Month: July 2020

David Bennett is an impeachment sceptic. Despite being a lifelong Democrat he feels uncomfortable with the party leadership’s attempt to turf out Donald Trump before his term is done.    “I really think it’s going to backlash,” the 66-year-old says, pondering the implications of the historic move from a coffee shop on the outskirts of Oklahoma…

Launched in time for Christmas, the marketing blitz could not be more carefully choreographed. There’s a $10.5 million (£8.1m) advertising campaign. There’s an astronaut endorsing the product. There’s even an entire state backing the apple launch. But this isn’t about iPhones. Instead, it’s an actual apple, grown in an orchard. Growers insist, however, that the…

An algorithm used to predict the healthcare needs of patients in the United States has been found to discriminate significantly against black people. The computer programme is sold by a leading health services company, Optum, is used to guide care decision-making for millions of people. Researchers examined how the system worked, and found that it…

An Indiana woman found dead with an eight-foot python wrapped around her neck had apparently kept snakes at the residence, which was filled with the reptiles, police said Thursday. Laura Hurst, 36, was found unresponsive Wednesday night on the floor of a home in the northern Indiana town of Oxford, with the snake wrapped loosely…

China on Thursday jailed nine people for selling fentanyl to Americans, the result of a landmark joint probe, and pledged further co-operation following President Donald Trump’s fury at Beijing’s perceived inaction against Chinese suppliers fuelling the deadly US opioid crisis. Despite Mr Trump’s criticism earlier this year that Beijing had reneged on its promise to crack down…

Deux associations, Wecf France et Agir pour l’Environnement ont publié le 2 juillet 2020 un rapport d’enquête sur la composition de 71 produits solaires pour bébés et enfants.Conclusion ? Des substances chimiques nocives pour la santé en l’environnement ont été retrouvées dans certains produits. Sommaire Le temps de l’enquête Des problématiques révélées Ce que demandent…

Click: MOORE COUNTY, NC — Kolton Decker, a 9-year-old North Carolina boy, expected that a father-and-son fishing trip — and the chance to try out a new magnetic fishing set he got for Christmas — would be a blast. It almost was. Fifteen minutes into their excursion, Kolton felt a tug on the magnet and…

Judging from the 7,200 homemade Valentine’s Day cards Veterans captured the hearts of Mateo County, California, elementary students from 52 schools. “Thank you for serving and protecting this beautiful and diverse country!” one of the cards began. California Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Speier, who organized the project, hand-delivered the cards on Valentine’s Day to vets at…

CENTEREACH, NY — When Alyssa Lubbe asked her boyfriend for a DNA testing kit for Christmas, she never imagined what would happen next. Lubbe, 23, of Centereach, wanted the 23andMe kit to learn more about her ancestry. Turns out, she has at least 23 other half-siblings spread across the United States. “It was definitely overwhelming…

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel is ready to return to action and pull out all the stops this weekend in Austria for the opening round of the delayed 2020 season. Vettel is set to enter his thirteenth full season of Grand Prix racing, but the four-time world champion will return to the fray in a particularly unusual…