While health officials continue to stress the importance of testing as the key to controlling the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested testing is “overrated.” “ “When you test, you have a case. When you test you find something is wrong with people. If we didn’t do any testing, we would have very […]
“ ‘Ripping society apart with bile-filled outbursts is the polar opposite of what the world needs to meet the challenges of the future. Grow up, Elon. It’s time to act like an adult, not an overgrown baby.’ ” That’s CleanTechnica blogger Steve Hanley reconsidering his purchasing plans for a new Tesla TSLA, +1.56% Model Y […]
TOKYO — Nissan Motor Co.’s U.S. chief, José Luis Valls, is resigning after a year on the job, the company said. In an emailed statement, Valls said that he had decided to step down for family reasons, but would stay on until June 15 to aid the transition. Valls is the latest in a string […]
FILE – In this Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump awards the Medal of Honor to former Army Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II for actions in Afghanistan, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Shurer has died at age 41. Miranda Shurer said her husband, who was diagnosed with […]
Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s pot sales jumped as COVID-19 spread across the globe in the first three months of the year, and the company’s beleaguered and recently bundled shares received a jolt in after-hours trading Thursday. When Aurora reported results, the company didn’t supply a net loss figure, but it was included in Canadian securities filings. […]
On Monday, Cobb County District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes, a black woman, was appointed as the fourth prosecutor in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man gunned down in February by two white men while on a jog in Brunswick, Ga. The father-and-son suspects in the case, Gregory and Travis McMichael, are accused […]
Travis Miller (center) being held in an Oklahoma City neighborhood. Facebook/Travis Miller Travis Miller, a delivery driver in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, says a neighborhood’s homeowners’ association president blocked him into a gated community and demanded to know why he was there. Miller captured the ordeal on Facebook Live, in a video that lasts for 37 […]
Apparently one Senate investigation just wasn’t enough. On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham (R-N.C.) announced his committee would be opening an investigation into Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI investigation into possible ties between President Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia. Graham’s announcement comes just a few weeks after the Senate Intelligence Committee released its own report […]
WASHINGTON — Testifying before the House of Representatives Thursday morning, Rick Bright, a federal scientist who alleges that he has been sidelined by the Trump administration, warned that “our window of opportunity is closing” to stop the coronavirus, and without quick action it will return in autumn with redoubled force. In consistently damning testimony, the […]
Peggy Popham gets her flu shot every year, despite her daughter Laura’s opposition to vaccines. “I’m 70 and I’ve gotten sick before,” said Popham. “I don’t have a great immune system.” Popham, who spoke to Yahoo News by phone while quarantining at home in Asheville, N.C., acknowledges that the same factors put her at risk […]