US coronavirus cases surpass 11 million as surge continues
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The United States surpassed 11 million coronavirus cases Sunday, less than a week after it reached 10 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. The U.S. leads the world in both cases and in deaths, with 246,006 fatalities, according to the data. Saturday marked the eleventh consecutive day with over 100,000 COVID-19 cases recorded, health data showed ..read more
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Boris Johnson to self-quarantine after exposure to member of Parliament with COVID-19
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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was hospitalized in the spring for the coronavirus, is self-isolating after he was exposed to a Member of Parliament who contracted the virus, British officials announced Sunday. Johnson met on Thursday with a group of members of Parliament that included Lee Anderson, who later tested positive, according to a spokesperson from Downing Street. The meeting lasted for 35 minutes, according to the spokesperson ..read more
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Peru's interim president resigns following days of protests
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Peru's interim president, Manuel Merino, announced in a televised address Sunday that he is stepping down just six days after his inauguration. The announcement came after protests demanding his removal turned violent. Peruvians have taken to the streets since former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra, who was popular among constituents, stepped down from his position last week once the country's Congress voted to impeach him ..read more
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How sending mental health responders instead of police could save Black lives
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New York City Mayor Mayor Bill de Blasio and first lady Chirlane McCray announced a pilot project this week that experts say could save lives by using mental health professionals instead of police in response to 911 calls that may be mental health emergencies. The program, modeled after the CAHOOTS program in Oregon, comes after months of historic protests calling for an end to police brutality, particularly in the context of Black lives lost at the hands of police. "Of the more than 170,000 mental health calls to 911 last year, an estimated one call every three minutes, the majority of concer ..read more
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Jon Ossoff hopes Biden voters will be inspired to vote Democrat in Georgia runoffs
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Following President-elect Joe Biden's projected win in Georgia, Democrats are hoping voters will be inspired to turn out for the Democratic challengers in the two Senate runoff elections. Ossoff faces Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Raphael Warnock is up against Sen. Kelly Loeffler in races that could determine the balance of power in the Senate ..read more
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Giroir not concerned that Trump hasn’t been to COVID task force meeting in months
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Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir confirmed reports that President Donald Trump had not attended a coronavirus task meeting in five months, but said Sunday that he wasn't concerned. "The vice-president briefs the president every day or nearly every day on coronavirus, so I'm not concerned that the president doesn't attend," Giroir said on ABC's "This Week." The news that Trump hadn't attended a task force meeting in months was first reported by The Washington Post ..read more
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Cop responds to house fire call to find his own home burning to the ground, saves lives of entire family
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A police officer in Oklahoma is being hailed as a hero after taking quick action to rescue his entire family after responding to reports of a fire only to realize that it was his own house that was burning down. The incident occurred when Officer Anthony Louie of the Seminole Police Department, just east of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was responding to reports of a house fire in the early morning hours on Nov. 13, according to a social media post made by Seminole FOP Lodge 138, the Fraternal Order of Police in the region ..read more
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'It's critical' for Republican leaders to explain to voters Trump lost the election: John Bolton
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John Bolton, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, said Sunday that leaders of the Republican Party should explain to their voters that Trump lost the election and that his claims of fraud are baseless. "Now the Trump campaign is doing the legal equivalent of pitching pennies," Bolton said on ABC's "This Week." "But if the Republican voters are only hearing Donald Trump's misrepresentations, it's not surprising that they believe it," he added ..read more
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Lithium treatments used for bipolar disorder shown to help fish fight parasite
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Brain-controlling parasites can be thwarted in fish by using the same medication used to treat bipolar disorder in humans, according to new research. "It's only the second time people have rescued the behavior of manipulated hosts," said Nadia Aubin-Horth, a biology professor at Laval University in Canada, who conducted the study with her colleagues. The Schistocephalus solidus tapeworm has a complex life cycle that includes several different animal hosts ..read more
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4 astronauts set to launch for ISS in historic NASA-SpaceX mission
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Four astronauts are set to launch into orbit on Sunday in the historic first operational flight for the SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft as part of NASA's commercial crew mission. This marks the second-ever crewed mission for Elon Musk's private space-faring firm SpaceX, after the successful launch and return of NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley with the Demo-2 mission this summer. It is also the culmination of years of collaboration between NASA and the private sector as part of an effort to bring launch capabilities back to U.S. soil and end a dependency on Russia for trips to the I ..read more
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