Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are scrubbing their sites of a viral video, produced by a dark money pro-Trump group, about the alleged benefits hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19.
Lynley Price
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Spotlight on four Big Tech CEOs testifying in competition probe
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook of Apple will appear Wednesday before the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust.
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Republican jobless benefit plan could mean delays, states warn
Republicans argue the current amount of $600 is so high that it encourages people to remain on unemployment.
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Scientists get closer to blood test for Alzheimer’s disease
It’s usually diagnosed through memory tests, but it’s often imprecise and the more reliable methods are invasive and expensive.
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Struggling merchants, insurers battle over pandemic coverage
So many lawsuits have been filed against insurers in the U.S. that a hearing has been scheduled before a federal judicial panel to decide how to manage them all.
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Oregon’s U.S. attorney: Federal officers will stay in Portland until attacks end
Agents have made 83 arrests since protests began at the end of May following the death of George Floyd.
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U.S. won’t expel migrant children detained in Texas hotel
The kids will be transferred to shelters operated by DHHS and eventually placed with family sponsors.
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Trump lawyers renew legal assault on tax records subpoena
They say it was issued in bad faith and request it be ‘invalid and unenforceable.’
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Coronavirus crisis sparks a young Israeli protest movement
The country received praise for its early handling of the pandemic, but since reopening the economy in May, new cases have spiked to record levels.
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Pilgrims arrive in Mecca for downsized hajj amid pandemic
The annual pilgrimage has been scaled down from 2.5 million to 10,000.