However, in a video that has gone viral on TikTok, a corgi can be seen staring at a man intently—and it has amused many online. In the clip, which was shared by Ian Ludlow, known on the app as Ianludlow, a man can be seen using his phone’s front camera to film his face. He then zooms past his ear to the table behind him where a couple are sat chatting, and next to the man is a corgi dog....
In March 2020, as the COVID-19 epidemic started ramping up in the U.S., the FBI conducted 3.7 million background checks. In June, the month following the May 25 death of George Floyd—the Black Minneapolis resident whose murder by a white police officer sparked nationwide racial justice protests—the FBI tallied 3.9 million background checks. Then in July, the FBI had 3.6 background checks. In the five-month span from March 1 to July 31, 2020, the FBI counted 17....
The JBS meatpacking facility opened April 24 after being shut down for nearly two weeks due to a novel coronavirus outbreak among its employees. A union spokesperson representing workers told Reuters that the number of confirmed cases among employees has more than doubled this week, from 120 on Sunday to 245 on Wednesday. Kim Cordova, who leads the local chapter for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, stated in a press release that “the uptick in cases in a matter of days shows how serious this crisis is and the dangers that workers are facing every day just trying to do their jobs....
Irish oddsmaker Paddy Power has shifted odds on a cancelation of the 2020 Olympic Games to 4/6, meaning the event is odds-on to be called off or to be held in a country other than Japan. Odds on the Games, which are scheduled to be held in Tokyo between July 24 and August 9, to go ahead as planned are 11/10. With the exception of the two world wars, the Olympics have never been canceled since they began in their modern guise in 1896....
Italy’s first death from COVID-19 was recorded in the northern town of Vò, a 3,300-strong community in the Province of Padua 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Venice. Scientists involved say it was an experimental initiative that enabled them to create a full “epidemiological picture” of COVID-19, Financial Times reports. Since the start of the outbreak, authorities have been testing and retesting each of the town’s inhabitants. The tests were performed on people whether or not they were displaying symptoms of the disease....
Over 100 people have died since the outbreak started in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, late last year. According to a virus tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University, which pulls in data from a range of official health bodies, the death toll has hit 107, and 4,474 cases have been confirmed. That marks a rise from the 80 deaths and 2,798 confirmed in a report published by the WHO on Monday, where it warned the virus was a “very high” risk to China, and “high” risk at a regional and global level....
China delayed the annual meeting of its legislature Monday as a result of the outbreak, the first time it has done so “in recent memory,” according to The New York Times. The move marks a “significant blow” to the leadership as the country grapples with controlling the public health crisis from the virus, the newspaper reported. Since the outbreak began at the end of December, at least 1,770 people have died from coronavirus, or COVID-19....
Henry Silverman is one of those big deal-makers who move billions of dollars, control top brands–Avis, Century 21, Ramada, Coldwell Banker–and are virtually unknown outside Wall Street. Silverman perfected his craft in the ’80s under master mentors such as Saul Steinberg. In the early ’90s, he created Hospitality Franchise Systems and cleverly capitalized on a nifty thing about big-name franchising operations: they produce lots of cash, without lots of bother about mundane things like assets....
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Though most Italian-Americans are liberals, “they’re all proud of me,” conservative Justice Antonin Scalia tells the authors. Scalia’s implicit question is: why do blacks not feel the same way about Thomas? Why can’t Americans accept and celebrate him? For a country desperately trying to rid itself of a legacy of prejudice and discrimination, such questions are anything but trivial. That Thomas is even on the court says much about how America has changed....
Costello syndrome is caused by a mutation (abnormality) of the HRAS gene. Only about 350 reports of Costello syndrome have been published in worldwide medical literature, so it is not clear how often the syndrome actually occurs or who is more likely to be affected by it. Symptoms Most children with Costello syndrome have difficulty eating, gaining weight, and growing. Typical symptoms of Costello syndrome are: Difficulty gaining weight and growing after birth, which leads to short statureExcessive loose skin on the neck, palms of the hands, fingers, and soles of the feet (cutis laxa)Noncancerous growths (papillomata) around the mouth and nostrilsCharacteristic facial appearance such as a large head, low-set ears with large, thick lobes, thick lips, and/or wide nostrilsMental retardationThickened, dry skin on the hands and feet or arms and legs (hyperkeratosis)Abnormally flexible joints of the fingers....
A local news media, Linfodrome reported that the former Barcelona defender would take over the helm of Cote d’Ivoire senior side. The Elephants have been guided by interim coach Kamara Ibrahim since the sack of Marc Wilmots in November 2017 after an awful 2018 World Cup qualification campaign. And the Ivorian Football Federation vice-president Sory Diabate has stated that the country is still searching for a new handler. “It’s no secret that FIF is searching for a new Elephants coach to replace Marc Wilmots,” Diabate told the federation’s website....
Hemoptysis should be discussed with a healthcare provider if experienced. It can be life-threatening if large amounts of blood are being coughed up. This article focuses on the symptom of coughing up blood, its potential causes, and when to seek tests and treatment. Symptoms of Hemoptysis The amount of blood that is coughed up can vary from blood-tinged sputum (saliva and mucus) to large amounts of blood. Although blood volumes vary within categories, there are three general ways to classify the amount of blood, as follows:...
Will it happen? CNBC, which devotes an entire section of its website to the billionaire, said “don’t bet on it.” It probably doesn’t matter anyway, because as a minority stakeholder, it would not be as if Buffett would be bankrolling major changes for the major league franchise. But what if he did? Buffett is worth $63.4 billion according to Forbes, so imagine that he did agree to cover a major league payroll in a quest to be the man who ended more than a century of woe for Cubs fans everywhere....
A new Siena College/New York Times poll released on Monday found that the share of voters who said economic concerns were the most important issue facing the country has leaped eight percent since July—the highest increase among any voting issue. And those inflation and recession fears spelled good news for Republicans, who were overwhelmingly favored by voters worried about the economy. However, polling conducted by Civic Influencers, a nonprofit focused on youth voter registration, found that the economy ranked as the fifth most important issue for youth voters, with 31 percent saying it was in the top five and only 10 percent ranking it as their number one concern....
The sentencing came nearly three weeks after a jury stopped short of recommending the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, who pleaded guilty to killing 17 people and injuring 17 others in the February 14, 2018, shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In Florida, a jury must unanimously agree on a death sentence. Three jurors did not, so Cruz’s life was spared. Many of the victims and their family members advocated for the death penalty for the shooter and were devastated when the jury recommended life in prison without parole....
It is, sad to say, less than likely that this question will ever be answered. But nothing about the endless quest for U.S. POWs and MLAs in Southeast Asia is simple, and no one can rule out the possibility that someone has survived. What was certain, last week, was that many top U.S. officials never accepted Nixon’s assurances to the nation in 1973: there was too much evidence to the contrary in the secret files....
The 1,500-year-old skeletal remains of a couple buried in an “eternal embrace” were recently found by archaeologists in China, reported Live Science. The exciting discovery, said scientists, offers a rare glimpse into people’s views toward love. According to the South China Morning Post, archaeologists first discovered the burial in June 2020. They were reportedly excavating a cemetery that had been unearthed by a construction project in northern China. Of course, researchers were completely unaware they were about to make a rare discovery....
A San Antonio couple has been charged with cruelty to livestock and torture after authorities discovered that they were harboring a bobcat and a tiger cub in their house, according to KSAT. Per News 4 San Antonio, the bobcat now resides at the Center for Animal Education in Bridgeport and the tiger cub at the Downtown Aquarium in Houston. On March 16, Bexar County sheriff’s deputies arrived at a home on Shane Road after one of the couple’s neighbors reported that they were keeping a bobcat as a pet....
One of the suspects, 34-year-old Laura Ashley Lee, was arrested on March 18. She subsequently told representatives for the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) that she and her boyfriend, 34-year-old Robert Lee Ramirez, had set the fires in order to drive snakes off their property and their neighbors’ properties. Officers set her bond at $3,500, according to KTBS 3. In a press release dated March 29, the LDAF describes Lee and Ramirez’s alleged crimes in more detail....
