Why labs are taking so long to process coronavirus tests



American Pharmacists Association president Michael Hogue explains why it would help if pharmacists could administer COVID-19 tests.

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When you start thinking about mistakes you start making mistakes,” Godley said. The biggest thing is staying positive and trying to attack the zone and attack the hitters. A lot of guys try to shy away from these guys simply because they are who they are.



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But it’s also clear he’s having fun. He hustles and shows his fiery personality when he plays. You can tell he has fun playing the game,” teammate Michael Chavis said.



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None has been in the Red Sox organization as long as Christian Vazquez, a player who has developed in 12 years since being drafted in 2008 into an unlikely franchise cornerstone. In a 60-game season, it feels as if Vazquez has already saved the Red Sox from oblivion. He was a game-changing offensive force in a two-game sweep of the Mets in CitiField, going 4 for 8 with three homers while driving in six and helping to navigate the pitching staff through steady waves of high-leverage situations.



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No cutter? Yankees great CC Sabathia threw the first pitch before the 2020 home opener at Yankee Stadium on Friday. Sabathia threw it from the rubber and bounced it, low and away, to ace Gerrit Cole.



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Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq war veteran and the first Thai-American woman elected to Congress.

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As Covid-19 worsens the economic slump, Indians are returning to a trusted asset: gold.

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Political novice Svetlana Tikhanovskaya rallies protesters in a battle with Alexander Lukashenko.

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Limbo is too gentle a word. For many parents, the uncertainty around school reopenings amounts to a daily strain, as they contemplate another full season of juggling child care and career.

Clear answers remain out of reach, for now, but here are three factors worth keeping in mind:

1. Not all kids will be able to follow the new pandemic rules.

“K–12 students may generally be capable of doing what public-health experts ask, but not all of them, not everything, and not all the time,” Joe Pinsker explains.

2. Outdoor classes may be the solution.

Olga Khazan reports: “Though it isn’t free of problems, learning outside might be the only way to provide parents with a break, kids with an adequate education, and teachers with protection from the coronavirus.”

3. School reopening isn’t the only option.

“Other potential solutions exist—but implementing them would require substantially more time, money, and imagination,” Ashley Fetters writes.

Parents themselves weigh in:

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What to do this weekend

Break out the paint and easel. And don’t let inexperience stop you—the writer Michael J. Mooney hadn’t painted since elementary school, until he set out to understand why the painter and cultural icon Bob Ross is still so popular.

Watch. Overwhelmed with streaming options? Take inspiration from the best things our writers and editors have watched so far this season, or our critic’s list of 25 underrated movies for a summer without blockbusters.

Listen. This strange pandemic summer doesn’t have its own song, either, but our staff made some picks anyway. There’s also Taylor Swift’s Folklore, which “gorgeously and empathetically challenges the public’s voyeurism,” our critic writes.

Memorize a poem. “Robust poems committed to memory can counteract the corrosive effects of self-pity,” our contributor Eliot A. Cohen writes.

Settle in with an extraordinary piece of journalism. Giraffes are tall, but they’re not indestructible; get to know the people trying to save them. Contemplate what Joe Biden can’t bring himself to say. Or dive deep into the conspiracy theory that’s becoming a new American religion.

Read an acclaimed novel. The 2020 Booker Prize longlist is out this week. Beef up your reading list with some of the prize’s nominees, or a winner from the past few years.

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Leicester's religious leaders and council urge people to pray and celebrate the festival at home.

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Boris Johnson's announcement that rules will not be relaxed for at least a fortnight dominates Saturday's papers.

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Around 15,000 new cases of the disease have been reported in Spain in the past week.

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India Atkinson's videos address misconceptions about a condition that left her without fingers on one hand.

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The BBC’s Laura Foster explains how you can recognise the symptoms of coronavirus.

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Philadelphia's coronavirus outbreak, quarantines lead trash to pile up: 'Filthadelphia'



Residents of Philadelphia can now see and smell piles of fly-infested, rotting household waste, bottles and cans as the city struggles to overcome a surge in garbage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic causes historic economic plunge



U.S. GDP see biggest drop ever; Fox Biz Flash: 7/30.

8 indicted in Pittsburgh's May riots: 'Throwing IEDs and bricks at police officers'



Federal prosecutors unveiled indictments Thursday against eight Pennsylvania residents accused of taking advantage of protests over George Floyd’s death in Pittsburgh to attack police, damage property and commit other crimes.

NYC's 2020 tally of shooting victims surpasses 2019 level in July, stats show



New York City recorded its 930th shooting victim this week, surpassing the total for all of last year amid an exceptionally violent year, according to police figures provided to Fox News. 

Black conservative journalist stabbed at Portland protest, ‘This is no longer about black lives’



Andrew Duncomb, a 25-year-old Black Trump supporter and journalist said he was stabbed outside Portland’s federal courthouse for his conservative politics. In his first on-camera interview, Duncomb shares his firsthand account of being knifed in the back while out filming a protest in Portland early Saturday morning.

Bronx Zoo officials apologize for putting African man on display in Monkey House in 1906



The organization that runs New York’s Bronx Zoo is apologizing for racism in the zoo’s past, including putting Ota Benga, a central African man, on display in the Monkey House in 1906.

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1. President Trump floated postponing the election, something he lacks the legal authority to do.

The maneuver is not what it looks like on the surface, David A. Graham argues: “It’s more a means of preemptively contesting the outcome of an election he fears he will lose than trying to actually move it.”

2. Barack Obama spoke at the funeral of John Lewis, calling him “a founding father of that fuller, fairer, better America.”  

Read the former president’s eulogy. And revisit Adam Serwer’s essay on the loss of the congressman and his fellow activist C. T. Vivian: “It is up to us to honor them, by continuing what they started, by sustaining the work of democracy as best we can.”

3. Herman Cain died of COVID-19.

“In his ascent, Cain embodied some of the greatest things about U.S. society; in his later years, and in his death, he exemplified some of America’s bleaker aspects,” David A. Graham argues.

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One question, answered: How worried should I be about super-spreaders?

Here’s what one expert told Zeynep Tufekci, for her new piece on airborne transmission:

Saskia Popescu, an infectious-disease epidemiologist, emphasized to me that we should not call these “super-spreaders,” referring only to the people, but “super-spreader events,” because they seem to occur in very particular settings—an important clue. …  The super-spreader–event triad seems to rely on three V’s: venue, ventilation, and vocalization. Most super-spreader events occur at an indoor venue, especially a poorly ventilated one (meaning air is not being exchanged, diluted, or filtered), where lots of people are talking, chanting, or singing.

Read the rest of Zeynep’s piece here.

What to read if … you’re feeling like your career has hit a lull:

In his latest “How to Build a Life” column, Arthur C. Brooks points out that success can be addictive. “If you measure yourself only by the worldly rewards of money, power, and prestige, you’ll spend your life running on the hedonic treadmill and comparing yourself to others,” he advises.

What to read if … you want practical tips:

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Charities are calling on the chancellor to protect the jobs of workers who have been shielding.

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Children under 11 will no longer have to keep 2m from one another or from adults.

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There is no red carpet at this year's virtual ceremony - unless the stars unfurl one in their homes.

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Lords blame the design of the benefit payment for "soaring rent arrears and use of food banks".

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Brixton prison is taking orders for take-aways from its professional-standard training restaurant.

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To many the Karen meme - and its male equivalent Ken - sums up a specific type of white privilege.

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Charities are calling on the chancellor to protect the jobs of workers who have been shielding.

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Lavender is used for cosmetics, fragrances and even, with the help of bees, to make honey.

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Sen. Warner: Big tech has responsibility to remove information that is 'knowingly false'



CEOs of Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon questioned on political bias, antitrust abuse; Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner weighs in.

Lawmakers press Big Tech CEOs on allegations of bias



Silicon Valley titans deny political censorship at anti-trust hearing on Capitol Hill; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'

Big Tech leaders face off with members of Congress



Four Big Tech CEOs, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook, testify before the House Judiciary Antitrust subcommittee; Gillian Turner reports.

Moderna: Phase 3 Trial and Additional BARDA Funding Outweigh IP Issues, Says Top AnalystOn Sunday, Moderna (MRNA) disclosed it had been awarded an extra $472 million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to further support the development of mRNA-1273, its experimental COVID-19 vaccine. The new award follows a $483 million grant provided by BARDA in April, which means Moderna has now received a total of $955 million in funding from the U.S. government.The award coincides with the initiation of Moderna’s Phase 3 study of mRNA-1273. The study began on Monday with the dosing of the first patients in the 30,000-participant study across 87 trial sites. If all goes according to plan, efficacy data for the study could become available as soon as Thanksgiving.After gaining nearly 385% since the turn of the year, Moderna shares experienced a rare setback last week following a ruling by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which rejected Moderna’s claim that Arbutus Biopharma’s US patent on lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations should be revoked.However, Chardan analyst Geulah Livshits argues the verdict will have little impact on Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine program. The 5-star analyst commented, “We would not anticipate IP negotiations to delay mRNA-1273 commercialization given the obviously important public health impact of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and the high degree of motivation among government agencies to roll out a vaccine as soon as possible. Moreover, we believe awards supporting development of mRNA-1273 and broader manufacturing scale-up reduce COGS across the platform and to us suggest Moderna's pipeline can become profitable even if royalty payments come into play in the future.”To this end, Livshits rates MRNA a Buy along with a $95 price target, which implies nearly 20% upside from current levels. (To watch Livshits’ track record, click here)When it comes to Moderna, Livshits’ colleagues hardly deviate from the Chardan playbook. MRNA's Strong Buy consensus rating is based on 13 Buy ratings and 4 Holds. The Street thinks a 17% premium will be added to MRNA shares over the next 12 months, going by the $90.67 average price target. (See Moderna stock analysis on TipRanks)To find good ideas for healthcare stocks trading at attractive valuations, visit TipRanks’ Best Stocks to Buy, a newly launched tool that unites all of TipRanks’ equity insights.




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Big tech CEOs testify before CongressOn Wednesday, the four major tech CEOS - Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Sundar Pichai of Alphabet, and Tim Cook of Apple - testified before Congress on an antitrust probe. Yahoo Finance’s Final Round panel discusses what was heard from the four major CEOs and what it could mean moving forward for their companies.




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Apple CEO Tim Cook hit with questions on App Store, dominance during antitrust hearingApple CEO Tim Cook faced pointed questions from the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law on Wednesday, with members pointing to the cut Apple takes from app developers in its App Store.




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Ingenuity is a 1.8kg (4lb) helicopter that will ride to Mars attached to the belly of Nasa's Perseverance.

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An analysis shows black pupils are more likely to be excluded than their peers in most council areas.

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Oregon's governor calls the officers "an occupying force", but the president says they saved the city.

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President Trump says the move is a response to Berlin's failure to meet targets on defence spending.

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People being told to self-isolate for longer and the latest in the hunt for Madeleine McCann make the front pages.

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Criminals are exploiting the coronavirus pandemic for gain, according to one leading investigator.

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The rival nuclear powers are trying to out-build each other along their disputed Himalayan border.

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The SMMT trade group warns Brexit tariffs could deepen woes for a sector already in crisis.

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Commercial property firms say there could be a high street revival as businesses exit city centres.

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A job coach offers eight tips for performing your best during a video interview.

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Here’s Why Your Federal Unemployment Benefits Could Be Delayed For Months  Forbes

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Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse



The city of Portland, Ore. is fining the federal government $500 for every 15 minutes it maintains fencing outside of the federal courthouse that has faced nightly attacks amid ongoing protests and rioting.

President Trump comments on Dr. Fauci's 'very good approval rating'



Trumps questions why Dr. Fauci's approval rating is high but the approval rating for his administration's handling of the COVID pandemic is lower.

Jim Jordan defends playing video montage of violent protests at Barr hearing: We just presented the truth



House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan joins Shannon Bream with insight on 'Special Report.'
The government is to plough millions into research into why the communities are at increased risk.

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Dining in restaurants will be banned and only two people from different households can meet.

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Prince William speaks to the Peter Crouch Podcast about his experience of lockdown, importance of football... and karaoke.

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A committee says moving NHS patients into care homes without Covid tests was an "appalling error".

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Holiday rental firms and hotels are reporting unprecedented demand with accommodation filling up fast.

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Fraudsters are using Covid-19 as an excuse to prey on consumers' financial worries.

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The bosses of Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon are set to be grilled by Congress.

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CEO Tom Mercer says he started his firm, MOMA Foods, using "a filing cabinet on wheels” as a stall.

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Covid-19 has hit the annual Hajj and with no international pilgrims, many firms both in Saudi and abroad are suffering.

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