Joe Biden to be formally nominated on Democratic convention's second night

Democrats will formally nominate Joe Biden for president during the second night of the party's national convention on Tuesday, elevating a historic ticket that includes his vice-presidential running mate Kamala Harris, who is the first black woman to be ...

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Postal Service, S&P 500, 19th Amendment: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here's the sign-up.) Good evening. Here's the latest. Image. Credit...Michael Reynolds/EPA, via Shutterstock. 1. The postmaster general suspended cuts to the Postal Service until after the election following criticism that they ...

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How the hydroxychloroquine debate proves politics can get in the way of science

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Trofim Lysenko, Stalin's director of biology, is best remembered for blocking the science of Mendelian genetics because the science was stubbornly resistant to Marxist ideology. Consequently, the entire field of genetics was banned in ...

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Nigerian importers kick against surcharge on cargoes by international shipping firms

Tension is mounting at the nation's sea ports where importers who are groaning under huge surcharge imposed on them by the international shipping firms on cargoes imported from across the world are threatening fire and brimstone. The surcharge ...

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First Covid-19 vaccine trial moving at a good clip, but officials still "very concerned"

(CNN) The first coronavirus vaccine trial in the US is moving along at a good clip, but needs more minorities to enroll if it is to succeed, officials tell CNN. While Black people and Latinos account for more than 50% of Covid-19 cases nationwide, so far they ...

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How mortality rates in every state have changed during COVID-19

Stacker. consulted. provisional death counts reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Vital Statistics System . The CDC reports deaths from all causes during the COVID-19 pandemic and all deaths involving confirmed or ...

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UN Security Council To Hold Meeting Over Mali Crisis On Wednesday

The United Nations Security Council will hold emergency discussions on Mali Wednesday, a day after an apparent military coup in the crisis-torn West African country. The meeting was requested by France and Niger and will take place behind closed doors ...

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