A California college professor reportedly is being investigated for discrimination and under police protection after refusing a request to exempt black students from final exams in the wake of George Floyd's death.The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) suspended Gordon Klein, an accounting professor in the Anderson School of Business where he's been teaching for 39 years, for…
Denny Hamlin’s Coca-Cola 600 was over before it even started when two bricks used for ballast fell off his car during the pace lap, leading to a lengthy pre-race pit stop.The tungsten blocks are installed on the cars to ensure they meet the minimum weight requirements and are expected to be fully secured for safety.Hamlin…
Published on May 25, 2020HCQ trails suspended amid safety concerns | WHO | COVID-19 treatment The World Health Organisation (WHO) has temporarily suspended the trial of the controversial drug Hydroxychloroquine or HCQ. WHO has now cited safety concerns as the drug's efficacy is still under concern. #WHO #HCQ #HydroxychloroquineAbout Channel:The World is One News, WION…
Nurse Mike Gulick was meticulous about not bringing the coronavirus home to his wife and their two-year-old daughter. He’d stop at a hotel after work just to take a shower. He’d wash his clothes in Lysol disinfectant. But at Providence Saint John’s health center in Santa Monica, California, Gulick and his colleagues worried that caring…
This article is republished here with permission from The Associated Press. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. Nurse Mike Gulick was meticulous about not bringing the coronavirus home to his wife and their 2-year-old daughter. He’d stop…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…