Far-left Denver Democrat Candi CdeBaca Uses Government Twitter Account To Say She Stands In ‘Solidarity’ With Wanting To Use Coronavirus On Trump Supporters…
March 3, 2020
Top US doctor says coronavirus now an ‘outbreak,’ possibly a ‘pandemic’…
Second case of coronavirus confirmed in New York...
Tokyo Olympics can be held at any point in 2020, official says as coronavirus fears heighten...
Sales of hand sanitizer are skyrocketing due to the coronavirus, leading to rationing and price hikes...
Amazon, Walmart and others battle price gouging on coronavirus-related products...
Iran holy-shrine-lickers face prison...
British Airways cancels some flights to United States...
March 3, 2020
Kim Jong Un watches North Korean military drill alongside masked officers…
Kims sister says recent military drills not meant to threaten anyone...
March 3, 2020
The report by the Korean Central News Agency came a day after South Korea’s military detected what appeared to be two short-range ballistic launches of projectiles that landed in the North’s eastern sea.
Woman 'Rushed' Into Gender Reassignment as a Teen Suing NHS…
March 3, 2020
But after being “rushed” into gender reassignment after “roughly three” short sessions with “no real investigation” into any other underlying mental health problems, she came to realise she was not a boy “born in the wrong body” after all, and that her gender identity crisis had only been a “coping mechanism” for deeper issues.
Erdogan Tells Europe: Expect ‘Millions’ of Migrants via Turkey…
March 3, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel described Turkey’s move as “unacceptable” and E.U. migration commissioner Margaritis Schinas said nobody could “blackmail or intimidate the E.U.” The threat of a human flood has long been a tactic of Erdogan’s dealings with Europe... Now he has made good on those threats, ramping up the pressure late on Monday, saying he had turned down an E.U. offer of one billion euros (£1.1 billion) in extra aid for migrants, adding to a six-billion-euro deal agreed in 2016.
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He claimed the numbers of migrants at the Greek border... were far higher than figures provided by officials and reporters at the scene, saying “hundreds of thousands” were already there. “There will be more. Soon, this number will be expressed in millions,” he added.Nashville tornado leaves several dead as severe weather strikes Tennessee…
March 3, 2020
A powerful storm system produced at least two tornadoes that struck central Tennessee early on Tuesday morning, including one that caused significant damage near downtown Nashville and killed several people.
California police arrest UPS worker accused of threatening to carry out a mass shooting…
March 3, 2020
... police found more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition and several weapons including tactical-style rifles in his home. Thomas Andrews, 32, sent threatening messages to his employer, the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety said in a statement posted on Facebook. The text messages said Andrews was planning a mass shooting at the UPS in Sunnyvale, the department said.
Alibaba’s new AI system can detect coronavirus in seconds with 96% accuracy – New algorithm can complete disease recognition process within 20 seconds…
March 3, 2020
The diagnosis algorithm was developed by Alibaba's research institute Damo Academy. Researchers at the academy said they had trained the AI model with sample data from more than 5,000 confirmed cases, adding that the system could identify differences in CT scans between patients infected with the novel virus and those with ordinary viral pneumonia with an accuracy of up to 96%. The algorithm included the latest treatment guidelines and recently published research, said its creators.
President Trump Delivers Remarks at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference
March 3, 2020
Fed cuts rates by half a percentage point to combat coronavirus slowdown…
March 3, 2020
The move comes the same morning the G-7 announced that it would commit unspecified tools to help the global economy deal with the threat, and as Wall Street was in the midst of another market sell-off. Markets immediately turned higher on the announcement. In addition to the cut on its benchmark overnight borrowing rate, the Fed also announced a half-percentage-point cut on the interest it pays on excess bank reserves.
A growing number of children are being affected by eco-anxiety…
March 3, 2020
The poll showed that young people are feeling frustrated and anxious about the state of the planet with 80 per cent saying the problem of climate change was important to them, and more than a third saying it was very important. Nearly three quarters (73 per cent) added that they were worried about the state of the planet right now, including 22 per cent who say they were “very worried”...
Students at all-female Wellesley College are calling for an end to use of the term … women.
March 3, 2020
A staff editorial in the Wellesley News bemoans the popular on-campus catchphrases such as “Wellesley sisters,” “Women Who Will,” and “Wellesley women,” and asks that instead there be a more concerted effort to use gender-neutral language all around.