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Covid mRNA vaccines are “clearly the most failing medical product in the history of medical products, both in terms of efficacy and safety” and should be withdrawn immediately as they cause “an unprecedented level of harm including the death of young people and children”, a top drug safety expert has said. Professor Retsef Levi, an …

President Vladimir Putin took “unprecedented” post-Cold War action Sunday by ordering his nuclear deterrent forces to be on alert as international tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spiraled. Putin said in a meeting of top officials shown Sunday on state TV that the move, which means the country’s nuclear weapons are prepared for increased readiness …

A win for Trump in the Sunshine State, which is still too early to call, would keep alive his bid to keep open his pathway to the 270 electoral voters needed to win a second term. The state is tightly poised with 81% of votes counted, but there is concern for Democrats in populous southern …

Apple Inc. has pulled off product virtual launches during the COVID-19 crisis, and now the company is gearing up for the most important one yet.  The smartphone giant scheduled an online event for Oct. 13, which should bring the launch of the company’s first 5G-enabled iPhones. Apple AAPL, +0.92%’s new phones will be rolling out …

(WAVY) — You can now add the local housing market to the list of things going crazy in 2020. Record low interest rates make buying as attractive as ever. While record low inventory fuels competition for the few available houses, industry experts say they’ve never seen anything quite like it. Interest rates are staying in …

Scientists say the loss of ice in Greenland lurched forward again last year, breaking the previous record by 15%. A new analysis says that the scale of the melt was “unprecedented” in records dating back to 1948. High pressure systems that became blocked over Greenland last Summer were the immediate cause of the huge losses. …

A poll worker at Liberty High School on July 7, 2020, in Jersey City, N.J. | David Dee Delgado/Getty Images The polls have closed in New Jersey, which on Tuesday held an unprecedented primary election that was delayed five weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic and conducted mainly by mail-in ballot. Most of the state’s …

So Ms. Childers, 30, signed up for Cobra, which lets laid-off workers stay on their former employer’s health plan for 18 months under federal law, but requires them to pay the full cost unless the employer chooses to help. She is paying $560 a month — substantially more than a subsidized plan would cost at …

A dock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is flooded during the undocking of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS City of Corpus Christi. WASHINGTON: The Navy has lost 50,000 workdays a month at its four public shipyards during the COVID-19 crisis, sparking concerns over delays in repairing and refitting nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. …

Harley Grace, a Yorkshire terrier, loves to run circles around Luna, a Siberian husky. They’re buddies. “Luna acts like the mom to Harley,” Santa Maria resident Sal Medina told the News-Press. The two dogs bring a lot of joy to Mr. Medina and his wife, Vivian, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why the couple …