Monday, April 13, 2020

The Alabama Supreme Court tried to treat Mike Hubbard with kid gloves, but it ultimately upheld six convictions, meaning the ex-speaker's road to prison started with grotesque financial incompetence

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Mike Hubbard ( The New Republic ) After siting on the case for roughly two years, the Alabama Supreme Court on Friday announced it had...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

As Donald Trump's business takes a pounding from coronavirus, $350 million in loans from Deutsche Bank are coming due, setting up a huge conflict of interest over a bank that is target of a DOJ probe

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Trump Tower Chicago Donald Trump has a habit of hanging nicknames on his adversaries, such as "Sleepy" Joe Biden and "S...
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Is Trump pushing hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 because he and several associates have financial interests tied to the French drugmaker?

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Sanofi, the French maker of hydroxychloroquine Why does Donald Trump keep pushing an anti-malaria drug as a treatment for coronavirus ...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Jared Kushner sparks outrage with his bogus statements about the Strategic National Stockpile, but he isn't the only con artist operating under the federal banner -- U.S. courts are filled with reptilian types

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Jared Kushner The liberal wing of the social-media world lit up with aparks of outrage over the weekend after presidential son-in-law ...
Monday, April 6, 2020

The South is about to take a crushing blow from COVID-19, with Alabama set to have the nation's highest per-capita death rate, passing New York

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A deserted street corner in New Orleans ( Bloomberg ) The South, already the most unhealthy region of the country, is set to take a pu...
Thursday, April 2, 2020

Upheaval from coronavirus outbreak likely will be with us for at least a year, followed by clusters of mental-health problems for those who survived the virus itself

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A coronavirus testing line at Elmhurst Hopsital in Queens, NY The coronavirus pandemic is believed to have originated at the Huanan Se...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Security concerns force U.S. agency to push for sale of Grindr, the gay-sex geosocial application that has been owned by a business with ties to Chinese government

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Pluto, a miniature schnauzer from Canada, becomes an Internet sensation by offering sage advice -- and much-needed hilarity -- on handling the coronavirus crisis

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Pluto and her mom, Nancy Wight A miniature schnauzer has become an Internet sensation by offering advice on handling the coronavirus c...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Here is the scene at the "wet markets" of China, where crowded, unsanitary conditions apparently helped launch the novel coronavirus pandemic that has upended life in the U.S. and led to "social distancing"

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A wet market in China How did the coronavirus pandemic get started? We do not have a definitive answer to that question, but scientist...
Friday, March 27, 2020

Music legends John Fogerty, Brian Wilson, and others hook up with Rolling Stone to present "In My Room" series as a form of emotional relief from coronavirus

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If you could use something besides news related to the coronavirus -- and who couldn't these days -- how about a musical interlude fr...
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