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Epidemiologists debunk the 14 biggest coronavirus myths

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Business Insider brings back the Senior Director of NYC Health + Hospitals System-wide Special Pathogens Program and a professor of ...

What happens when you sleep in your contacts

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You really want to take that 3 P.M. nap, but you don’t feel like taking out your contacts. After all, ...

Buttigieg says Trump campaign has given up on ‘persuading voters’ and is instead ‘turning to the idea of suppressing voters’

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Pete Buttigieg AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg slammed President Donald Trump’s campaign for “turning to the ...

I’m a wildland firefighter in Colorado who’s been battling blazes and scrambling to save homes. It’s hard to have a social life.

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Chelsea Puzzo is a firefighter who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Chelsea Puzzo Chelsea Puzzo is a 31-year-old firefighter ...

Trump says ‘the great American Comeback is underway’ as COVID-19 cases surge to record highs

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Getty President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that there will be “NO LOCKDOWNS” as COVID-19 cases surge to new highs ...

An Atlanta restaurant owner has apologized after a Black man was kicked out for wearing sneakers while others who violated the dress code were not

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Irene Jiang / Business Insider An Atlanta, Georgia restaurant has apologized to a Black couple after they were kicked out ...

A top Trump coronavirus advisor made an appearance on a Russian propaganda outlet saying lockdown policies are ‘killing people’

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Scott Atlas listens to US President Donald Trump during a briefing at the White House August 10, 2020, in Washington, ...

How 2 looming elections could determine whether the NATO alliance survives

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Donald Trump at the NATO Alliance Summit in Brussels. Yves Herman/ Reuters The future of NATO over the next decade ...

The Air Force is giving Lockheed Martin $25 million to transform large cargo planes into bomb trucks

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A high-altitude airdrop of palletized munitions (JASSM simulants) from a C-17 using standard operational airdrop procedures conducted during the Air ...

GOP Sen. Cory Gardner defends his seat against Democrat John Hickenlooper in Colorado

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Mark Wilson/Getty; Ethan Miller/Getty; Shayanne Gal/Business Insider Former Governor John Hickenlooper will face first-term GOP Sen. Cory Gardner in Colorado ...

White House lashes out at Fauci, accuses him of ‘playing politics’ after he offered a bleak assessment of the US coronavirus response

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President Donald Trump reacts as Dr. Anthony Fauci steps away from the podium after speaking and answering questions at the ...

Cadillac might be going electric, but the all-new Escalade SUV proves the brand can still deliver on traditional luxury

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Enormous, expensive, powerful, and luxurious, the all-new Cadillac Escalade is now a rolling technology platform with seating for seven and ...

Fauci calls into meetings virtually and avoids going in person to the White House because ‘of all the infections there’

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Dr. Anthony Fauci at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. ...

Futuristic architecture, entertainment hubs and kinetic solar panels: This is what spaceports could look like if commercial space flights become a reality

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Canaria, Dentsu, Noiz, Space Port Japan Association Spaceport City is a design concept for commercial space flight, which designers propose ...

15 photos of the moments that defined the 2020 US presidential campaign

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump during Thursday night’s debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Jim ...

‘Never see me again’? What Donald Trump has said he’d do if he loses the election

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Donald Trump playing golf in Scotland, June 20, 2011. David Moir/Reuters President Donald Trump has repeatedly mused about what he ...

Bolivia’s biggest political party promised to legalize a toxic bleach to treat COVID-19. After winning a landslide victory, there is nothing to stop it

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Bolivia’s President-elect Luis Arce, in El Alto, Bolivia on October 24, 2020. AIZAR RALDES/AFP via Getty Images Bolivia’s MAS party ...

Video shows Barack Obama nailing flawless three-pointer as he joins Joe Biden on last campaign push before election

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Former President Barack Obama scores a three pointer at the gymnasium of the old Flint Northwestern High School in Michigan, ...

The Biden campaign cancelled events in Texas after a convoy of trucks flying Trump flags surrounded their bus and ran into a person’s car, officials say

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The campaign bus for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is seen parked in front of the Iowa ...

Trump campaign rallies ‘likely led to more than 700 deaths’ from coronavirus, study finds

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MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump’s campaign rallies were linked to 30,000 coronavirus cases and “likely led to ...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. reportedly doesn’t think he will ever return to professional boxing

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Photo by AP Images Floyd Mayweather Jr. told CNN en Espanol he’s sure he will never professionally box again. Mayweather ...

Daylight-saving time is literally killing us — but at least we’ll get a little extra sleep this Sunday

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Daylight-saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1. Brian Snyder/Reuters Daylight-saving time in the US ends on Sunday, ...

Democratic Sen. Doug Jones faces a tough reelection fight against Tommy Tuberville in Alabama

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Alex Wong/Getty; Ned Dishman/Getty; Shayanne Gal/Business Insider Sen. Doug Jones, the lone Democratic Senator from the Deep South, is running ...

Buttigieg calls Trump Jr. ‘so out of touch that you just don’t care anymore’ for saying coronavirus deaths are down to ‘almost nothing’

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Pete Buttigieg AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg criticized Donald Trump Jr. for inaccurately saying US coronavirus ...

Electronics manufacturer picks Durham for 150 jobs after getting incentives from NC

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Gov. Roy Cooper said the expansion “signals … North Carolina’s resistance during the pandemic.” Powered by WPeMatico

Plagued by crime, an East Raleigh bar gets its alcohol license taken by the state

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A News & Observer analysis of police records going back to 2017 show there have been 338 calls to 911 ...

Electronics manufacturer picks Durham for 150 jobs after getting incentives from NC

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Gov. Roy Cooper said the expansion “signals … North Carolina’s resistance during the pandemic.” Powered by WPeMatico

Despite the pandemic, North Carolinians are starting new businesses at a record pace

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After cratering in the spring, the number of new businesses being formed in North Carolina is surging. Powered by WPeMatico

This UNC scientist just sold his company for $4B. Here’s his hope for North Carolina.

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After selling his gene-therapy company for up to $4 billion to Bayer, UNC researcher Jude Samulski thinks the state should ...

Plagued by crime, an East Raleigh bar gets its alcohol license taken by the state

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A News & Observer analysis of police records going back to 2017 show there have been 338 calls to 911 ...