Hydroxychloroquine fails to prevent coronavirus symptoms, researchers say
The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine it is not effective in preventing patients from contracting the coronavirus, a new study suggests. CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGEPresident Donald Trump has been a vocal supporter of the drug, even claiming to have taken it to help prevent infection. None of the participants, ranging from ages 33 to 50, exhibited symptoms and did not exhibit any underlying health problems. Researchers found "hydroxychloroquine did not prevent illness compatible with COVID-19 or confirmed infection when used as postexposure prophylaxis within four days after exposure." The study did not address if hydroxychloroquine can prevent infection if taken before exposure, but other studies are addressing that possibility.
Source:Fox News
June 03, 2020 23:37 UTC
Tessa Majors: Teen says he watched friend stab Barnard student, pleads guilty to robbery
New York (CNN) A teen who has been in police custody since December in the killing of Barnard student Tessa Majors' on Wednesday pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree robbery, telling the court he watched one of the teens he was with stab Majors. Rashaun went up to her and said something to her and Tessa yelled for help. Rashaun used the knife that I had handed to him to stab Tessa and I saw feathers coming out of her coat." The teen said in court that he, Weaver and Lewis ran out of the park together. The teen who pleaded guilty Wednesday is still in custody at Crossroads Juvenile Detention Center and will be sentenced on June 15.
Source:CNN
June 03, 2020 23:37 UTC
P.K. Subban Donates $50K To Fundraiser For George Floyd’s Daughter
Subban posted a video Wednesday calling for donations to a GoFundMe fundraiser for Gianna, the six-year-old daughter of George Floyd. In his video, Subban explained what “change the game” meant for him, while wearing a hat with the phrase on it. Change the game means change the narrative. “In life I believe you are not defined by what you accomplish, but by what you do for others… Sometimes I try to think, ‘P.K., are you a hockey player or are you just someone who plays hockey?’ I just play hockey. Because one day I won’t be a hockey player anymore.
Source:Huffington Post
June 03, 2020 23:37 UTC
Ari Fleischer says Mattis 'reached his breaking point' with 'extraordinary' criticism of Trump
Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer told the "Special Report" All-Star panel that former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' scathing rebuke of President Trump shows that his "divisive" persona is costing him potential allies in an election year. In a statement released exclusively to The Atlantic Wednesday evening, Mattis described Trump as " the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. “When I joined the military, some 50 years ago,” Mattis wrote, “I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. "It's extraordinary that a former member of the Cabinet would criticize the man who gave him that position in such blunt terms." "It's a sign of the trouble of the president is in," Fleischer continued.
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June 03, 2020 23:37 UTC
How WHO Really Feels About China
International agencies like the World Health Organization often praise misbehaving regimes publicly while pushing for improvement privately. Bureaucrats say this is the best way to get cooperation, but the Covid-19 outbreak shows how this undermines an agency’s credibility. “The speed with which China detected the outbreak, isolated the virus, sequenced the genome and shared it with WHO and the world are very impressive, and beyond words,” WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus declared on Jan. 30 after returning from Beijing....
Source:Wall Street Journal
June 03, 2020 23:30 UTC
Trump Campaign Looks at Electoral Map and Doesn’t Like What It Sees
Mr. Pickrell said there were now conversations among national Democrats about whether to commit resources to contesting a state that most effectively gave up on after Mrs. Clinton’s thumping defeat there. “I don’t think anybody will dispute the fact that if Trump loses Ohio, there’s no path at all,” Mr. Pickrell said. The latest Monmouth survey found Mr. Trump with the support of just 52 percent of white voters nationwide — five percentage points lower than his share in 2016, according to exit polls. There are also at least faint signs of renewed discomfort with Mr. Trump among a sliver of suburban Republican primary voters who could doom him altogether if they were to shift to Mr. Biden in November. under Mr. Trump.
Source:New York Times
June 03, 2020 23:29 UTC
Possible suspect identified in Madeleine McCann case
Scotland Yard is looking into a 43-year-old German man in connection with the case of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared at age 3 while on vacation with her parents at a Portuguese resort in May 2007. NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY CLAIMS MADELEINE MCCANN IS STILL ALIVE; TOP COP SAYS, 'WE'LL FIND OUT'German investigators are classifying the case as a "murder inquiry," on their end, but are not naming the suspect. McCann was the subject of a Netflix Documentary last year that featured experts and key figures from the case, according to The Sun. Jim Gamble, the top child protection cop during the first McCann investigation, said, “I absolutely believe that in my lifetime we will find out what has happened to Madeleine McCann. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPHe added, "Year on year other techniques, including facial recognition, are getting better.
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June 03, 2020 23:26 UTC
11 Children's Books About Racism And Activism To Help Parents Educate Their Kids
Keziah Matthews Instagram Books to teach kids about the Black Lives Matter movement. have written books that can help spark conversations about racial justice, empathy and what it means to be actively anti-racist — and keep those necessary conversations happening again and again. (Available here)HMH Books for Young Readers This book tells the story of children who marched to protest Jim Crow laws. “Malala’s Magic Pencil”Malala Yousafzai’s first picture book tells the activist’s own story, inspiring young readers to push for change — without waiting for permission. “Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness”This book helps white families teach their children about racism, privilege and white supremacy so that kids understand what it means to be actively anti-racist.
Source:Huffington Post
June 03, 2020 23:26 UTC
Acting DHS Secretary Wolf responds to Mattis blast against Trump, says president has 'taken the right tone'
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf joined "Special Report with Bret Baier" Wednesday and responded to former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis's harsh critique of President Trump's leadership. "So I know the media likes to focus on some harsh words and some direct words that can be delivered at times and I think that's needed at times. "And I think that's the right approach." Mattis released a statement to The Atlantic Wednesday evening saying he was "angry and appalled" over the death of George Floyd, supporting protesters and speaking out against utilizing the military to quell demonstrations. Obviously, the American people are very outraged over the death of George Floyd.
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June 03, 2020 23:26 UTC
6 Atlanta police officers booked on charges related to tasing incident
From Newsmax TVAsked if the military has to be sent into American cities to restore law and order, President Trump said “I don’t think we’ll have to." Trump said he has “very strong powers to do it” and said he might go beyond the National Guard “if it was necessary." We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act," he told reporters. Trump said while the nation needs healing, there also needs to be “safety in our cities.”
Source:CNN
June 03, 2020 23:15 UTC
Opinion | Outrage Over Tom Cotton’s Call for U.S. Troops to Quell Unrest
To the Editor:Re “Tom Cotton: Send In the Troops” (Op-Ed, nytimes.com, June 3):Senator Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, writes: “One thing above all else will restore order to our streets: an overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers. But local law enforcement in some cities desperately needs backup, while delusional politicians in other cities refuse to do what’s necessary to uphold the rule of law.”I strongly disagree with Mr. Cotton’s suggestion to use U.S. troops to suppress the protests occurring throughout the country. I disagree even more strongly with The New York Times’s giving Mr. Cotton a platform to express his views. His extremist rhetoric only serves to fan the flames of division and suppression. Not only was the decision to print his words wrong, the decision to do so on the eve of the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing is beyond comprehension.
Source:New York Times
June 03, 2020 23:15 UTC
Facebook's earliest employees say Zuckerberg's inaction on Trump posts is 'cowardly'
(CNN Business) Nearly three dozen of Facebook's earliest employees wrote an open letter addressing Facebook's leadership Wednesday calling for the company to rethink its inaction on recent incendiary posts by President Donald Trump. In the letter, which was published in the New York Times, the former employees said the company they helped build is no longer recognizable. They also called decisions by CEO MarkZuckerberg and other executives "cowardly." "They have decided that elected officials should be held to a lower standard than those they govern," the former employees wrote in the letter, a version of which was also viewed by CNN Business. "We are devastated to see something we built and something we believed would make the world a better place lose its way so profoundly."
Source:CNN
June 03, 2020 23:15 UTC
A Stanford law professor read a quote with the n-word to his class, stirring outrage at the school
Within days, the school had erupted into a debate over why McConnell had directly quoted the racist slur. And it was complicated by the fact that it wasn’t the first time this school year that Stanford law students heard a white professor say the n-word in class. “We obviously condemn the use of the n-word in any classroom,” said Donovan Hicks, 25, of Spartanburg, S.C., who is co-president of the Black Law Students Association at Stanford. “We think it serves no pedagogical purpose.”ADOn Friday, the association expressed its outrage over the latest incident by emailing the law school “A Guide for White Professors,” a sarcastic primer on saying the n-word in class. ADJenny S. Martinez, dean of the law school, told the school community Friday evening that she strongly disagreed with McConnell’s decision to quote the n-word but understood that he believed it was done for a legitimate teaching purpose.
Source:Washington Post
June 03, 2020 23:15 UTC
Trump fires back after Mattis condemns his 'mockery' of Constitution: 'Glad he is gone!'
"Probably the only thing Barack Obama and I have in common is that we both had the honor of firing Jim Mattis, the world’s most overrated General," Trump wrote. Mattis has largely stayed out of the public eye since resigning in December 2018, when he opposed Trump's abrupt troop pullout from Syria. “When I joined the military, some 50 years ago,” Mattis wrote, “I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. “I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis wrote to the outlet. Mattis' remarks drew mixed reactions.
Source:Fox News
June 03, 2020 23:03 UTC
Hospital That Was Private-Equity Backed Sold to Local Health Network
A health-care company that was backed by private equity and threatened to shut down a Pennsylvania hospital in the midst of the Covid-19 outbreak agreed to sell it to a local nonprofit health network. St. Luke’s University Health Network said Wednesday it had agreed to buy Pennsylvania’s Easton Hospital from Dallas-based Steward Health Care System LLC, a deal that would avert the hospital’s closure during the pandemic.
Source:Wall Street Journal
June 03, 2020 23:03 UTC