There are several provisions in the massive bill that could cause issues, but this one could be a nonstarter. Democrats in the House of Representatives recently unveiled their newest piece of legislation designed to stimulate the U.S. economy and help weather the COVID-19 pandemic. The so-called HEROES Act (for the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus…
Old cigarette ads often made outrageous claims about cigarettes, including, infamously, that they could cure asthma. (They can't.) So the rumors that smokers might be at lower risk for contracting COVID-19 seem similarly specious. Oddly, such rumors seemed to be rooted in a grain of truth. (We'll get to that later.) Still, Salon spoke with three…
Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 516 pointsThe Dow closed 516.81 points lower, or 2.17%, at 23,247.97. The S&P 500 dropped 1.75% to 2,820.00. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.55% to close at 8,863.17. Downbeat remarks from the top-ranking Federal Reserve official and worries over market valuation sent stocks sharply lower on Wednesday.Powell: More needed to support…
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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…