourteen (14) in the past 24…
An investigation is underway after seven children in Washington state were recently sickened with a toxin-producing E. coli, public health officials announced Wednesday.All seven children developed symptoms consistent with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli – also known as STEC.At least six had to be hospitalized, including one who is recovering after developing hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS),…
A couple from New Hampshire posted a video from last Friday that they said pulled on their heart strings: an Amazon driver stopped a moment to pick up an American flag that fell down at the front of their home.The Fox 25 Boston report said the driver, Brendlis Garcia, also serves in the U.S. Army…
How popular is Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay?Amid recent talk that Rodgers may soon be leaving town – or even retiring from the NFL – one local restaurant is making its pitch to keep Rodgers right where he is.Mr. Brews Taphouse says it will provide Rodgers and fiancée Shailene Woodley with free food…
This just in…Donald Trump still banned by Facebook!This was such a monumental move, so crucial to the fate of western civilization, that Politico had no fewer than four advance stories at the top of its home page:"The Facebook Ban Hurt Trump in Surprising Ways.""If Facebook Takes Trump Back Today, Will Twitter?""Why Trump’s New Blog Could…
A Michigan high school baseball player has died after he was knocked unconscious during a "freak accident" at second base.Cooper Gardner, a junior at Bath High School, died at home Sunday, nearly two weeks after the incident during a game against Portland St. Patrick, the Lansing State Journal reported."I never would have thought it would lead to…
The World Health Organization in Ethiopia, in collaboration with regional health bureaus, has launched a national campaign themed ‘choose life, wear a mask’, and ‘frequent hand-washing saves lives’ encouraging communities to wear masks and clean their hands as a health habit. The first billboard was installed in Addis Ababa on April 22, 2021 in the…
04 May 2021 — Forty (40) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3119 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, three hundred, and fifty-one (25351). To date, twenty-three thousand, five hundred, and twenty-three (23523) patients have recovered, including one ten (10) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one…
03 May 2021 — Fifty-eight (28) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2856 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and eleven (25311). To date, twenty-three thousand, five hundred, and thirteen (23513) patients have recovered, including one seventy-one (71) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is…
02 May 2021 — Twenty-eight (28) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3763 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and fifty-three (25253). To date, twenty-three thousand, four hundred, and forty-two (23442) patients have recovered, including one hundred and eleven (111) in the past 24…
01 May 2021 — One hundred and nine (109) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3478 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and twenty-five (25225). To date, twenty-three thousand, three hundred, and forty-five (23345) patients have recovered, including one hundred and eleven (111) in…
ByDouglas MainPhotographs ByDarlyne MurawskiPublished May 3, 2021• 9 min readIn the late spring of 1634, pilgrims in Massachusetts witnessed an incredible sight: Millions and millions of winged, red-eyed insects sprung from the earth. Not knowing better, the Puritan immigrants likened them to pestilential swarms from the Old Testament and called them “locusts.”But they were wrong.…
AnimalsNewsThese unexpected “ecosystem engineers” provide hydration for dozens of animal species, from badgers to elf owls to toads.ByDouglas MainPublished April 29, 2021• 5 min readHumans have a long history of digging wells, but we're not the only species to tap the earth for water: New research reveals wild horses and donkeys, also known as burros,…
ByMaya Wei-HaasPublished April 27, 2021• 12 min readStanding among patches of muddy snow on the outskirts of Baltimore, Maryland, I bent down to pick up a piece of the planet that should have been hidden miles below my feet.On that chilly February day, I was out with a pair of geologists to see an exposed…
Photographs byMichele ArduByGulnaz KhanPublished April 27, 2021• 9 min readMore than a year ago, when the world responded to isolation orders to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Mauro Morandi stayed put. He had no reason to move because he has spent the past three decades in isolation by choice.In 1989, Morandi’s catamaran—engine crippled and anchor…
Coronavirus CoverageIn a country known for past public health planning, coronavirus cases are still rising while immunizations lag—and now young people are getting hit the hardest.ByJill LangloisPublished April 23, 2021• 10 min readWith deaths surpassing 378,000 and COVID-19 cases continuing to rise throughout Brazil, experts say vaccinating the country’s population of more than 200 million…
From left to right: Rainforest business operations and strategy director Elita Subaja; co-founder and CEO J.J. Chai and brand manager Jerry Ng Singapore-based Rainforest is one of the newest entrants in the wave of startups that “roll-up” small e-commerce brands. Launched in January by alumni from some of Southeast Asia’s top startups, including Carousell, OVO…
Una Brands’ co-founders (from left to right): Tobias Heusch, Kiren Tanna and Kushal Patel. Image Credits: Una Brands One of the biggest funding trends of the past year is companies that consolidate small e-commerce brands. Many of the most notable startups in the space, like Thrasio, Berlin Brands Group and Branded Group, focus on consolidating…
China expressed concern on Wednesday over India’s move to not grant any Chinese firm permission to participate in 5G trials in the world’s second-largest internet market as the two neighboring nations struggle to navigate business ties amid their geo-political tensions. India’s Department of Telecommunications earlier this week approved over a dozen firms’ applications to conduct…
Today, Uber followed Lyft in reporting its Q1 2021 earnings this week. And like its rival, its results take a little bit of work to understand. So, this afternoon, we’re going to parse them as a pair so that we both understand what’s going on at the ride-hailing and food-delivery giant. Let’s start with the…
SpaceX flew the 15th prototype of its Starship fully reusable next-generation rocket today, with a test flight that included a successful climb to around 30,000 feet, as well as a controlled flip, descent and soft landing upright as planned. A very small fire appeared to break out at the base of the rocket shortly after…
The letter calls on Jews to take action against the “suppression of dissent” that is said to be dominating the United States By ASAF SHALEV/JTA MAY 6, 2021 05:32 WRITING ABOUT one’s health publicly can have a similar effect. (photo credit: PIXABAY) An open letter signed by about 50 prominent Jewish Americans is warning of…
At least three top Jewish Democrats in the US House of Representatives have made representations to the White House to name Robert Wexler, a former Florida congressman, to be the US Ambassador to Israel.The push, which has been joined by figures who led Joe Biden’s presidential election campaign in the Jewish community, intensified this week when it appeared that…
After revelations in The Jerusalem Post about the former Iranian regime ambassador to the UN and current professor at Oberlin College, Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, the Ohio-based college launched a review into the ex-envoy for antisemitism, anti-Baha’i sentiments and his alleged cover-up of crimes against humanity.The Oberlin College student newspaper The Oberlin Review first reported on…
Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked reiterated her support for Naftali Bennett on Wednesday evening, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attack on her party's leader, blaming him for his failure to form a right-wing government. "Since the elections, Naftali and I worked tirelessly to try and form a right-wing government," Shaked wrote in a Facebook post. "Eventually, it was Netanyahu…
President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies.Biden voiced his support for a waiver - a sharp reversal of the previous US position - in remarks to reporters, followed swiftly…
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An investigation is underway after seven children in Washington state were recently sickened with a toxin-producing E. coli, public health officials announced Wednesday.All seven children developed symptoms consistent with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli – also known as STEC.At least six had to be hospitalized, including one who is recovering after developing hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS),…
A couple from New Hampshire posted a video from last Friday that they said pulled on their heart strings: an Amazon driver stopped a moment to pick up an American flag that fell down at the front of their home.The Fox 25 Boston report said the driver, Brendlis Garcia, also serves in the U.S. Army…
How popular is Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay?Amid recent talk that Rodgers may soon be leaving town – or even retiring from the NFL – one local restaurant is making its pitch to keep Rodgers right where he is.Mr. Brews Taphouse says it will provide Rodgers and fiancée Shailene Woodley with free food…
This just in…Donald Trump still banned by Facebook!This was such a monumental move, so crucial to the fate of western civilization, that Politico had no fewer than four advance stories at the top of its home page:"The Facebook Ban Hurt Trump in Surprising Ways.""If Facebook Takes Trump Back Today, Will Twitter?""Why Trump’s New Blog Could…
A Michigan high school baseball player has died after he was knocked unconscious during a "freak accident" at second base.Cooper Gardner, a junior at Bath High School, died at home Sunday, nearly two weeks after the incident during a game against Portland St. Patrick, the Lansing State Journal reported."I never would have thought it would lead to…
An investigation is underway after seven children in Washington state were recently sickened with a toxin-producing E. coli, public health officials announced Wednesday.All seven children developed symptoms consistent with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli – also known as STEC.At least six had to be hospitalized, including one who is recovering after developing hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS),…
A couple from New Hampshire posted a video from last Friday that they said pulled on their heart strings: an Amazon driver stopped a moment to pick up an American flag that fell down at the front of their home.The Fox 25 Boston report said the driver, Brendlis Garcia, also serves in the U.S. Army…
How popular is Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay?Amid recent talk that Rodgers may soon be leaving town – or even retiring from the NFL – one local restaurant is making its pitch to keep Rodgers right where he is.Mr. Brews Taphouse says it will provide Rodgers and fiancée Shailene Woodley with free food…
This just in…Donald Trump still banned by Facebook!This was such a monumental move, so crucial to the fate of western civilization, that Politico had no fewer than four advance stories at the top of its home page:"The Facebook Ban Hurt Trump in Surprising Ways.""If Facebook Takes Trump Back Today, Will Twitter?""Why Trump’s New Blog Could…
A Michigan high school baseball player has died after he was knocked unconscious during a "freak accident" at second base.Cooper Gardner, a junior at Bath High School, died at home Sunday, nearly two weeks after the incident during a game against Portland St. Patrick, the Lansing State Journal reported."I never would have thought it would lead to…
The World Health Organization in Ethiopia, in collaboration with regional health bureaus, has launched a national campaign themed ‘choose life, wear a mask’, and ‘frequent hand-washing saves lives’ encouraging communities to wear masks and clean their hands as a health habit. The first billboard was installed in Addis Ababa on April 22, 2021 in the…
04 May 2021 — Forty (40) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3119 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, three hundred, and fifty-one (25351). To date, twenty-three thousand, five hundred, and twenty-three (23523) patients have recovered, including one ten (10) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one…
03 May 2021 — Fifty-eight (28) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2856 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and eleven (25311). To date, twenty-three thousand, five hundred, and thirteen (23513) patients have recovered, including one seventy-one (71) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is…
02 May 2021 — Twenty-eight (28) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3763 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and fifty-three (25253). To date, twenty-three thousand, four hundred, and forty-two (23442) patients have recovered, including one hundred and eleven (111) in the past 24…
01 May 2021 — One hundred and nine (109) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3478 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and twenty-five (25225). To date, twenty-three thousand, three hundred, and forty-five (23345) patients have recovered, including one hundred and eleven (111) in…
ByDouglas MainPhotographs ByDarlyne MurawskiPublished May 3, 2021• 9 min readIn the late spring of 1634, pilgrims in Massachusetts witnessed an incredible sight: Millions and millions of winged, red-eyed insects sprung from the earth. Not knowing better, the Puritan immigrants likened them to pestilential swarms from the Old Testament and called them “locusts.”But they were wrong.…
AnimalsNewsThese unexpected “ecosystem engineers” provide hydration for dozens of animal species, from badgers to elf owls to toads.ByDouglas MainPublished April 29, 2021• 5 min readHumans have a long history of digging wells, but we're not the only species to tap the earth for water: New research reveals wild horses and donkeys, also known as burros,…
ByMaya Wei-HaasPublished April 27, 2021• 12 min readStanding among patches of muddy snow on the outskirts of Baltimore, Maryland, I bent down to pick up a piece of the planet that should have been hidden miles below my feet.On that chilly February day, I was out with a pair of geologists to see an exposed…
Photographs byMichele ArduByGulnaz KhanPublished April 27, 2021• 9 min readMore than a year ago, when the world responded to isolation orders to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Mauro Morandi stayed put. He had no reason to move because he has spent the past three decades in isolation by choice.In 1989, Morandi’s catamaran—engine crippled and anchor…
Coronavirus CoverageIn a country known for past public health planning, coronavirus cases are still rising while immunizations lag—and now young people are getting hit the hardest.ByJill LangloisPublished April 23, 2021• 10 min readWith deaths surpassing 378,000 and COVID-19 cases continuing to rise throughout Brazil, experts say vaccinating the country’s population of more than 200 million…
From left to right: Rainforest business operations and strategy director Elita Subaja; co-founder and CEO J.J. Chai and brand manager Jerry Ng Singapore-based Rainforest is one of the newest entrants in the wave of startups that “roll-up” small e-commerce brands. Launched in January by alumni from some of Southeast Asia’s top startups, including Carousell, OVO…
Una Brands’ co-founders (from left to right): Tobias Heusch, Kiren Tanna and Kushal Patel. Image Credits: Una Brands One of the biggest funding trends of the past year is companies that consolidate small e-commerce brands. Many of the most notable startups in the space, like Thrasio, Berlin Brands Group and Branded Group, focus on consolidating…
China expressed concern on Wednesday over India’s move to not grant any Chinese firm permission to participate in 5G trials in the world’s second-largest internet market as the two neighboring nations struggle to navigate business ties amid their geo-political tensions. India’s Department of Telecommunications earlier this week approved over a dozen firms’ applications to conduct…
Today, Uber followed Lyft in reporting its Q1 2021 earnings this week. And like its rival, its results take a little bit of work to understand. So, this afternoon, we’re going to parse them as a pair so that we both understand what’s going on at the ride-hailing and food-delivery giant. Let’s start with the…
SpaceX flew the 15th prototype of its Starship fully reusable next-generation rocket today, with a test flight that included a successful climb to around 30,000 feet, as well as a controlled flip, descent and soft landing upright as planned. A very small fire appeared to break out at the base of the rocket shortly after…
The letter calls on Jews to take action against the “suppression of dissent” that is said to be dominating the United States By ASAF SHALEV/JTA MAY 6, 2021 05:32 WRITING ABOUT one’s health publicly can have a similar effect. (photo credit: PIXABAY) An open letter signed by about 50 prominent Jewish Americans is warning of…
At least three top Jewish Democrats in the US House of Representatives have made representations to the White House to name Robert Wexler, a former Florida congressman, to be the US Ambassador to Israel.The push, which has been joined by figures who led Joe Biden’s presidential election campaign in the Jewish community, intensified this week when it appeared that…
After revelations in The Jerusalem Post about the former Iranian regime ambassador to the UN and current professor at Oberlin College, Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, the Ohio-based college launched a review into the ex-envoy for antisemitism, anti-Baha’i sentiments and his alleged cover-up of crimes against humanity.The Oberlin College student newspaper The Oberlin Review first reported on…
Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked reiterated her support for Naftali Bennett on Wednesday evening, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attack on her party's leader, blaming him for his failure to form a right-wing government. "Since the elections, Naftali and I worked tirelessly to try and form a right-wing government," Shaked wrote in a Facebook post. "Eventually, it was Netanyahu…
President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies.Biden voiced his support for a waiver - a sharp reversal of the previous US position - in remarks to reporters, followed swiftly…
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https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/23/5-more-ways-joe-biden-magically-outperformed-election-norms/
5 More Ways Joe Biden Magically Outperformed Election Norms
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The letter calls on Jews to take action against the “suppression of dissent” that is said to be dominating the United States By ASAF SHALEV/JTA MAY 6, 2021 05:32 WRITING ABOUT one’s health publicly can have a similar effect. (photo credit: PIXABAY) An open letter signed by about 50 prominent Jewish Americans is warning of…
At least three top Jewish Democrats in the US House of Representatives have made representations to the White House to name Robert Wexler, a former Florida congressman, to be the US Ambassador to Israel.The push, which has been joined by figures who led Joe Biden’s presidential election campaign in the Jewish community, intensified this week when it appeared that…
After revelations in The Jerusalem Post about the former Iranian regime ambassador to the UN and current professor at Oberlin College, Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, the Ohio-based college launched a review into the ex-envoy for antisemitism, anti-Baha’i sentiments and his alleged cover-up of crimes against humanity.The Oberlin College student newspaper The Oberlin Review first reported on…
Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked reiterated her support for Naftali Bennett on Wednesday evening, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attack on her party's leader, blaming him for his failure to form a right-wing government. "Since the elections, Naftali and I worked tirelessly to try and form a right-wing government," Shaked wrote in a Facebook post. "Eventually, it was Netanyahu…
President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies.Biden voiced his support for a waiver - a sharp reversal of the previous US position - in remarks to reporters, followed swiftly…
In a series of motions filed to District Court Judge Peter Cahill, Chauvin's attorney, Eric Nelson, said his client was deprived of a fair trial. By REUTERS MAY 5, 2021 02:02 Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens as a jury finds him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder…
The message, which suggested that COVID-19 measures have undone the liberation from the Nazis, drew sharp rebuke from Dutch Jews. By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA MAY 5, 2021 02:02 Arrest of Dutch Jews by the Nazis, February 1941 (photo credit: PHOTO COLLECTION/DUTCH GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE) A Dutch conservative party suggested on the country’s Holocaust memorial day that…
One morning, my wife suggested I look into making a different kind of bread. Not necessarily to replace my weekly challah habit, but just to try something new. I asked what she had in mind and she mentioned monkey bread. I’d never heard of it. So I Googled and turns out that monkey bread is actually…
The memorial, created by local Holocaust survivors, was defaced over the weekend. By RON KAMPEAS/JTA MAY 5, 2021 01:39 Members of the Proud Boys and their supporters march during a rally in Portland, Oregon (photo credit: REUTERS) A Holocaust memorial in Portland, Oregon, was defaced with swastikas and antisemitic slurs.Police discovered the vandalism over the…
The best MMO games, also known as Massively Multiplayer Online games, set themselves apart from the crowd thanks to their nature. Playing one gives you a unique gameplay experience because not only are you offered an almost completely empty canvas to start with, but you’re also exploring and interacting with thousands of other players from…
Home News Computing Let us show you our picks for the best MacBook and Macs money can buy. (Image credit: Future) There’s something special about the best MacBooks and Macs. Not only are they sophisticated devices with cutting edge tech built into them, but they have the power and reliability to outlast most other computers…
Home News Tablets You’ll find some of the best Windows tablets on this list. (Image credit: Future) The best Windows tablets are more flexible and more powerful than you might think. Sure, they’re good for connecting with friends and family on social media, getting some casual gaming done, or enjoying the newest show on Netflix,…
