The data, released by Rt.live, looks at the Rt value, which is a key metric in finding out how rapidly the virus is spreading. According to the site, the Rt value is “the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person.” “If Rt is above 1.0, the virus will spread quickly. When Rt is below 1.0, the virus will stop spreading,” the site states. According to the data, at least 35 states are currently reporting an Rt value above 1....

The rising death toll has seen global markets plunge, with oil prices seeing a dramatic drop of more than 30 percent on Monday, while London’s FTSE 100 (Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index) dropped to a three-year low and Asia stock markets fell, Reuters reports. The recent losses come after a historic 10.1 percent drop in U.S. oil prices on Friday, which was reportedly the largest decrease in more than five years, CBS News reports....

The new virus that has killed over 2,800 people is a member of the large coronavirus family of pathogens, which also includes SARS and MERS. On Thursday, the MIGAL Galilee Research Institute said in a statement a new vaccine against a coronavirus which infects chickens has brought them a step closer to developing a preparation to protect against COVID-19. According to the statement, a multi-disciplinary team created an Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) vaccine which has been shown to be effective in pre-clinical trials....

In Smith, writing for the Court, Scalia rejected the religious liberty claims of two Native Americans. They had been fired from their jobs for using peyote—a hallucinogenic drug—during a Native American Church service. More significantly, Scalia essentially wrote that when a law is neutral and generally applicable, religious liberty must give way. Otherwise, he feared anarchy would result. And he worried about giving judges too much discretion to balance religious liberty claims with governmental interests....

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Cortisone is a powerful anti-inflammatory medication that can be injected around tendons or joints where inflammation is present. Cortisone injections are often used in the treatment of conditions including tendonitis, bursitis, and arthritis. Several common, and many uncommon, side effects can occur after a cortisone shot, and before having this treatment you should discuss these possible complications with your healthcare provider. While most cortisone side-effects are mild and temporary, it is worthwhile to discuss these possible problems so that you know what to expect after your injection....

The 2020 Democratic Party candidate for president said he was approached by a former fellow Stanford University football player at a recent Iowa campaign rally who asked him to “punch Donald Trump in the face.” He replied by telling the burly man, “Dude, that’s a felony, man.” Booker, speaking on Late Night with Seth Meyers, used the anecdote to illustrate how civility can defeat Trump in 2020, although he peppered in several insults about the 73-year-old president’s unhealthy weight, strength and stamina....

Booker cited the lack of campaign funds and his absence from the Tuesday debate as major reasons for his decisions. “Everyone except for [Colorado Senator and presidential candidate] Michael Bennet, who is one of the most exceptional leaders I’ve ever worked with, have a tremendous amount of money stocked up,” Booker told Maddow. “I think it will help them be on TV ads and the like.” “For us, it was a perfect storm,” Booker continued....

But even had Wright not been a factor, it was inevitable that Obama would have been forced to make a major speech on race. He and his campaign always have been defined, in part, in racial terms. That says more about America than about Obama. He has tried hard to make the case that his candidacy is more about health care, economic opportunity and getting out of Iraq than about race....

“OMG THAT’S A BIG COUGAR COMING OVER OUR GATE LAST NITE,” said Jamie Purcell on Facebook. The 10-second video attached to the post shows the cougar approach the fence and then stand on its hind legs to survey the area beyond. Seconds later, the animal jumps. The video has been viewed more than 50,000 times. In an interview with Coast Mountain News, Purcell said that she wasn’t afraid of the cat’s presence in the area....

Indeed, if any debate provides a window on the complexity of trying to win compromise in Iraq, it’s the ongoing discussion over the draft oil and gas law. The legislation, due to be debated in the coming days after months of painful drafting by Iraq’s Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish political factions—and endless prodding by U.S. diplomats—outlines how to exploit the country’s massive oil and gas reserves. But even Ali Baban, the minister of planning for the Iraqi government and one of they key architects of the bill, says he wouldn’t give it better than a 50-50 chance of winning parliamentary approval....

The team said in a statement on Wednesday that one player and one staff member had returned positive tests. The Browns currently have nine players on the reserve/COVID-19 list after moving safeties Andrew Sendejo and Karl Joseph and tight end Harrison Bryant off the active roster on Tuesday. “This morning, the Cleveland Browns were informed that a player and staff member have tested positive for COVID-19,” the team said. “The Browns facility is currently closed while contact tracing is taking place to identify any high-risk close contacts....

And he also could be the team’s next manager, at least according to some media accounts. Biggio is a special assistant to general manager Jeff Luhnow, but he lacks coaching and managerial experience. Mets skipper Terry Collins, however, thinks Biggio has what it takes to run a big-league team. “I always told him, ‘one of these days you’ll be managing in the big leagues,’” Collins, who managed Biggio in the mid-90s, told Newsday....

But how would they fare in a zombie apocalypse? PHOTOS: NFL Week 12 action | MORE: Tony Romo’s season is over The Twitter account for the wildly popular AMC TV series “The Walking Dead” posed that bizarre question Friday afternoon, with a somewhat morbid tweet. As of 5 p.m. Friday, the survey had received more than 5,500 votes. Thus far, 58 percent of respondents believe Romo would be the first to perish in a world gone wild with zombies....

Members of a SWAT team discovered the 54-year-old’s body at a residence in Florida, a spokespersons for Pasco County Sheriff’s Office told Newsweek. The property was on Little Road and Pennant Court, the Tampa Bay Times reported citing police. The spokesperson told Newsweek officers arrived at his home in Pasco County on Friday to give him several warrants. They found his dead body, after he appeared to have shot himself....

According to the Associated Press, the Taos County Sheriff’s Office reported that two drivers — Harris and an unnamed 16-year-old — were killed in three-way accident on New Mexico’s State Road 522. The third driver escaped injury. The Texas native was on her way to give a performance Thursday at the Big Barn Music Festival in Taos. In her final post on twitter, Harris indicated that she was running out of gas....

Lucy and Mark Brown, from Teesside, United Kingdom, have been trying to have a baby for five years, but had already spent £15,000 ($20,440) with no luck. As a result the pair decided to turn to social media to earn the money as Mark, 39, is on the TikTok creator fund with his reviews of supermarket items via his account Rightguysreview. From views on his content, which ranges from food reviews to bargain hunting, the pair were able to raise £4,500 ($6,130) for IVF (in vitro fertilization)....

A mother, named Mia Bug, has been sharing her first-time buyer journey on TikTok after she and her partner snapped up a home in Oklahoma, with an exposed stone fireplace and sliding doors. In a video Mia explained they were told the house, which comes with a half-acre plot, had a boarded up drain—but they weren’t prepared for what they actually found. In a now-viral video the pair filmed the moment they took down the flimsy wooden covering, only to discover a fully tiled walk-in shower, which even has the caddy and soap dish still attached to the wall....

Jon and Emilie James, both 33, bought the old mobile home park near Llanelli, Wales, in the U.K., in June, and hope to bring it back to life. The couple decided they wanted to live debt-free and sold their first home and belongings for $159,500 through Instagram. After paying off their mortgage, they had $95,000 left and used another $13,000, approximately, in savings to pay for the mobile home park—leaving them with just $725 in the bank....

Sergei Bugorkov, 28, even persuaded the boy’s mother to stage a fake disappearance to cover up the death of her son, Vova Pashschenko, police say. Prosecutors in the Krasnodar Krai region of southern Russia have charged Bugorkov with the murder of a minor. According to police, closed-circuit video footage from the family’s apartment block shows Bugorkov carrying the boy’s body away zipped inside a checkered laundry bag. Later, Bugorkov and Vova’s mother - named only as Alena, 31 - staged a riverside family picnic close to where Bugorkov buried the boy’s body, and the couple later told police he had ran after a cat and they never saw him again....