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Red Cross to test blood, plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies
Antibody testing will indicate if the donor's immune system has produced antibodies to this coronavirus, regardless of whether they developed symptoms. As the coronavirus spread across the country, thousands of blood drives were canceled in the matter of two weeks. The revelation came as government said it was putting all necessary mechanism in place to raise the bar in blood donations with a vi... [Full Article...]
Supreme Court rejects several gun rights cases for next term
Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Brett Kavanaugh dissented with the court's opinion not to hear a case out of New Jersey that would require a resident who wanted a concealed carry permit for self-defense to "specify in detail the urgent necessity for self-protection, as evidenced by specific threats or previous attacks which demonstrate a special danger to the applicant's life that can no... [Full Article...]
Ukraine: Bribe in probe of gas chief; unrelated to Bidens
It was the largest cash bribe ever seized in Ukraine . Those offering the bribe were caught in a sting operation and three have been detained including a senior tax official, he said. Biden is Trump's Democratic challenger in the November presidential election. The former top prosecutor in Ukraine launched an audit of thousands of old case files and told Reuters earlier this month that ther... [Full Article...]
Oklahoma father arrested after 2 children die in hot vehicle
After returning home, Dennis slept for four to five hours. After waking, Dennis told police that he was unable to find his children, according to Fox 23 . They were pronounced dead when paramedics arrived, KOKI reported. "Always check your back seat". "If you don't have kids you may not understand this but that is the scariest but most awesome thing to think of, watching them become their own... [Full Article...]
Six former eBay employees charged in a freakish cyberstalking scheme
Prosecutors also accused several of the former employees of flying from California to the couple's home in MA to "surveil" them, and even of attempting to break into their garage to install a Global Positioning System tracker on their vehicle. [Full Article...]
NYPD lieutenant apologizes for kneeling alongside George Floyd protesters
At least that [sic] what I told myself once we made that bad decision". The day before Cattani wrote his email, Terence Monahan , the highest-ranking uniformed member of the NYPD , also knelt with protestors in Manhattan. Three other officers involved in the arrest were also fired and face charges of aiding and abetting murder. A New York Police Department officer who kneeled with proteste... [Full Article...]
Watch walk down ramp Donald Trump felt need to defend on Twitter
The last thing I was going to do is "fall" for the Fake News to have fun with. Although the president said he "ran" the final stretch, video showed a few hasty steps at the end. In the video, Trump does seem to struggle with his descent. His latest performance comes just one month after Mr Trump announced he was taking a course of hydroxychloroquine, a drug he believed could help fend off th... [Full Article...]
Rayshard Brooks' family want justice over Atlanta shooting
The department has also placed a second officer on administrative leave. His death on Friday came against a backdrop of nationwide and global protests against racial injustice and brutality by law enforcement following the May 25 death of George Floyd , an African-American man, in Minneapolis police custody. [Full Article...]