By Reuters The U.S. ethanol industry is showing some signs of recovery as government officials ease stay-at-home orders that depressed fuel demand, while a vote Friday in Congress could bring the industry one step closer to federal aid, industry officials said. Fuel demand collapsed by about a third with the spread of the novel coronavirus […]
By Madeline Sponsler, FISM News London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan announced Friday a plan to turn London into Europe’s largest car-free zone. This plan, covering certain miles of road in Central London, will ban the use of vehicles to encourage walking, cycling, and to help the public transportation system deal with social distancing restrictions. The announcement came […]
Over a third of patients treated for COVID–19 in a large New York medical system developed acute kidney injury and nearly 15% required dialysis, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. The study was conducted by a team at Northwell Health, the largest health provider in New York state. “We found in the first 5,449 patients admitted, 36.6% […]
By Reuters A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation, poverty, and anxiety by the pandemic of COVID–19, United Nations health experts said on Thursday. “The isolation, the fear, the uncertainty, the economic turmoil – they all cause or could cause psychological […]
By Reuters Republican Senator Richard Burr will temporarily step aside as chairman of the intelligence committee, effective at the end of Friday, during a federal investigation into whether he sold shares ahead of a market plunge tied to the coronavirus pandemic, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday. “Senator Burr contacted me this morning […]
By Reuters At around 10 a.m., three gunmen disguised as police burst into the maternity ward in a small hospital in Kabul and started shooting. No group has claimed responsibility for the massacre of 24 people, including 16 women and two newborns. At least six babies lost their mothers in an attack that has shaken even […]
By Samuel Case, FISM News On Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear a case on whether or not faithless electors can face penalties from their respective states. Back in the 2016 presidential election 10 electors in states where Hillary Clinton won cast their vote another candidate. Three were fined and one was removed. In each […]
By Madeline Sponsler, FISM News On March 13, Breonna, a 26-year-old aspiring nurse, was killed in her apartment, shot at least eight times by Louisville police officers. According to a lawsuit filed by Breonna’s family accusing officers of wrongful death, excessive force, and gross negligence, the officers were executing a drug warrant at the time […]
By Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged that Tesla Inc <TSLA.O> be allowed to reopen its electric vehicle assembly plant in California, joining the carmaker’s CEO Elon Musk’s bid to defy county officials that have ordered it to remain closed. “California should let Tesla & @elonmusk open the plant, NOW. It can be […]
By Reuters As the coronavirus kills thousands and dominates government attention across Latin America, another deadly viral infection is quietly stalking the region. Dengue – colloquially called breakbone fever for the severe joint pain it causes – is endemic in much of Latin America, but COVID-19’s arrival has pulled crucial attention and resources away from […]
