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October 26, 2020
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1320571618410856453
No matter who wins the US election, the world's 'fake news' problem is here to stay
No matter who wins the US election, the world's 'fake news' problem is here to stay
Analysis by Eliza Mackintosh, CNN
Updated 12:16 AM EDT, Sun October 25, 2020
(CNN)US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were in high spirits, smirking and jovial, when they appeared in front of the press corps at the annual G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019.
It was their first meeting since then-special counsel Robert Mueller wrapped his investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, and Trump was quick to make light of the situation, wagging his finger at Putin while instructing him not to meddle in the 2020 race.
As journalists assembled for a photo op, setting up cameras, Trump quipped: "Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn't it? You don't have this problem in Russia, but we do."
Read more @ https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/25/world/trump-fake-news-legacy-intl/index.html
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1320571618410856453
October 26, 2020
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1320535896412872707
El Paso sees 200 percent rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations; people urged to stay home 2 weeks
El Paso sees 200 percent rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations; people urged to stay home 2 weeks
"If we continue on this trend, we risk detrimental effects to our entire health care system," a public health official said.
Oct. 25, 2020, 5:09 PM EDT
By Tim Stelloh
El Paso, Texas, is
El Paso, Texas, is turning its convention center into a field hospital and asking residents to stay at home for two weeks after the city recorded a roughly 200 percent increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations in less than a month, officials said Sunday.
The spread of the coronavirus is rising in much of the United States, including Texas' neighbor New Mexico, where a record 4,252 new cases were reported last week, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
In El Paso, a border city with a population of more than 680,000, the number of hospitalizations recorded in the last three weeks jumped from 259 to 786, according to the city's director of public health, Angela Mora.
Read more@ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/el-paso-sees-300-percent-rise-covid-hospitalizations-people-urged-n1244713
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1320535896412872707
October 24, 2020
https://twitter.com/invisiblepeople/status/1320003130839437312
The story of a different "Donald"
I met Donald while walking around in San Diego. Donald has been homeless ever since he got out of prison two years ago. Interesting that Donald says he was also homeless before he went into prison.
Read more@ https://invisiblepeople.tv/videos/donald-homeless-senior-san-diego/
https://twitter.com/invisiblepeople/status/1320003130839437312
October 24, 2020
Scientists have found a rare half-male, half-female songbird
Scientists have found a rare half-male, half-female songbird
By Giulia Heyward and Saeed Ahmed, CNN
Updated 11:47 AM EDT, Thu October 22, 2020
(CNN)It may not be one in a million, but it's pretty close.
Researchers have discovered a rare songbird that is male on one side of its body, and female on the other.
It's being described as a "once in a lifetime" discovery.
The last time the Powdermill Nature Reserve at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History found another was 15 years ago, and it's only the fifth to be discovered out of the nearly 800,000 birds that the nature reserve has seen.
Read more@ https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/22/us/half-male-half-female-songbird-scn-trnd/index.html
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1319972439309406211
October 24, 2020
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1319946611276107776?s=20
A Venezuelan vessel carrying 1.3 million barrels of oil is tilting
A Venezuelan vessel carrying 1.3 million barrels of oil is tilting — and it could lead to a catastrophic oil spill
BY SOPHIE LEWIS
OCTOBER 22, 2020 / 7:24 AM / CBS NEWS
A Venezuelan oil tanker has been parked for nearly two years in the Gulf of Paria, carrying approximately 80 million gallons of oil. New photos of the vessel show it appearing to tilt heavily on its side — leading to growing concerns of a potential environmental disaster that threatens one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world.
According to local politicians and activist groups, the Nabarima is carrying about 1.3 million barrels of crude oil — about five times the amount the Exxon Valdez famously spilled in 1989. The vessel is part of a joint venture between Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and Italy's Eni SpA
Read more at [link:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuela-oil-tanker-nabarima-tilting-spill-feared/
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1319946611276107776?s=20
October 24, 2020
This is the official LFR Halloween Post 🎃
Let's start with the elephant in the mix. Some ideas how to do trick or treating during a Pandemic!
October 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/cnni/status/1319764006769467392?s=20
CNN & CNNI- People with Down syndrome have 10 times the risk of death from Covid-19 as those without
People with Down syndrome have 10 times the risk of death from Covid-19 as those without, study finds
Shelby Lin Erdman and Katia Hetter, CNN
Updated 6:40 PM EDT, Fri October 23, 2020
(CNN)People with Down syndrome have 10 times the risk of dying from Covid-19 compared to those without the disability, a team of researchers reported Thursday.
They also found a fourfold increased risk of coronavirus-related hospitalizations for those with Down syndrome, "a group that is not currently strategically protected," according to the report in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
"This was after adjustment for cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases and care home residence, which our results suggest explained some but not all of the increased risk," the researchers wrote.
Read more@ https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/23/health/down-syndrome-covid-19-death-risk-wellness/index.html
https://twitter.com/cnni/status/1319764006769467392?s=20
October 23, 2020
Little guy is going for the heavyweight tittle!(Yup, a doggie video)
October 23, 2020
Did you know Ravens could talk?
October 23, 2020
I'm scared. I want to say Biden is winning.
But I'm scared my like for Joe making me a little bias.
So, what do you guys say! I'm truly scared of another 4 years. This nation can't take it!
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