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The biology department at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is in mourning after the shooting death of a scientist who it says was studying the biological makeup of the coronavirus and was on the “verge of making very significant findings toward understanding” the disease. Bing Liu, 37, a research assistant professor, was shot …
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Theme park customers were weeks ahead of government action when it came to taking steps to protect themselves and families from the perceived risk of COVID-19. When new information becomes available to the general public about something that could affect their health and well-being such as a pandemic, do people wait for the government to …
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The coronavirus pandemic showed the critical importance of securing U.S. supply chains and eliminating the long-time reliance on China, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told “The Story” Wednesday. “I hate that it came to this for people to start taking notice of China,” Haley said. “You know, we are talking about this virus, but it’s so much bigger than this,” …
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Broadway actor Nick Cordero, 41, may be in the early stages of waking up from a medically-induced coma after his two month battle with coronavirus. Cordero’s doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles have seen very small signs of eye movement and tracking — something that he has not been able to do since …
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President Trump on Wednesday announced he would not disband the White House coronavirus task force, following confirmation on Tuesday that his administration was considering the option. “I thought we could wind it down sooner,” Trump told reporters. “But I had no idea how popular the task force is until actually yesterday when I started talking …
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The Texas attorney general on Wednesday harshly criticized a decision by a Dallas County judge to sentence a woman to prison for opening up her hair salon in defiance of the state’s lockdown order. In a statement, Attorney General Ken Paxton said Shelley Luther was “unjustly jailed” for trying to feed her family and sent a …
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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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J.Crew filed for bankruptcy this week after years of lackluster sales, but the buyout firm that took it private almost a decade ago still made off with a hefty profit, according to public filings and internal documents reviewed by The Post. Texas-based TPG, headed by billionaires David Bonderman and Jim Coulter, has made a fortune …
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Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti is going for a second round of furloughs among other cost-cutting measures in a bid to keep the news organization’s coronavirus-related losses under $20 million this year. Starting on May Peretti will furlough 68 US employees for three months. Some overseas staffers will also be furloughed over varying periods. Peretti will …
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Video game publishers EA and Activision soundly beat earnings estimates Tuesday, but their stocks went in opposite directions on their future guidance. Activision ended Monday up more than 6 percent after predicting that gamers will continue turning to free-to-play games like its mega popular “Call of Duty: Warzone” due to the financial impact of the …
The biology department at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is in mourning after the shooting death of a scientist who it says was studying the biological makeup of the coronavirus and was on the “verge of making very significant findings toward understanding” the disease. Bing Liu, 37, a research assistant professor, was shot …
