May 2020
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The four officers involved in the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis on Monday night were swiftly fired, but there was chaos in the city nonetheless Tuesday night as thousands marched to protest George Floyd’s death. The Star-Tribune notes the protest march began peacefully, but ultimately turned violent as protesters reached the Minneapolis PD’s Third Precinct, where some…
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Brazil now has the second worst coronavirus outbreak in the world, according to official figures—and unlike the US, which has the world’s worst outbreak, the daily death toll is rising. Reuters reports that on Monday, Brazilian COVID-19 deaths rose above the US daily toll for the first time, with 807 deaths reported in 24 hours, compared to 620…
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Boxing is about money, power and fame. It’s been 15 years since Mike Tyson publicly stepped in the ring but the 53-year-old is now being offered more than $1 million for each year he’s been away to fight just one more time. MMA Fighting reports that Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship made the offer worth $20…
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If you’ve ever watched any of the Spider-man movies, you can’t tell me that the thought of a spider bite possibly giving you superpowers didn’t cross your mind at least a couple times. But of course, how silly would that be to simply forcibly get a spider to bite you, especially a poisonous one. Well,…
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Oh man, this little old man is my new favorite person. You know how they say that pets are basically your children? Well, this man is a walking example of that. Aleecia Dahl’s grandfather needed new furniture, so the family took him on a shopping trip to find new couches and chairs. Before the family…
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A Port St. Lucie, Florida woman was arrested after police said she organized a fistfight between her 15-year-old daughter and a 16-year-old girl because the two were arguing over unwanted text messages being sent from the latter to the former. For her role as the Don King of Florida teenage girl fights, Heather Salerno, 52,…
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Land acquisition for road projects has taken a hit, as district officials who carry out the activity are busy on Covid-19 duty. While this affects the government’s efforts to expedite road construction, it also chokes a source of liquidity in the market. Government pays higher-than-market prices for land acquired for public projects. With the economy…
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Are you a Rational or an Emotional human being? If you are Rational, then you: analyze, plan, outline, weigh in and weigh out all outcomes, are careful and calculated. If you are Emotional: you are a light decision maker, fun, live in the spur of the moment, whatever happens is ok with you, adventurous, not…
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Care and Treatment to Reduce the Severity of Pandemic Illness During a pandemic, health authorities work to reduce the severity of illness through patient care and treatment, which can help decrease the likelihood of severe outcomes such as hospitalizations and deaths. Treatments may range from nonspecific, supportive care to disease-specific drugs. During the prepandemic period,…
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A domestic Pakistan International Airlines flight with at least 98 people on board crashed Friday shortly after 2 p.m. local time near its destination in the southern port city of Karachi, Abdul Sattar Kokhar, a spokesman for the country’s civil aviation authority, told the Associated Press. Pakistan’s civil aviation authority said the plane carried 91 passengers and a crew…
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The United States said on Friday it would add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist, citing “national security” and “human rights” issues. The U.S. Commerce Department said in a statement that it will add 24 Chinese governmental and commercial organizations to the Entity List “for engaging in activities contrary to the national security or…
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Messing with the king of the jungle can be dangerous, but it could turn life-threatening when it’s in its own territory. In one such video, an inquisitive lion gave a huge shock to holidaymakers after first opening the door of their car. A family was ecstatic to spot a pack of six fully grow lions…
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The leader of the Daesh terrorist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was claimed to have been killed in October 2019 during a US Special Forces operation in the Syrian province of Idlib, according to US President Donald Trump. According to a press release by the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), two leaders…
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The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation has said that the 15 Chinese nationals, who came into Nigeria and had been the subject of national controversy, are not treating patients but attending to “assigned mission” in the country. The CCECC in a statement on Twitter on Friday said the team were in the care of the…
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An eighth Amazon warehouse worker has died from coronavirus, as the company continues to wrestle with complaints about workplace safety, NBC News reported. The female worker was assigned to the packing area at a fulfillment center near Cleveland in North Randall, Ohio. She had worked with Amazon since November 2018. She was diagnosed April 30, which was…
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President Donald Trump vowed there will be no further economic shutdowns and federal sheltering advisories if a second wave of COVID-19 hits the U.S. “We’re not going to close the country,” Trump told reporters in a visit to a Ypsilanti, Michigan, Ford factory, which is now producing ventilators for the world amid the global coronavirus pandemic. “We’re…
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