2020

The Coronavirus. The Stock Market. Now Biden’s Comeback Adds to Trump’s Bad Week.

Politics /

The Trump campaign has recently put money and time into trying to expand the president’s popularity among black voters, employing tactics like opening storefronts in black neighborhoods and devoting a Super Bowl ad to overhauling the criminal justice system. Mr. Trump won only 8 percent of the black vote in 2016, but his campaign operatives […]

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U.S.-Backed Candidate for Global Tech Post Beats China’s Nominee

Finance /

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, criticized Washington’s effort, saying it was “doing all it can to pressure other countries to give up their support for the Chinese candidate.” China’s ambassador in Geneva, Chen Xu, told reporters last week that the United States had threatened smaller countries with loss of World Bank and International

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FBI working to ‘burn down’ cyber criminals’ infrastructure

Technology /

FBI Director Christopher Wray says law enforcement agents are working to take out the tools that allow increasingly dangerous cyber criminals to carry out their devastating attacks By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press March 4, 2020, 9:48 PM 3 min read CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — To thwart increasingly dangerous cyber criminals, law enforcement agents are

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Criticized for Coronavirus Response, Trump Points to Obama Administration

Politics /

In raising the testing issue, the president appeared to refer to a practice that limited the ability of laboratories run by states, universities and private companies to conduct medical screenings not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. On Saturday, the agency’s commissioner, Stephen M. Hahn, allowed those labs to use tests that they had

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FDA bans shock device used on mentally disabled patients

Lifestyle /

The Food and Drug Administration is banning electrical shock devices used to discourage aggressive behaviors in patients with disabilities By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer March 4, 2020, 11:29 PM 4 min read WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Wednesday banned electrical shock devices used to discourage aggressive, self-harming behavior in patients with mental disabilities. The

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