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Ariane Mnouchkine: Half a Century Building Utopia
The New York Times - 14 May 2020 12:04
Times have changed, but the revered French theater director has always stayed true to her beliefs.
Prosecutors: Altgeld Gardens gang did block-by-block sweep for rivals, killed grandmother arriving home instead
Chicago Tribune - 14 May 2020 00:14Burnt Out on Home Schooling?
The New York Times - 14 May 2020 05:50
How to get through the rest of the year.
Justice Clarence Thomas name-drops Frodo Baggins during SCOTUS oral arguments
New York Post - 14 May 2020 05:30
“Lord of the Rings” hero Frodo Baggins was name-dropped by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during oral arguments on Wednesday. The case being discussed was about the Electoral Collegeand whether presidential el...
Accused Ahmaud Arbery gunman called cops 12 days before fatal shooting
New York Post - 14 May 2020 16:05
The Georgia man charged with murdering unarmed black jogger Ahmaud Arbery called cops less than two weeks before the fatal shooting to report a man breaking into a nearby home under construction, according to a report. T...
Swing sets and trampolines in short supply as stay-at-home morphs into play-at-home during the pandemic
Chicago Tribune - 14 May 2020 15:50
With schools and parks closed, sports canceled and summer camps looking unlikely, orders for swing sets, pools and trampolines are through the roof during the coronavirus lockdown.
Will County Republicans, businesses sue state for coronavirus closure losses
Chicago Tribune - 14 May 2020 20:36
A Will County board member, the chair of the county's Republican Party organization and three area business owners have filed a federal lawsuit against Governor J.B. Pritzker.
Iraq: New Government, New Legislative Agenda
Human Rights Watch - 14 May 2020 06:01
Expand The opening session of Iraq's new parliament on September 3, 2018 in Baghdad, Iraq. © 2018 Getty Images (Beirut) - The Iraqi government and parliament should pass legislation to address key human rights shortcomi...
How expensive will air travel be after the Covid-19 crisis?
CNN - 14 May 2020 05:35
When the state of Florida began enacting stay-at-home measures and closing beaches in mid-March, in response to the threat of Covid-19, Miami-based real estate agent and artist Nadia Bouzid was in the middle of painting ...
Abbott's coronavirus test misses nearly 50 percent of positive cases: study
New York Post - 14 May 2020 04:59
A rapid coronavirus test made by Abbott Laboratories has been found to miss nearly half of all positive infections in certain instances, according to a report by The Hill. The study, which is non-peer reviewed and in pre...
Trucks used to store bodies amid coronavirus can go back to hauling food: FDA
New York Post - 14 May 2020 04:14
Refrigerated trucks that held the bodies of coronavirus victims amid the pandemic may return to being used for food transport after a thorough cleaning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. The FDA relea...
Court appoints retired judge to argue against DOJ in Michael Flynn case
New York Post - 14 May 2020 03:39
A federal judge has thrown a major hurdle in front of the Justice Department as it moves to drop the prosecution of former national security advisor Michael Flynn. US District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan announced in an o...
NIH to study malaria drug championed by President Trump against COVID-19
Reuters - 14 May 2020 21:50
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Thursday it began a study to evaluate the combination of antibiotic azithromycin and malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which was previously touted by U.S. President Donald T...
Federal Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Accusing Trump of Illegally Profiting Off D.C. Hotel
Time - 14 May 2020 16:33
The case sets up a fresh fight over the president's finances
New inflammatory condition in children is probably linked to the coronavirus, study finds
Boston - 14 May 2020 16:26
Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome has been reported in about 100 children in New York state.
Man and woman arrested after cops find human torso in suitcase
New York Post - 14 May 2020 16:24
A depraved pair of Brits were busted hauling a suitcase stuffed with a human torso along a forest road, disturbing new reports said. The two - a woman in her 20s from Birmingham and a man in his 30s from Wolverhampton - ...
US healthcare workers face growing unemployment
Al Jazeera English - 14 May 2020 16:23
A quarter of country's workforce could be jobless at some point this year as COVID-19 devastates economy.
Coronavirus government response: Trump hits whistleblower testifying warnings ignored
ABC News - 14 May 2020 16:22
President Donald Trump is attacking Rick Bright, the ousted vaccine development chief who claims he was retaliated against who testifying before House lawmakers.
Massacre at maternity ward shows a chilling truth for women in Afghanistan
CNN - 14 May 2020 16:19
Afghanistan's "peace deal" has been blown up. The government has resumed fighting the Taliban after a horrifying attack by gunmen on a maternity ward run by Doctors Without Borders in Kabul. Mothers and nurses were the m...
Turkish soccer player admits to killing coronavirus-stricken son
New York Post - 14 May 2020 16:09
Cevher Toktas told police that he killed his son Kasim at a hospital in the province of Bursa because he never felt that he loved him, a report says.
Nearly 3 million Americans filed for unemployment last week
CBSNews - 14 May 2020 16:07
Nearly 3 million Americans filed new unemployment benefit claims last week, according to the Department of Labor on Thursday. That means more than 36 million workers have filed for unemployment benefits in the past eight...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania: G.O.P. Defiance of Lockdown Has 2020 Implications
The New York Times - 14 May 2020 16:00
Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, said it was a "cowardly act" for Republican officials to flout his virus stay-at-home orders. But conservatives see rising anger that could lift turnout in November.