Asian markets were mixed in early trading Monday, after the World Health Organization reported a record single-day total of new coronavirus cases around the world. Japan’s Nikkei 225 NIK, -0.18% inched up 0.1% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index HSI, -0.76% slipped 0.4%. The Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -0.08% advanced 0.2% while the smaller-cap Shenzhen Composite […]
Trump campaign adviser Mercedes Schlapp did her best to respond to Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday when he pressed her on the size of the president’s rally in Tulsa. But Wallace wasn’t having it. “ ‘Mercedes, please don’t filibuster. We’re showing pictures here, and it shows big, empty areas. Frankly, it makes you […]
Former national security adviser John Bolton warned Sunday President Donald Trump is not “fit for office” and that the November election is the last chance to save America from irreparable harm. “ “I hope (history) will remember him as a one-term president who didn’t plunge the country irretrievably into a downward spiral.” ” In a […]
Kids these days. Trump’s big campaign rally in Tulsa wasn’t as big as promised — the arena seats more than 19,000 people but only a reported 6,200 Trump supporters occupied the general admissions sections. Why? Both sides of the political aisle were armed with answers. The man leading the president’s re-election efforts explained away the […]
LOUISVILLE – Louisville’s interim police chief took a first step toward firing Officer Brett Hankison on Friday, but that doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to happen. Before the chief’s decision becomes official, he will sit down with Hankison and his legal counsel for a “pre-termination hearing,” during which Hankison can respond to allegations and make a […]
In October 2018, Dr. Raeford Brown was attending a meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in San Francisco when, back in Washington, the Food and Drug Administration advisory committee he headed met to review Dsuvia, a powerful new opioid. Brown had long believed that the drug agency had scheduled the critical vote specifically for […]
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Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic March 11, the U.S. has suffered more than 100,000 deaths from the deadly virus, the economy was shuttered and then slowly reopened, and the investing markets produced record volatility. U.S. stocks hit their peak the previous month, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average registering an all-time […]
Factors such as age and underlying health conditions such as diabetes can put you at a higher risk of contracting coronavirus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But one more factor that could affect your chances of getting coronavirus is your blood type, at least according to one recent study. People […]
It’s been 100 days since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Several important red flags were missed, so what can we learn from those mistakes? The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise. As of Saturday, less than six months after the first reports of the novel coronavirus, the COVID-19 […]