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A researcher at the University of Pittsburgh whose department says he was close to “very significant findings” about Covid-19 was killed in an apparent murder-suicide, police said. Dr. Bing Liu, a 37-year-old research assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was found shot dead in his home on May 2. A second …
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Steven Mnuchin has an appetite for Twitter destruction. The treasury secretary and Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose traded barbs on Twitter Wednesday when Rose cursed out President Trump’s cabinet member. “It’s official! Whatever anyone may have previously thought of Steve Mnuchin he’s officially an asshole,” Rose tweeted Wednesday without any context. Mnuchin — apparently …
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Not everyone hates Mitch. After the Chicago Bears declined the fifth-year option on embattled quarterback Mitch Trubisky’s four-year, $29 million fully guaranteed rookie contract, setting up a potential breakup after this season, many in the NFL community laughed and saw it as validation Trubisky shouldn’t have been selected with the No. 2 pick of the …
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Don Shula is the NFL’s all-time winningest coach. Bill Belichick ranks third. But the Dolphins legend, who died Monday at the age of 90, didn’t believe he shared much in common with the greatest coach of another generation. “He called Belichick, ‘Beli-cheat,’ ” former Miami safety Dick Anderson said on CBS Sports Radio’s “The DA …
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China’s ambassador to the United Nations revealed Wednesday that Beijing will block international investigators from examining the origins of the Wuhan coronavirus until “final victory” over the pandemic has been achieved. “The top priority, for the time being, is to focus on the fight against the pandemic until we win the final victory,” Chen Xu …
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday renewed his aggressive criticism of China, blaming it for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people from the coronavirus and demanding again that it share information about the outbreak. “They knew. China could have prevented the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. China could …
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Unscripted shows from TV channels like Food Network, TLC and HGTV helped Discovery beat Wall Street’s profit expectations despite a slight revenue dip fueled by the coronavirus. The broadcasting giant said its portfolio of TV brands lost 6 percent of its total subscribers from the first quarter of 2019. Among its biggest channels, including Discovery, …
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Acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell has notified House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) that 53 interviews conducted by the committee as part of the Russia investigation are ready for release. “All of the transcripts, with our required redactions, can be released to the public without any concerns of disclosing classified material,” …
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Representative Adam Schiff said Tuesday that President Trump has embraced the “false narrative” that the coronavirus escaped from a Chinese lab in order to deflect from the administration’s “terrible mishandling” of the pandemic. “We are told that we are currently informed on the latest intelligence, so I don’t know where they’re getting this apart from …
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Erika “Jayne” Girardi finally shared a photo of her police officer son, Tommy Zizzo, this week after protecting his privacy for years because of his line of work. “People say we look alike,” the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star captioned a picture of 25-year-old Zizzo in uniform on Instagram. She removed the option for …
A researcher at the University of Pittsburgh whose department says he was close to “very significant findings” about Covid-19 was killed in an apparent murder-suicide, police said. Dr. Bing Liu, a 37-year-old research assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was found shot dead in his home on May 2. A second …
