A minivan driver looking to avoid traffic inside Houston National Cemetery on Mother’s Day was captured in a startling video running over the gravestones of military veterans. The incident unfolded Sunday following a flyover from the Lone Star Flight Museum to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day – the end of World War II […]
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14,000 People Volunteer To Be Infected With Coronavirus
Imagine being told to inhale a nasal spray full of the coronavirus. More than 14,000 people in the U.S. and elsewhere are putting their names forward to do so. They are volunteering for what’s called a “human challenge trial,” an ethically controversial way to test vaccines that would deliberately infect people with a virus that […]
American Unemployment To Reach 20% Trump Adviser Predicts
White House adviser Kevin Hassett said Sunday the U.S. unemployment rate could reach 20 percent in May. “I think just looking at the flow of initial claims, it looks like we’re probably going to get close to 20 percent in the next report,” Hassett said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” He made similar comments […]
Obama Wanted To Frame Flynn?
Former National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn’s lead attorney accused top officials of orchestrating a plot to frame her client, insisting that former President Barack Obama himself was in on it. Flynn had initially pleaded guilty to providing a false statement to the FBI regarding his contact with a Russian ambassador, but later changed his […]
Bill Clinton Yet To Endorse Biden
One name has been noticeably absent from Joe Biden’s string of endorsements in recent weeks: former President Clinton. While former President Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are among the party luminaries who have rolled out endorsements to keep Biden’s name in the news and send the signal of […]
Obama Calls Trump’s Corona Response ‘Absolute Chaotic Disaster’
In a recorded private call to hundreds of former members of his administration obtained by Yahoo News, President Barack Obama criticized the Justice Department’s move to drop charges against President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, as well as the government’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Read more at forbes.com
Five Things To Watch In Emerging Meat Supply Crisis
The fragility of the nation’s meat supply chain is being exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, creating challenges for the industry to get food on American tables. Here are five factors to watch in the meat supply chain crisis. Many meat plants are closed: A number of meat plants have had to close because workers have […]
Little Richard Succumbs To Cancer At Age Of 87
Little Richard, the rock legend best known for the hits “Tutti Frutti” and “Good Golly Miss Molly,” has died. He was 87. The musician’s manager confirmed his passing to Fox News on Saturday. “He passed away today. His family was with him,” Dick Alen told us. The musician’s son, Danny Jones Penniman, also confirmed his […]
White Father And Son Arrested For Murder Of Black Man Jogging
A white man and his son who are accused of killing an unarmed black man in Georgia in February have been arrested after video of the incident sparked widespread outrage. Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, were arrested in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced. Both men face charges […]
Unemployment Soars To 14.7%
A staggering 29 million Americans lost their livelihoods in April as the spreading coronavirus shuttered stores, factories and offices, canceled events, and brought transit around the country to a sudden stop. Payrolls fell by 20.5 million last month, leaving 23 million unemployed, the Labor Department said Friday. Another 6.6 million Americans left the workforce altogether, […]
Trump’s Personal Valet Tests Positive For Covid-19
WASHINGTON — One of President Donald Trump’s personal valets, who works in the West Wing serving the president his meals among other duties, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the closest the virus is known to have come to the president, a White House official said. Since the White House medical unit was made aware […]
Businesses Rebelling Against Stay At Home Orders
A barber in Washington state who said it was his “constitutional right” to reopen his business despite the governor’s stay-at-home order drew a long line of customers. Robert Martin, owner of Stag Barber and Styling in Snohomish, about 30 miles north of downtown Seattle, told CBS affiliate KIRO-TV that more than 130 people came to […]