Juul Labs Inc. is moving its headquarters from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., as the e-cigarette maker seeks to repair its relationship with regulators and distance itself from Silicon Valley’s growth-at-all-costs culture, according to people familiar with the matter. The move is part of a broader restructuring plan that includes a reduction in the company’s […]
Give them an inch, and they push a park ranger in the lake. Earlier, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his phased plan to reopen the Lone Star state, which allowed for people to visit parks, hunt, jog, fish, etc. as long as they practice social-distancing. Some complied, many others did not. Put Brandon Hicks in […]
As nearly half of U.S. states begin to ease restrictions that were put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is quietly projecting a stark rise in the number of new cases of the virus and deaths from it over the next month. Modeling from the […]
The New York City Police Benevolent Association, the city’s largest police union, released a statement Monday arguing that officers should not be tasked with enforcing social distancing ordinances. “The NYPD needs to get cops out of the social distancing enforcement business altogether,” PBA president Patrick Lynch said in a statement. “As the weather heats up […]
WASHINGTON — Amid a concerted push to blame China for the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has issued an intelligence analysis claiming China purposely delayed notifying the World Health Organization about the spread of the contagion in order to stockpile medical equipment, according to two recent government documents obtained by Yahoo News. The analysis, which […]
Italy is turning “a new page,” the country’s prime minister said ahead of some 4 million people returning to work Monday as Europe’s longest coronavirus lockdown eased. “A new page is beginning, and we will have to write it together with faith and responsibility,” Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said in a Facebook post Sunday. “The […]
“ “I didn’t think it was necessary, but I should have worn a mask at the Mayo Clinic.” ” That was Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday night, speaking during a virtual town hall on Fox News. Pence drew sharp criticism last week after touring the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, where he met with staff […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday said Americans can have it both ways — with some going back to work and others continuing to be fearful about the coronavirus. Asked about the “split” developing in the country, with some Americans protesting lingering closures and others scared to go back to work, Trump replied: “I think you […]
President Donald Trump answers questions during a Fox News Town Hall on May 3, 2020. Screenshot/Fox News President Donald Trump said at a Fox News town hall on Sunday night that “everybody,” including leading infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, previously downplayed the severity of the virus. In response to a question about why he […]