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Anti-Kavanaugh Women’s March commends Joe Biden for ‘addressing this issue head-on’

Less than two years ago, the Women's March led the charge against then-Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh with its "Believe Survivors" protests, but the feminist group took an entirely different tone Friday with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden.

May 1, 2020

University of Washington coronavirus model lowers U.S. death estimate as Americans social distance

The standard-setting University of Washington has lowered its estimate of U.S. novel coronavirus mortality by 1,640 deaths as Americans surpass expectations on social distancing.

April 30, 2020

Rose McGowan, Tara Reade defender, says she’s lost faith in Democrats, media

MeToo champion Rose McGowan posted a heartfelt message late Wednesday saying that she has lost faith in the Democrats and the media as she advocates for Biden accuser Tara Reade.

April 29, 2020

Jason D. Hill, conservative professor sues DePaul for ‘harassment’

A DePaul professor who was vilified on campus for his pro-Israel views has sued the university for waging an "unfair campaign of harassment" against him, arguing that he was targeted because he is black and gay.

April 29, 2020

Bill de Blasio, New York City mayor, blunders his way through coronavirus crisis

First he encouraged New Yorkers to go out on the town in the early days of coronavirus pandemic. Then he urged them to snitch on each other for getting too close to one another.

April 29, 2020

Bill de Blasio slammed for singling out ‘Jewish community’ after breaking up rabbi’s crowded funeral

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is under fire for singling out the "Jewish community" with threats of arrest after breaking up a crowded funeral gathering for a prominent rabbi who died of the novel coronavirus.

April 29, 2020

Coronavirus shutdown skeptics challenge establishment over ‘mistake’

As the statistical models on deaths are revised downward, and the economic and social costs of the stay-at-home strategy grow more dire, contrarians are diving into the data and asking whether the lockdown pain was worth the gain -- or if the COVID-19 reaction was overblown.

April 28, 2020

WHO walks back ‘no evidence’ claim on coronavirus immunity from reinfection

The World Health Organization has retreated from its claim last week that there is "no evidence" that recovered coronavirus patients will be resistant to future infections, saying that most will enjoy some level of immunity.

April 27, 2020

Trump administration plans to reopen national parks ‘as rapidly as possible’

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced Sunday that the department plans to reopen the national parks, most of which were shuttered at least partially for the coronavirus lockdown, "as rapidly as possible."

April 27, 2020

Jared Polis defends decision to reopen Colorado despite Denver refusal

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis defended Sunday his decision to begin gradually reopening the state beginning Monday, even as some of the largest localities opted to extend their novel coronavirus restrictions.

April 26, 2020

Michael Moore turns on climate left with film skewering green energy

Left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore is under attack from his putative climate allies with a newly released documentary taking on one of the sacred cows of the environmental movement: green energy.

April 24, 2020

Vernon Jones, pro-Trump Georgia Democrat, reverses decision to resign after ‘overwhelming support’

Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones has changed his mind about resigning from the state legislature, announcing Thursday that he would "remain on the battlefield" despite the Democratic outcry over his endorsement of President Trump.

April 23, 2020

EPA urges Facebook, eBay to remove sellers of phony coronavirus disinfectants

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday urged eight tech companies, including Facebook and eBay, to stop unscrupulous retailers from selling fake coronavirus disinfectants on their platforms.

April 23, 2020

Houston police balk at enforcing county’s ‘idiotic’ mask order with $1,000 fines

Houston police are balking at enforcing a Harris County official's order requiring everyone over age 10 to wear face masks in public, calling the measure "idiotic."

April 23, 2020

Earth Day climate activists: Treat climate like coronavirus crisis

Climate activists point to the reorder of society and the economy to resolve the coronavirus crisis and say the same thing can be done to fight global warming.

April 22, 2020

Greta Thunberg compares coronavirus to global warming: ‘We need to tackle two crises at once’

Battling the novel coronavirus has become the world's top priority, but teen climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday compared the pandemic to the "climate crisis" and insisted that "we need to be able to tackle two crises at once."

April 22, 2020

Harvard refuses to divest from fossil fuels, seeks to reach net-zero emissions by 2050

Harvard University has agreed to go carbon-neutral while refusing to budge from its longstanding opposition to divesting from fossil fuels, despite years of pressure from students, faculty and climate activists.

April 22, 2020

NIH: Don’t use hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin to treat coronavirus

The National Institutes of Health on Tuesday recommended against using hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, a drug combination touted by President Trump, together to treat the novel coronavirus, citing the "potential for toxicities."

April 21, 2020

Fall of oil prices threatens green energy gains

Climate warriors led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez chuckling over the collapse of oil prices are receiving a crash course in economics from analysts who point out that cheap gas is actually the enemy of green energy.

April 21, 2020

Coronavirus antibody study shows COVID-19 ‘far more widespread,’ death rate ‘much lower’

An antibody study released Monday found that the novel coronavirus infection rate in Los Angeles County "far exceeds" the number of confirmed cases, meaning that the fatality rate is also "much lower" than previously thought.

April 20, 2020