US cruises vow 100% testing in plan for resuming sailing
Major cruise lines say they will test all passengers and crew for COVID-19 prior to boarding as part of their plan for resuming sailing in the Americas By DEE-ANN DURBIN … Read More
Wall Street falls, S&P 500 down 1.2% as global markets swoon
NEW YORK — Wall Street slumped Monday as markets tumbled worldwide on worries about the pandemic’s economic pain, though the S&P 500 had pared its losses by the end of … Read More
See McConnell’s promise about RBG replacement
Newsroom Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell makes the case for the Senate voting on President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, six weeks before the presidential election, despite blocking Obama’s nominee in … Read More
Micosoft will buy video game maker ZeniMax for $7.5 billion
Microsoft is buying the company behind popular video games The Elder Scrolls, Doom and Fallout By The Associated Press September 21, 2020, 8:56 PM • 2 min read REDMOND, Wash. … Read More
As doctors worry about ‘a very apocalyptic fall,’ the CDC changes info on how Covid-19 spreads (again)
“We may be in for a very apocalyptic fall, I’m sorry to say,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. … Read More
Fact check: Trump baselessly claims Democratic politicians wrote Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish
As usual, he made a bunch of false or dubious claims. Some of them were new, some of them repeated. NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, a longtime friend of … Read More
S&P 500 sinks more than 1.5% as markets tumble worldwide
NEW YORK — Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Monday as markets tumble worldwide on worries about the pandemic’s economic pain. The S&P 500 fell 1.2%, though a last-hour … Read More
Study finds lower rates of COVID-19 in areas that have had dengue fever outbreaks.
Dengue fever survivors might be protected from coronavirus: Study finds lower rates of COVID-19 in areas that have had outbreaks of the mosquito-borne illness in the past two years Researchers … Read More
QPR chief Les Ferdinand says taking the knee message has been ‘lost’
‘Taking the knee is now ‘good PR’ and little more’: QPR chief Les Ferdinand, English football’s only black director of football, says Black Lives Matter’s message has been ‘lost’ as … Read More
Matt Hancock confirms coronavirus test rationing list
Coronavirus test rationing sees NO priority for schoolchildren and puts teachers FIFTH on the list – as hospital patients, care home residents and NHS staff get swabs before the public … Read More
