Michelle Obama shared a video on Instagram of an adorable dad and daughter duo singing a song with an important message. “I love my Black so much, so much, so much. We are strong, and we are powerful,” Daniel Johnson, 25, and Dakota, 5, sang in the powerful video posted on Thursday by the former…… MORE
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Handcuffs to light bulbs shine light on painful Black experience
Through sport we learn about glory and defeat, the sacrifices made to be the best, the intoxicating joy of victory, and the pain of the near-misses. But sport can be much more than that; it can shine a light on injustice, it can educate; it can change minds. Over half a century after John Carlos…… MORE
These California doctors flew to New York to fight Covid-19. Here’s what they learned.
Back in April, Dr. Hartwell Lin heard stories of how surges of coronavirus patients were overwhelming New York City hospitals. He felt largely ineffective at his quiet California hospital, so he volunteered to venture into the heart of America’s coronavirus epicenter. After two weeks at Coney Island Hospital, Lin came back to his colleagues with…… MORE
Customer leaves restaurant staff $1,000 tip to thank them for working through the pandemic
The staff at a New Jersey restaurant that has been struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic were moved to tears after a regular customer left them a $1,000 tip. Arnold Teixeira, owner of The Starving Artist in Ocean Grove, told CNN the customer has been a regular since 2001. He did not want to reveal the…… MORE
Los Angeles Apparel factory ordered closed after over 300 coronavirus cases and 4 deaths
A garment manufacturer in downtown Los Angeles with over 300 confirmed coronavirus cases among employees has been ordered closed after an investigation into the deaths of four workers, county health officials said Friday. The Los Angeles Apparel had three deaths in June and one in July, prompting an investigation, the Los Angeles County Department of…… MORE
Johns Hopkins’ dashboard: The people behind the pandemic’s most visited site
If the year 2020 is good for anything, it’s the lesson that during a crisis, anyone who builds a better mousetrap will find the world beating a path to his door. A humble team at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland reminded the world of late poet Ralph Waldo Emerson’s phrase when they created a real…… MORE
Expert warns the US is approaching ‘one of the most unstable times in the history of our country’
With rising Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations sending many states backward in their reopening plans, one health expert warns that if the US continues on its current path it will reach “one of the most unstable times in the history of our country.” “We will have hospitals overwhelmed and not only in terms of ICU beds…… MORE
Officials searching for Naya Rivera using sonar equipment to scour the murky waters
Authorities are using sonar equipment and a specially-trained dog to search for “Glee” actress Naya Rivera in murky waters, saying the recovery operation could take days. Rivera, 33, vanished Wednesday from Lake Piru in Southern California’s Ventura County. She went to the lake that afternoon and rented a pontoon boat with her 4-year-old son, according…… MORE
Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world
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READ: White House announces Trump is granting clemency to Roger Stone
President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the prison sentence of his friend and former political adviser, Roger Stone, days before Stone was set to report to a federal prison in Georgia, according to the White House. Read the announcement here: Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grant of Clemency for Roger Stone, Jr. Today,…… MORE
