You knew watching videos of puppies and kittens felt good but now there’s data to back that feeling. A study conducted by the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, in partnership with Western Australia Tourism, has found evidence to suggest that watching cute animals may contribute to a reduction in stress and anxiety. The…… MORE
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Cal State Long Beach halts in-person classes and locks down campus after positive Covid-19 tests
Five students at California State University, Long Beach tested positive for Covid-19, prompting a campus-wide quarantine. All students living on-campus will be tested for the virus, and in-person classes have been canceled for the next two weeks, CSULB President Jane Close Conoley said in a letter to the university’s community. The decision comes after school…… MORE
Duke University names building after a Black woman for the first time in campus history
Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke has now made history at least twice on Duke University’s campus in North Carolina. She was one of the “First Five” undergraduate Black students to enroll at the university in 1963. As of Saturday, her name will be on an academic building, making her the first Black woman to have a campus building…… MORE
Federal prosecutor in Massachusetts accuses Barr of a ‘dangerous abuse of power’
An assistant US attorney in Massachusetts is the latest federal prosecutor to criticize Attorney General William Barr, accusing the top law enforcement official of a “dangerous abuse of power” by politicizing his position and doing the bidding of President Donald Trump. “The attorney general acts as though his job is to serve only the political…… MORE
McConnell calls Barrett ‘exceedingly well-qualified’ and vows Senate floor vote ‘in the weeks ahead’
Top Senate Republicans applauded President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to become the next Supreme Court justice and called for a quick confirmation vote, while Democrats slammed the move as a power grab that threatens to undermine the legacy of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The sharp partisan divide sets the stage…… MORE
The Supreme Court hasn’t been this conservative since the 1930s
The US Supreme Court is on the verge of a historic transformation that could wind back the law in America for decades, in some cases to the 1930s, pre-New Deal approach. With President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the nine-member bench would lock in a 6-3, conservative-liberal majority, ending an era of…… MORE
Top Trump officials seen not wearing masks or social distancing at White House Supreme Court announcement
Many of the guests for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination announcement arrived at Saturday’s event with masks on, but as the Rose Garden event got underway, masks were virtually non-existent. Some of the Trump administration’s top health officials, as well as other attendees, were seen not wearing masks or social distancing at the highest-profile…… MORE
Democrats say Barrett’s nomination is all about the future of Obamacare
Democrats on Saturday night launched their case against federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, saying support for her confirmation was equivalent to a vote to end the Affordable Care Act. In a rush of statements following Barrett’s Rose Garden introduction, top Democrats put the fate of the law — and…… MORE
How Trump picked Amy Coney Barrett over Barbara Lagoa for the Supreme Court
It was only a week ago President Donald Trump appeared practically “giddy” about a particular candidate to fill the newly vacant seat on the Supreme Court that had been held by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for more than 27 years, people familiar with the matter said. The potential pick was not the woman Trump nominated…… MORE
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