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Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson tests positive for COVID-19, per report
Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the Baltimore Ravens this past week, and it now has reportedly affected their best player. On Thursday night, Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reported that Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson tested positive for the coronavirus. The Ravens were scheduled to take on …
Trump says he will leave if electoral college votes for Biden
Though advisers have long said he would leave on Jan. 20, it was Trump’s first explicit commitment to vacate office if the vote did not go his way. Trump said he planned to continue to make claims of fraud about the results and said, without evidence, that Biden could not have won close to 80 …
Thanksgiving Day fire rips through multiple homes in New Bedford
At least 27 people were displaced by a Thanksgiving morning blaze which broke out in a home on Washburn Street in New Bedford and spread to three apartment buildings.The preliminary investigation suggests that the blaze was started by someone attempting to deep-fry a turkey, officials said. Thick smoke filled the neighborhood as several homes caught …
AstraZeneca vaccine: Drugmaker hopes the world can focus on its positive news. But experts fear a lack of transparency has clouded that
The novel coronavirus outbreak Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a news conference on Thursday, November 19. Birx became the first official with the White House Coronavirus Task Force to speak at a briefing while wearing a face mask. The novel coronavirus outbreak Medical workers and patients are seen Wednesday, …
Thanksgiving Day Parade; US deaths; Joe Biden unity
CLOSE AZD1222 is AstraZeneca’s newest COVID-19 vaccine candidate, but here is how it differs from the previous two. USA TODAY Like pretty much everything in 2020, Thanksgiving is looking a lot different due to COVID-19. Many are spending their first Thanksgiving alone or without loved ones. Families are turning video calls into the dinner table. Even …
Thailand approved transfer of 3 Iranians as Australian freed
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand said Thursday it transferred three Iranians involved in a botched 2012 bomb plot back to Tehran, as Iran released an Australian academic who was imprisoned for more than two years on spying charges. While Thai officials declined to call it a swap and Iran referred to the men as “economic activists,” …
New York Covid-19: Supreme Court sides with religious groups in a dispute over restrictions
The case is the latest pitting religious groups against city and state officials seeking to stop the spread of Covid-19, and it highlights the impact of Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the Court. The decision comes as coronavirus cases surge across the country. In the late-night decision, Barrett sided with her conservative colleagues in the …
Neutrinos Yield First Experimental Evidence of the CNO Energy-Production Mechanism of the Universe
View into the interior of the Borexino detector. Credit: Borexino Collaboration Neutrinos Yield First Experimental Evidence of Catalyzed Fusion Dominant in Many Stars An international team of about 100 scientists of the Borexino Collaboration, including particle physicist Andrea Pocar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, report in Nature this week detection of neutrinos from the …
U.S. is still missing eight coronavirus infections for every one counted, CDC says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that the United States is still missing nearly eight coronavirus infections for every one counted. Daily US deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday hit 2,284, the highest since May 7, according to data from The Covid Tracking Project. It is the second day running that more than 2,000 people …
Governor of Wyoming tests COVID-19 positive
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced Wednesday, a day before Thanksgiving. His office said in a statement the governor has minor symptoms and plans to work remotely, according to CBS News. “Governor Mark Gordon received results today of a COVID-19 test that showed he is positive for the virus,” the governor’s …
