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On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that it wasn’t the coronavirus pandemic that caused massive learning loss, “the way we handled the pandemic did that. The pandemic certainly was a thing but let’s not just say the pandemic. Because it was not written in stone that we had to handle it the way we did.” And that the overreaction to the pandemic is also to blame for 40-year high inflation.

Under a motion passed by the city council in Laredo, Texas, earlier this week, residents in the town can now face a fine of up to $1,000 for not wearing some form of covering on their nose and mouth in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. According to the Laredo Morning Times, council members passed the motion in a vote earlier this week. As part of the measure, all residents over the age of 5 are required to have their nose and mouth covered when entering public buildings, using public transportation and when pumping gas, the body said in a...

Coronavirus patient is a 53-year-old resident of Nelson County, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said the patient was one of four confirmed new cases In total, there are 18 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Kentucky, Beshear said Dr Anthony Fauci refused to rule out a 14-day nationwide shutdown He said he would be 'overly aggressive and get criticized for overreacting' Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor?

The outrage over Cecil's death is absurd when you think of the other, bigger problems which people are happy to ignore There is a new, pointless ride opening in town designed to give users an instant but ephemeral rush. It isn’t the slide down the ugly, unnecessary Olympic tower, but the convenient and free outrage bus currently stopping on your street and picking up passengers for Cecil, the beautiful dead lion. Out of any and all proportion to the severity of his dreadful act of animal murder, the dentist who killed Cecil has become an international focal point of hate...

A 17-year-old North Andover High School student was stripped of her captain's position on the volleyball team and suspended for five games after she went to a party to pick up an intoxicated friend, reports The Boston Herald. Erin Cox received a call from a friend, who was allegedly intoxicated, and asked her to pick her up from a party on Main Street in Boxford. Being a good friend, Erin went to pick her up, but instead met police just as they arrived at the house, the newspaper reports.

FORT WORTH -- Tensions in a north Fort Worth neighborhood are flaring after police say a 71-year-old woman, who has a history of videotaping perceived wrongdoing on her street, pulled a revolver out of her handbag and fired at a neighbor who confronted her.Charlesetta Davis was arrested Monday on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Police say she shot at a neighbor whose home she had been videotaping because she believed that the owners were violating city water restrictions.Raymundo Rubio, 46, said Friday that he asked Davis why she was filming his house in the 2700 block of...

A free association exercise: Think of a Washington Nationals baseball cap. What's the next thing that pops into your head? Some people think of the old Senators, whose caps inspired the new team's logo. Some think of the first-place team they now root for, or of hometown pride. Then there are those steeped in the kind of partisan perspective that forced the french fry to decide whether it was with us or against us. They can't get past the "W," as in the president's trademark middle initial. That can be good: "My immediate reaction was, 'W! Perfect!,' " said Dan...

Today, May 26, 2005, the American public and people all over the world witnessed a spectacle on the floor of the US Senate. A US Senator from Ohio, Senator Voinovich, broke down on the floor of the Senate and cried as he expressed his opposition to President Bush's nomination for UN Ambassador, John Bolton. In his impassioned and (apparently) sincere plea, he cried and told America and the world how he was unwilling to "risk" our representation at the UN to Mr. Bolton, and how he, Senator Voinovich feared for his children and grandchildren. Apparently in considering Mr. Bolton, Senator...

Show-and-Tell Item Evacuates School By Laura Arenschield The Winchester Star What one Frederick County student thought would be an innocent way to show a teacher a part of history turned into a major disruption at Robert E. Aylor Middle School in Stephens City on Monday afternoon. About 1,000 people were evacuated from the building after school officials discovered a seventh-grader had brought an artillery shell to school. “Any time you see something like that, you never know the shape or condition it’s in, if it’s a live round or not,” Aylor Principal Donald Williams said. “The student brought it...

<p>These terrorists are not motivated just by hate and hopelessness. They have a clear motive -- to destroy not just human lives, but the cause of peace. Hamas, the radical Islamic group that claimed credit for the attack, wants to destroy the attempts to resume negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.</p>