March 2020

Medical Expert Who Corrects Trump Is Now a Target of the Far Right

At a White House briefing on the coronavirus on March 20, President Trump called the State Department the “Deep State Department.” Behind him, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, dropped his head and rubbed his forehead. Some thought Dr. Fauci was slighting the president, leading to

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Coronavirus: No time for complacency, says NHS England

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNHS England’s medical director Prof Stephen Powis: “We can beat this virus… but now is not the time to be complacent” “Now is not the time to be complacent,” NHS England medical director Stephen Powis has warned at the government’s latest coronavirus press conference. Prof Powis said

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NCAA’s greatest hits: Austin Carr’s record 61 points in 1970

Austin Carr played for Notre Dame in an era when prolific scorers dominated college basketball. LSU’s Pete Maravich was scoring 40 a night and still No. 1 on the points list. Niagara’s Calvin Murphy, Purdue’s Rick Mount and St. Bonaventure’s Bob Lanier, along with Carr, were others putting up eye-popping numbers. It wasn’t until Carr

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