Louisiana cop fired for saying 'unfortunate' more black people didn't die of coronavirus
NBC News - Thu May 28, 2020
KAPLAN, Louisiana - A Louisiana police officer was fired over a Facebook comment that said it was "unfortunate" more black people did not die of the coronavirus. More»
Trump Signs Social Media Executive Order
Huffington Post - Thu May 28, 2020
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could weaken legal protections for social media companies, days after Twitter labeled two of his misleading missives with a fact-check addendum. More»
Trump threatens to 'strongly regulate or close' social media
Daily Mail - Wed May 27, 2020
Donald Trump demanded Wednesday that social media platforms 'clean up your act' as he warned his administration will begin to regulate and even shutter such websites after Twitter, for the first time ever, fact-checked his tweets. More»
Video shows Minneapolis cop with knee on neck of motionless, moaning man who later died
CBS News - Tue May 26, 2020
A video taken by an onlooker Monday evening shows a Minneapolis police officer keeping his knee on the neck of a motionless, moaning man at the foot of a squad car. More»
Trump's senior economic adviser referred to Americans as 'human capital stock'
Business Insider - Tue May 26, 2020
Senior White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday that America's "human capital stock" is ready to get back work as the country takes steps toward reopening. More»
Surgeons found 'black mold' clinging to heart of 7-month-old patient at Seattle Children's Hospital
KING-TV - Thu May 21, 2020
SEATTLE, Washington - A lawsuit filed in King County court says a now 7-month-old baby contracted a mold infection at Seattle Children's, months after the hospital had closed and thoroughly scrubbed its operating rooms due to the presence of Aspergillus mold. More»
Stimulus check theft: Some nursing homes stole relief funds from elderly residents
KABC-TV - Tue May 19, 2020
WASHINGTON - Several states reported that some nursing homes and assisted living facilities have forced elderly residents on Medicaid to hand over their coronavirus stimulus checks, according to a Federal Trade Commission alert. More»
Florida scientist was fired for refusing to 'manipulate' COVID-19 data
USA Today - Tue May 19, 2020
BREVARD COUNTY, Florida - The scientist who created Florida's COVID-19 data portal wasn't just removed from her position on May 5, she was fired on Monday by the Department of Health, she said, for refusing to manipulate data. More»
Trump's new coronavirus vaccine czar owns $10 million in stock options in company developing vaccine
Salon - Mon May 18, 2020
The former pharmaceutical executive named by President Donald Trump to lead a federal coronavirus vaccine development project owns more than $10 million in stock options in a company that has received federal funding to develop such a vaccine. More»
The conservative victimhood complex has made America impossible to govern
The Week - Sat May 16, 2020
The United States has had the worst national response to the coronavirus pandemic among rich nations largely because President Trump is an incompetent leader whose narcissism means he can focus on little beyond his own approval ratings. More»
Massive Horde Of Goats Runs Amok In California Neighborhood
Huffington Post - Wed May 13, 2020
This is the craziest thing to happen all quarantine” a resident said about 200 goats running free in San Jose. More»
Trump Pushes CDC to Revise Down Its COVID Death Counts
Daily Beast - Wed May 13, 2020
President Donald Trump and members of his coronavirus task force are pushing officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change how the agency works with states to count coronavirus-related deaths. More»
Breonna Taylor: Lawsuit after US health worker shot dead by police
BBC - Wed May 13, 2020
A woman in the US state of Kentucky was shot and killed by police after they raided the wrong address, according to a lawsuit. More»
Trump Labor Department Encourages States to Help Employers Report Workers Who Stay Home Due to Covid-19
Common Dreams - Tue May 12, 2020
"There's a plague outside but the Trump administration is strongly encouraging states to solicit employer tips on workers staying home". More»
Sinclair agrees to pay record $48M FCC fine
New York Post - Sun May 10, 2020
Sinclair Broadcast Group agreed on Wednesday to pay a record $48 million fine to resolve a series of allegations with the Federal Communications Communication. More»
Trump is culpable in deaths of Americans, says Noam Chomsky
The Guardian - Sun May 10, 2020
Donald Trump is culpable in the deaths of thousands of Americans by using the coronavirus pandemic to boost his electoral prospects and line the pockets of big business, Prof Noam Chomsky has said. More»
Ahmaud Arbery: anger mounts over killing of black jogger caught on video
The Guardian - Thu May 7, 2020
BRUNSWICK, Ga - On a sun-speckled, tree-lined street on a sunny Sunday afternoon, Ahmaud Arbery ran through his neighborhood in the coastal town of Brunswick, Georgia. More»
Trump says doing too much coronavirus testing makes the US 'look bad'
Business Insider - Thu May 7, 2020
Though public health experts have consistently said the US needs to ramp up testing for coronavirus in order to contain and defeat it, President Donald Trump does not see it that way. More»
Coronavirus survivors banned from joining the military
Military Times - Wed May 6, 2020
As the Defense Department negotiates its way through the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout, military entrance processing stations are working with new guidance when it comes to bringing COVID-19 survivors into the services. More»
Millions of farm animals culled as US food supply chain chokes up
The Guardian - Mon May 4, 2020
US government vets said to be ready to assist with culls, or ‘depopulation’ of pigs, chickens and cattle because of coronavirus meat plant closures. More»
Lindsey Graham: Congress Will Extend Unemployment ‘Over Our Dead Bodies’
Huffington Post - Sun May 3, 2020
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (South Cafolina) promised business leaders that Congress would not extend enhanced unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 crisis, saying such a continuation would only happen “over our dead bodies”. More»
FEMA Diverted Masks From Veterans Hospitals, VA Official Says
TPM - Thu Apr 30, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency diverted masks from veterans hospitals and into the government's emergency stockpile, the executive in charge of the Department of Veterans Affairs claimed Saturday. More»
Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment
BBC - Fri Apr 24, 2020
US President Donald Trump has been lambasted by the medical community after suggesting research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body. More»
FEMA seized 400,000 N95 masks, has them "just sitting on a loading dock at JFK"
New York Daily News - Thu Apr 23, 2020
A medical supply company in Delaware is questioning the legality of federal seizures of N95 respirator masks destined for medical workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. More»
2 Californians died of coronavirus weeks before previously known 1st US death
CNN - Wed Apr 22, 2020
New autopsy results show two Californians died of novel coronavirus in early and mid-February -- up to three weeks before the previously known first US death from the virus. More»
Front-Runner for Country's Dumbest Governor to Reopen Essential Bowling Alleys, Nail Salons Friday
Vanity Fair - Mon Apr 20, 2020
Brian Kemp seemingly asked for a list of the businesses where people are in closest proximity, a key factor to spreading COVID-19, and said, Let's start with those. More»
The White House Has Erected A Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE
New England Journal of Medicine - Sun Apr 19, 2020
As a chief physician executive, I rarely get involved in my health system's supply-chain activities. More»
Wisconsin sheriff threatened to arrest girl over coronavirus photo, lawsuit says
New York Post - Fri Apr 17, 2020
A Wisconsin teen who traveled to Florida for spring break was threatened with arrest for starting a "panic" when she posted on social media about having the coronavirus, a lawsuit alleges. More»
Antibody study suggests coronavirus is far more widespread than previously thought
The Guardian - Fri Apr 17, 2020
A new study in California has found the number of people infected with coronavirus may be tens of times higher than previously thought. More»
17 Bodies Found in New Jersey Nursing Home After Anonymous Tip
NBC NY - Thu Apr 16, 2020
A phone call led New Jersey police to gruesome scene at a nursing home in New Jersey that has been ravaged by the coronavirus. More»