Three people on a recent Delta Air Lines flight to upstate New York tested positive for COVID-19
The passengers were aboard Delta flight 4815 from Atlanta to Albany on July 5, the department said in a July 10 news release. They were asymptomatic on the flight, but began showing signs of the virus the next day - https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/coronavirus/article244226897.html
The passengers were aboard Delta flight 4815 from Atlanta to Albany on July 5, the department said in a July 10 news release. They were asymptomatic on the flight, but began showing signs of the virus the next day - https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/coronavirus/article244226897.html
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3 passengers test positive for COVID-19 one day after Delta flight, officials say
It’s unclear when the passengers became infected.
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West also requested donations in the cryptocurrency. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53425822
The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West also requested donations in the cryptocurrency. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53425822
BBC News
Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam
Twitter says a hacking attack on employees was to blame for one of its biggest ever security lapses.
Potentially thousands of people were scammed out of money after hijacked accounts of prominent verified users promised to double the money fans sent them in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53428304
BBC News
Twitter hack: What went wrong and why it matters
The social network may have secured accounts but it could still face aftershocks from the attack.
With skyrocketing coronavirus hospitalizations in several states, hard-hit counties in Arizona and Texas are preparing for the worst by bringing in refrigerated trucks as morgues fill up. - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/16/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html
CNN
More than 77,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the US on Thursday, the most ever
For the first time, the numbers of coronavirus cases reported in the United States passed 77,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
New coronavirus outbreaks, even in places as far flung as China’s western Xinjiang region, are prompting worldwide moves to guard against the pandemic, as the number of confirmed cases globally approaches 14 million. - https://apnews.com/c3c7481ac03f9a2f30179359802a8296
AP NEWS
Millions of kids told full return to school in fall unlikely
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Millions more children in the U.S. learned Friday that they're unlikely to return to classrooms full time in the fall because of the coronavirus pandemic as death...
The cough has come back, without warning and seemingly for no reason; so has the fatigue. True, neither are as debilitating as when I had the actual virus, but they are back.
Like many others, I am now coming to realize that I am living and suffering from the long tail of Covid-19. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/07/health/richard-quest-covid-wellness-intl/index.html
Like many others, I am now coming to realize that I am living and suffering from the long tail of Covid-19. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/07/health/richard-quest-covid-wellness-intl/index.html
CNN
I got Covid-19 two months ago. I'm still discovering new areas of damage -- Richard Quest
Two months after contracting covid-19, CNN anchor Richard Quest is still experiencing the long tail of the virus, including a recurrent cough, serious fatigue and unexplained clumsiness.
It is remarkable that a sitting president would express less than complete confidence in the American democracy’s electoral process. https://apnews.com/aa07c0a980b3353b15f94442eb8191a5
AP NEWS
Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election, recalling a similar threat he made weeks before the 2016...
The Pew Center reported that July 7 only 17% of people in the U.S. have confidence in government to do the right thing. Never in the history of their surveys, which began in 1958, has that confidence been so low.
Why is trust so low and why does that matter, especially during a crisis – and especially during this crisis? - https://theconversation.com/leaders-like-trump-fail-if-they-cannot-speak-the-truth-and-earn-trust-141767
Why is trust so low and why does that matter, especially during a crisis – and especially during this crisis? - https://theconversation.com/leaders-like-trump-fail-if-they-cannot-speak-the-truth-and-earn-trust-141767
The Conversation
Leaders like Trump fail if they cannot speak the truth and earn trust
The absence of trust in a nation's leader and government jeopardizes an effective response to a health crisis. It also creates a political crisis, a loss of faith in democracy.
People on the east coast of coronavirus-struck South Africa are glad to be distracted by an annual natural spectacle: the sardine run. Millions of sardines migrate along the coast – followed by birds, seals, sharks – and fishermen. - https://p.dw.com/p/3fWlR
Deutsche Welle
Sardine run: Annual migration spectacle in South Africa
People on the east coast of coronavirus-struck South Africa are glad to be distracted by an annual natural spectacle: the sardine run. Millions of sardines migrate along the coast – followed by birds, seals, sharks – and fishermen.
With flights grounded and borders closed, some people have embarked on epic voyages to get home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Here, we take a look at four such journeys - and the distances travelled just get longer and longer - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53431985
Here, we take a look at four such journeys - and the distances travelled just get longer and longer - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53431985
BBC News
By bike, boat and horse: Epic lockdown journeys
With flights grounded and borders closed, these travellers took incredible steps to get home.
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It is absolutely disturbing how many Americans feel wearing a mask is an infringement on their rights. It’s disgusting. I’m disturbed at the climate of this country right now.
A black bear approached a group of hikers at Chipinque Ecological Park in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico
One woman managed to take a selfie with the bear as it sniffed her hair
The curious bear eventually wandered off after sniffing the visitors - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8538829/Black-bear-approaches-CALM-hikers-stand-wanders-away-Mexico.html
One woman managed to take a selfie with the bear as it sniffed her hair
The curious bear eventually wandered off after sniffing the visitors - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8538829/Black-bear-approaches-CALM-hikers-stand-wanders-away-Mexico.html
Mail Online
Moment black bear approaches group of hikers, sniffs their hair and even poses with them as they snap a selfie - before it calmly…
A woman reportedly hiking along a trail in Chipinque Ecological Park was approached by a curious black bear and managed to take a selfie with it in San Pedro Garza García, Mexic
Mary Daniel visited her husband Steve every day at his Florida memory care center until they stopped allowing visitors in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. So she took a job as a dishwasher at the nursing home so she could visit her husband. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/12/us/coronavirus-diswasher-wife-alzheimers-trnd/index.html
CNN
Florida woman took dishwashing job so she could visit husband with Alzheimer's during pandemic
Mary Daniel visited her husband Steve every day at his Florida memory care center until they stopped allowing visitors in March because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sen. Duckworth warns Trump: Don't even think about it. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) warns President Donald Trump about sending federal law enforcement agents to Chicago. - https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/07/21/duckworth-trump-chicago-warning-crn-vpx.cnn
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth warns Trump about using federal agents: Don't even think about it - CNN Video
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) warns President Donald Trump about sending federal law enforcement agents to Chicago.
How do we deal with a person whose core impulse in every part of his life is to deny, deceive, deflect, disparage, and double-down every time he is challenged? And what precisely is the danger such a person poses if he also happens to be the leader of the free world, during a crisis in which thousands of people are dying every day, with no letup in sight? - https://gen.medium.com/the-psychopath-in-chief-aa10ab2165d9
Medium
The Psychopath in Chief
I spent hundreds of hours with Donald Trump to ghost-write ‘The Art of the Deal.’ I now see a deeper meaning behind his behavior.
Canada's federal court has ruled that an asylum agreement the country has with the US is invalid because America violates the human rights of refugees. - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53494561
BBC News
Canada court rules US 'not safe' for asylum seekers
The US violates the human rights of asylum seekers by imprisoning them, a Canadian judge rules.
Shit on a shingle recipe. A beef and milk gravy dish traditionally served in US army camps. Just trust us on this one. - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyz497/shit-on-a-shingle-recipe
Vice
Shit On A Shingle Recipe
A beef and milk gravy dish traditionally served in US army camps. Just trust us on this one.
You’re not going back to normal office life for a long, long time - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dm7pk/youre-not-going-back-to-normal-office-life-for-a-long-long-time
Vice
You’re Not Going Back to Normal Office Life for a Long, Long Time
Many experts want the WFH workforce to stay put until a vaccine is approved. If you do head back, expect indoor masks, staggered schedules, small meetings, and the death of open-office plans.
A kayaker navigating the Waccamaw River in North Carolina had a close call with a nearby alligator - https://youtu.be/jhzc5J1BJNU
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While paddling the upper Waccamaw in N.C. I received a warm welcome from the wildlife.
While paddling the upper Waccamaw in N.C. I received a warm welcome from the wildlife.
On Thursday, more than 150 prominent medical experts, scientists, teachers, nurses and other experts signed a letter urging leaders to shut the country down and start over to contain the rampant spread of the virus. - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/26/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html
CNN
US tops 1,000 coronavirus deaths 4 days in a row as experts urge the country to shut down
As more Covid-19 records get broken, debates on whether to send kids back to school or to shut down the economy again are coming to a head.