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Small biz owners are both hopeful and anxious about the holidays, taking a cue from their customers
Read full article: Small biz owners are both hopeful and anxious about the holidays, taking a cue from their customersAll signs point to a relatively solid holiday season for Americaโs small businesses.
Sophia Smith scores go-ahead goal as Portland edges North Carolina 2-1, takes over top spot in NWSL
Read full article: Sophia Smith scores go-ahead goal as Portland edges North Carolina 2-1, takes over top spot in NWSLSophia Smith wasted little time in her return from the Womenโs World Cup, scoring the go-ahead goal one minute after taking the pitch as a second-half substitute in Portlandโs 2-1 victory over North Carolina in Portland, Oregon.
Pioneering art collection returns to Zimbabwe after 70 years
Read full article: Pioneering art collection returns to Zimbabwe after 70 yearsA compelling art exhibit, โThe Stars Are Bright,โ has opened at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe of paintings done in the 1940s and 1950s by young Black students at Cyrene Mission School, the first to teach art to Black students in what was then white minority-ruled Rhodesia.
Metro Detroit weather: Wet, murky Sunday morning then brighter and much warmer conditions arrive
Read full article: Metro Detroit weather: Wet, murky Sunday morning then brighter and much warmer conditions arriveWe start with murky and mild conditions again. Ahead of a warm front, showers arrive for the morning and middle of the day. We will not have a washout because the damp weather passes and brighter, much warmer conditions arrive. It will feel like late spring today and summer tomorrow.
Whistleblower who alleged White House virus failures resigns
Read full article: Whistleblower who alleged White House virus failures resignsWASHINGTON โ A high-ranking government whistleblower who alleges the Trump administration fumbled its coronavirus response resigned Tuesday, saying he has been forced out. Attorneys Debra Katz and Lisa Banks said NIH superiors ignored a national coronavirus testing strategy that Bright developed because he had become politically toxic within the Trump administration. The Food and Drug Administration ultimately revoked emergency authority for using the malaria drug to treat coronavirus patients. Trump, infected with the coronavirus and hospitalized over the weekend, is now back at the White House. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge.โ He says he plans to return to the campaign trail.
Virus whistleblower alleges ongoing retaliation
Read full article: Virus whistleblower alleges ongoing retaliationBright is a flu and infectious-disease expert with 10 years at the biomedical agency, which is known as BARDA. At NIH he was supposed to be working on coronavirus testing, but he is now alleging that he has been blocked. Bright said he argued successfully for limiting approved use of the drug to certain settings, such as hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. Trump has since revealed that he has taken hydroxycholoroquine, apparently to try to prevent infection after several White House staffers tested positive. The Food and Drug Administration recently revoked its emergency use approval for the drug, citing its known heart risks and unproven benefits against the coronavirus.