Новости за 29.04.2020

By Mary Margaret Olohan Daily Caller News Foundation The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department changed the status of a complaint against 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden from active to inactive, One America News Network reported Wednesday. The network’s Richard Pollack reported Wednesday afternoon that the D.C. police department appears to have closed its investigation into…

The case for continuing the lockdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic is getting "weaker and weaker," contends Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume. The "collateral damage from it is extraordinary," he said in an interview Tuesday night with Fox News' Martha MacCallum. And further, Hume said, it's increasingly clear that the virus "overwhelmingly…

(CNBC) -- From delaying Arctic expeditions to canceling climate summits, the coronavirus pandemic is hindering global climate change progress and raising fears over a long-term hit to scientific research budgets. “It’s increasingly apparent that all kinds of science is being disrupted by the pandemic, from field work to theoretical studies to efforts to improve public…

(CNBC) -- Stocks jumped Wednesday on the back of positive data from a potential coronavirus treatment from Gilead Sciences, while investors digested a sharp drop in U.S. economic activity. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 527 points, or 2.2%. The S&P 500 gained 2.7% while the Nasdaq Composite closed 3.6% higher. The major averages held…

(FOX NEWS) -- Pope Francis entered a heated church-state debate Tuesday night calling for "prudence and obedience" amid the coronavirus limits on Mass and other religious services. The Catholic leader's appeal came two days after Italian bishops expressed outrage that the government in Italy didn't address church services in its plan to reopen businesses, social…

A new Emerson College poll shows a huge "enthusiasm" gap that favors President Trump over presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The survey found 64% of voters are either "extremely excited" or "very excited" to vote for Trump and only 45% for Biden, reported Paul Bedard in his "Washington Secrets" column for the Washington Examiner.…

(NEW YORK POST) -- A candidate for congress on Long Island fought back against a lawsuit by claiming he was illegally served with the court papers on the sabbath — but his opponent’s lawyer argued that he was not Jewish enough for the law to apply. “I object! I’m plenty Jewish,” said Michael Weinstock, who…

(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- The results are in — most students are not impressed with distance learning. The College Fix recently asked 1,000 students: “How has the quality of your education changed because your college or university moved its courses online due to the coronavirus?” Fifty-four percent of students said it’s “somewhat worse,” and another…

A university professor who previously made headlines for linking black, female obesity to President Trump's policies and claiming the religious right worships a fictional a**hole God is now saying the push to reopen America is about killing black people, and that every supporter of President Trump is to blame for the coronavirus pandemic. "I feel…

  Minnesota authorities are using the coronavirus pandemic to launch a new program that collects and analyzes personal information of every patient hospitalized, regardless of whether they have been diagnosed with COVID-19. The information includes names, addresses, birth date, symptoms, diagnosis, age, gender, race, ethnicity, city, zip code and county. That's an infringement of privacy…

The Great Toilet Paper Scare of 2020 has come to end, but don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet. The Spring Meat Stampede is here. At my local Costco in Colorado Springs on Monday, fresh chicken breast was nowhere to be found. Nationwide, bacon prices doubled. Wholesale pork prices for ham, ribs and loins…

This week, new evidence emerged in the sexual assault allegation by former Joe Biden staffer Tara Reade against the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee. According to Business Insider, four people have stated that Reade told them contemporaneously about her accusation that Biden forcibly penetrated her with his fingers in 1993. Meanwhile, the Media Research Center…

(JUST THE NEWS) -- A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer sailed through international waters Tuesday in the South China Sea to challenge unlawful restrictions imposed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam, the Navy told Just the News. “On April 28, the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the Paracel Islands, consistent with…

(NEW YORK POST) -- This self-illustrated man is facing a unique problem: He’s running out of room on the canvas of his body. London resident and tattoo artist Chris Woodhead has regularly been getting inked since he turned 18, but the dad-to-be took his skin-deep love to the next level when he was forced into…

By Joel Kotkin Real Clear Energy Like the rest of the country, although far less than New York, California is suffering through the Covid-19 crisis. But in California, the pandemic seems likely to give the state’s political and corporate elites a new license to increase their dominion while continuing to keep the middle and working…

House leaders abruptly reversed course Tuesday and said that the House of Representatives will not be returning to Washington next week. The announcement comes a day after House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the House would return on Monday, May 4, Politico reported. "We made a judgement that we will…

By Susan Crabtree Real Clear Politics It’s a portrait of contrasts in the age of pandemic. In the United States, small but passionate protests have broken out in recent weeks as some workers and worshipers chafe at being quarantined -- even as most federal and state governments caution against full and abrupt re-openings. Meanwhile, in…

By Kevin Pham Daily Signal There has been considerable interest lately in Sweden’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Sweden’s top epidemiologist, Dr. Anders Tegnell, Sweden is expected to achieve herd immunity in several weeks’ time. Sweden pursued a much more relaxed mitigation strategy, practicing social distancing while avoiding a national lockdown, and approximately…

New York City, with about one-third of the coronavirus deaths in the United States, is clearly the nation's "front line." But an emergency-room physician in the Bronx says that even there, authorities should end the lockdown and allow people to return to work. Dr. Daniel G. Murphy, chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at…

The Wuhan coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 3.1 million people worldwide, causing more than 216,000 deaths. But the true totals probably never will be known, in part because of unreliable information from China, where it originated. The Chinese Communist Party's count of about 80,000 infections and 4,000 deaths in the country is not even…