CDC is conflating viral and antibody tests. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, and other states are doing the same. ~health Article 542 words 10 votes
The Kentucky miner who scammed Americans by claiming he was Hitler and plotting a ‘revolt’ with ‘spaceships’ ~humanities.history Article 4106 words 9 votes
‘How can I be sick?’ Woman who took hydroxychloroquine for nineteen years to treat lupus still got COVID-19. ~health medicine Article 456 words 13 votes
Johnson & Johnson to stop selling baby powder in US and Canada after tens of thousands of lawsuits from consumers claiming its talc products, including Johnson’s Baby Powder, caused their cancer ~science chemistry medicine Article 374 words 10 votes
Florida COVID-19 data chief gets sidelined and researchers cry foul ~health Article 1390 words 13 votes
We’re not polarized enough: Ezra Klein’s flawed diagnosis of the divisions in American politics ~books reviews Article 3854 words 5 votes
America’s only public bank, the Bank of North Dakota, is number one in saving small businesses ~finance banking economics business.small Article 334 words 10 votes
United States seeks to change the rules for mining the Moon ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 918 words 6 votes
Roe of “Roe v. Wade” says Christian right paid her to be anti-choice mouthpiece ~humanities religion Article 608 words 17 votes
S-Town podcast producers settle lawsuit with subject’s estate: suit filed in 2018 alleged the podcast used McLemore’s identity for a commercial purpose, violating Alabama's Right of Publicity law ~lgbt Article 593 words 3 votes
NASA will likely add a rendezvous test to the first piloted Orion space mission ~space spaceflight.crewed Article 2073 words 4 votes
How fast are people returning to pre-COVID lifestyles? ~health Article 325 words, published May 11 2020 3 votes
What will it take to prevent a new Great Depression in the USA? Around $10,000,000,000,000 (ten trillion dollars). ~finance economics Article 505 words 9 votes
Two churches reclose after faith leaders and congregants get coronavirus ~health Article 901 words 10 votes
It’s time to get on the bidet train, America ~health Article 2065 words, published May 5 2020 19 votes
Nearly a third of small, independent farmers are facing bankruptcy by the end of 2020, new survey says ~food Article 2137 words 6 votes
US President Donald Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine to protect against coronavirus, dismissing safety concerns ~health medicine Article 332 words 21 votes
Pulling seven G's in an F-16 and going supersonic with US Air Force Thunderbirds ~science physics Video 29:57 4 votes
Explosive whistleblower complaint by ousted US Health and Human Services official says he was pressured to give contract to Donald Trump-friendly pharma firm ~health Article 615 words, published May 5 2020 11 votes
The coming disruption - Scott Galloway predicts a handful of elite universities and tech companies will soon monopolize higher education ~humanities education.higher Article 2536 words, published May 11 2020 6 votes
America’s largest media labor union launches historic advocacy campaign to save industry: "having robust news operations at the local and state level is fundamentally good for democratic stability." ~news journalism usa Article 649 words 12 votes
Remdesivir distribution causes confusion, leaves some US hospitals empty-handed ~health healthcare medicine Article 1052 words, published May 14 2020 4 votes
Here’s what an antitrust case against Google might look like: Two DOJ veterans lay out a roadmap for cracking down on the company’s digital advertising juggernaut ~tech google Article 717 words 4 votes
Venezuela alleges proof of Juan Guaidó's involvement in foiled coup plot, a legal invoice regarding past due payment to Silvercorp USA ~news venezuela usa Link 3 votes
A military contractors’ report circulating on Capitol Hill claims to have evidence that COVID-19 escaped from a Chinese lab. It’s filled with information that’s just plain wrong. ~health Article 2259 words 5 votes
Does “The Case Against Socialism” hold up? It does not. A brief look at Rand Paul’s new book. ~books reviews Article 16 528 words 9 votes
Redditor finds unsecured surveillance cameras seemingly placed by the US government ~misc Link 29 votes
US Navy releases new UFO incident reports: This is about newly-released written incident reports, not the grainy videos that made headlines several weeks ago ~space Article 15 votes
Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, say experts ~enviro climate change energy Article 1308 words 24 votes
How New York suffered nearly ten times the number of deaths as California ~health Article 11 354 words 6 votes
United Launch Alliance launches robotic X-37B space plane on sixth classified mission ~space spaceflight.military Link 7 votes
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sues Betsy DeVos over “reprehensible” new sexual assault rules ~news usa Article 872 words 5 votes
Ameelio, a startup backed by the Mozilla's 'Fix the Internet', aims to provide free video calls and messaging to prisoners in the US where video calls can cost as much as $25 for 15min ~tech Link 11 votes
US State Department Inspector General fired after investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Democrats decry ‘dangerous pattern of retaliation’ ~news usa politics.usa Article 9 votes