Legal Systems Very Different From Our Own Scott Alexander | Slate Star Codex | 30th March 2020 Marvellous flight of fancy about how imagined societies might be organised and incentivised; as if A.P. Herbert and Jonathan Swift had put their heads together with Ted Chiang. “Sloviria is an enlightened country. They do not blame criminals for their actions. …
President Trump on Thursday announced that he had used the Defense Production Act to order US companies to manufacture and deliver more urgently needed ventilators to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “Moments ago I directed Secretary [Alex] Azar and acting Secretary [Chad] Wolf to use any authority under the Defense Production Act to ensure that domestic...
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The El Paso County Republican Party questioned the reality of the deadly pandemic Wednesday in a now-deleted Facebook post.
CLEVELAND (AP) - Kevin Stefanski's title has changed. His address remains the same.
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The US Navy relieved the captain of the COVID-19-infected aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt after he wrote a letter to US Navy leaders demanding support in quarantining the crew, US officials told Reuters on Thursday.
The US Navy relieved the captain of the COVID-19-infected aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt after he wrote a letter to US Navy leaders demanding support in quarantining the crew, US officials told Reuters on Thursday.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - North Dakota forward Jordan Kawaguchi, Minnesota Duluth defenseman Scott Perunovich and Maine goalie Jeremy Swayman were named Thursday as the three finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, given to the most outstanding player in college hockey.
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IT’S enough to make John McEnroe rage…he’s really not that special. The fiery tennis ace stood out as a mercurial left-hander — but a major study has confirmed that at least one in ten of us are lefties. The findings come from a study of 2.3million people across Europe. It showed that 9.34 per cent […]
The job numbers are in and they don't look good. Nearly 7 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, a total exceeding most projections and setting sad historic records. The week before more than 3 million had. As the coronavirus increases its havoc across the country — medical consensus ...
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Malissa Cordova, 17, graduated early and has nothing better to do. She has been soliciting Zoom codes for high school classes on TikTok and dropping in unannounced.
François Legault said Thursday that the province has recently received orders of personal protective equipment — masks, gloves and gowns — and has a stockpile to last about seven days.