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The U.S. surpassed 2 million coronavirus cases on Wednesday, prompting fears of a possible second wave of infections as businesses reopen throughout the country and thousands of protesters flock to the street. Some states are facing a looming strain on ICU capacity as coronavirus hospitalizations rise. As of Wednesday, California had its highest number of …

Celebrities from the former hit TV show “One Tree Hill,” are calling on a university in North Carolina to remove one of its professors after he called the state’s governor “Massa Cooper” on Twitter. The controversy started in late May when Mike Adams, a sociology and criminology professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington, tweeted …

The European Union is planning to file antitrust charges against Amazon for its habit of copying third-party products, according to a new report. The charges against the ecommerce juggernaut could arrive as soon as next week and are the latest step in a two-year investigation into Amazon’s practices, according to the Wall Street Journal. The …

Some 1.5 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week even as the US emerged from its coronavirus lockdown, the feds said Thursday. Thursday’s figures from the US Department of Labor show more than 44 million people — or roughly 28 percent of the US workforce — tried to join the nation’s unemployment rolls in …

An astonishing number of people seem to think so. As a Christian libertarian, few things worry me more than the rise of socialism in America. A March 2020 Gallup poll found that four out of ten Americans have a positive view of socialism. Among Democrats, 65 percent surveyed said they hold a favorable view of …

Ice Cube has been condemned for sharing antisemitic memes and conspiracy theories sourced from Russian propaganda websites. The NWA rapper tweeted an image depicting an occult symbol inside the Star of David, as well as a doctored photograph of Egyptian statues that have been linked to a Russian propaganda site named Black Matters. On 6 …

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany reiterated Wednesday that President Trump considers ending qualified immunity for police officers “a non-starter” as discussion about police reform continue in the wake of George Floyd’s death. McEnany’s comments come after she said Monday that qualified immunity — which shields cops from being sued in court for violating a …

The third party appointed by the federal judge presiding over the Michael Flynn case said in a Wednesday filing that the DOJ’s decision to drop its case against Flynn amounted to “clear evidence of gross prosecutorial abuse.” John Gleeson, a retired New York federal district court judge, said in an 82-page filing that the reversal …

Dr. Deborah Birx, President Trump’s coronavirus response coordinator, warned the nation’s governors on a conference call that 70 coronavirus testing sites had been destroyed amid widespread protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd. During the Monday call, a recording of which was obtained by the Daily Beast, Birx said governors should “scramble …

Hospitalizations from coronavirus rose sharply in at least nine U.S. states following Memorial Day weekend. Seven-day average cases of coronavirus have risen across the country in a trend not attributable solely to an increase in testing, the Washington Post has found. While coronavirus hospitalizations are difficult to track because of differences in how states report …