People gather for a Juneteenth rally in Tulsa, Okla., Friday, June 19, 2020. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. More AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki Tulsa City Council decided to remove the Black Lives Matter painting located in the Greenwood District after the mural was not granted city approval. Tulsa World reported that the painter and organizer of the mural, Ryan Rhoades, did not get city approval for the street painting. “Ne ..read more

US General Manager Vanessa Pappas defends the Chinese-owned app as President Trump threatens to ban it ..read more

Connie Culp, the first recipient of a face transplant in the U.S., has died, according to the Cleveland Clinic. read the tweet posted on Friday. "She was an inspiration to all of us at Cleveland Clinic."” data-reactid=”15″>”We are saddened by the loss of Connie Culp, the first face transplant recipient in the U.S.,” read the tweet posted on Friday. “She was an inspiration to all of us at Cleveland Clinic.” “Connie was an incredibly brave, vibrant woman and an inspiration to many,” Dr. Frank Papay, chair of the Cleveland Clinic’s Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute said in a statement ..read more

  A protester holds a placard during a Close The Camps protest against migrant detention centers in Los Angeles, California, on July 2, 2020. More Ronen Tivony/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A California protester has accused police of forcing her to drink cold water to get her temperature low enough so she could be jailed, according to a report seen by Newsweek. The unidentified woman was part of a group of demonstrators who chained themselves to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s house on Monday demanding for him to release prison inmates due to coronavirus fears. The 14 arrest ..read more

Hairdressers and barbers could be inadvertently transmitting Covid-19 to their customers as a result of “inadequate” official guidance stipulating that they should wear visors rather than masks, government advisers have warned. Scientists have expressed fears that plastic face shields being used by workers in hair salons provide insufficient protection for the wearer and client because they leave a significant gap through which small airborne coronavirus droplets could pass.  In the NHS, visors are generally only used in addition to masks, as only the masks are specifically designed to ..read more

Image copyright Reuters Image caption More than 100 possible coronavirus vaccines are being developed around the world Russian health authorities are preparing to start a mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus in October, the health minister has said. Russian media quoted Mikhail Murashko as saying that doctors and teachers would be the first to receive the vaccine. Reuters, citing anonymous sources, said Russia’s first potential vaccine would be approved by regulators this month. However, some experts are concerned at Russia’s fast-track approach. On Friday, the leading infectious dise ..read more

A 54-year-old New Jersey woman suffered a broken leg after she was thrown to the ground in a Staples by another customer whom she had told to wear a mask, authorities said. Police have released surveillance video from the incident that occurred at about 3:19 p.m. Wednesday at a Staples in Hackensack. Margot Kagan, of Teaneck, told police she was using a fax machine at the store when a woman with a mask pulled down below her mouth approached a machine next to her. Kagan, who, according to police, had a liver transplant four months ago and was walking with a cane, told the woman to put her ma ..read more

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People gather for a demonstration with the slogan ‚The end of the pandemic – freedom day’ – against coronavirus restrictions in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. It comes amid increasing concern about an upturn in infections in Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) BERLIN (AP) — Thousands protested Germany’s coronavirus restrictions Saturday in a Berlin demonstration marking what organizers called “the end of the pandemic” — a declaration that comes just as authorities are voicing increasing concerns about an uptick in new infections. With few masks in sight, a dense crowd marched thro ..read more

You’ve probably never thought about a bag of groceries as having “power.”   But where I live in Siberia, Russia, a bag filled with staple foods is powerful. Given as a gift of love from my local church, it says: “We care about you, and you are loved by us and by God.”   I was born after the years of communism, but in my homeland, the legacy of godlessness is still strongly felt in my generation — those in their 20s and younger — which is desperate for purpose and meaning in life.   The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many young Russians to put their dreams on hold. Right now, man ..read more