“There will be a group that is in excess of six or seven people that I look at, because those background checks matter,” said Mr. Biden, who has gone through the process himself. He expressed hope that “once I pick someone, God willing if I’m the nominee, that there’s not going to be any snafu.” […]
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Image copyright Aaron Green Image caption Aaron Green (right) said his heart and lung transplant was “incredible” The number of heart and lung transplants could quadruple thanks to a “reanimation” machine used in a pioneering operation, a hospital says. The device, developed at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, managed to pump oxygenated blood into both
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says a postponement of the Tokyo Olympics would be unavoidable if the games cannot be held in a complete way because of the coronavirus pandemic March 23, 2020, 1:44 AM 1 min read TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday said a postponement of Tokyo Olympics would be
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Yet as that debate has played out in the White House Situation Room, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has thrown out the established government plan for dealing with pandemics, after concluding it was insufficient because it never envisioned a pandemic of this breadth. Mr. Kushner and other aides concluded that only FEMA had what they
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The rapid worldwide spread of the coronavirus since it was first revealed in China less than three months ago has dealt an unparalleled shock to the global economy. Following are weekend business developments related to the outbreak as governments attempt to stabilize their economies, companies navigate through an altered landscape, and millions of people face
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Rita Wilson’s ongoing self-isolation has prompted her to reveal some skills she’d previously kept private. The 63-year-old actor, who has been isolating with her husband, Tom Hanks, in Australia after testing positive for coronavirus, posted a four-minute video on Instagram over the weekend in which she raps Naughty by Nature’s 1990s hit “Hip Hop Hooray.” The
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The head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says she’s more focused on bringing solutions to the IOC than demanding it postpone this summer’s Tokyo Games By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer March 23, 2020, 12:02 AM 4 min read DENVER — The CEO of the U.S. Olympic team is well aware of the
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After Mr. Moran reported his Sunday morning encounter with the senator, Mr. Paul’s staff posted on Twitter that he had “left the Senate IMMEDIATELY upon learning of his diagnosis.” “He had zero contact with anyone & went into quarantine,” they added, sidestepping why the senator had been in the gym in the first place. Mr.
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Senate Republicans have proposed giving the Federal Reserve access to $425 billion in funding that it could use to extend emergency support to flailing businesses or struggling localities — an approach that would keep central bankers at the center of the coronavirus economic response in ways that could prove politically fraught. Republican lawmakers proposed increasing
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