Pope Francis is still unwell and has postponed all official audiences for Friday, the Vatican confirms without detailing his sickness

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Francis has scrapped an audience with Microsoft, IBM and other tech executives Yesterday he called off an appearance at a Mass with other clergymen in Rome The Vatican says he is ‘slightly unwell’ but has offered no details on his illness  Italy is facing Europe’s worst coronavirus crisis, though few cases are in Rome  Pope … Read more

Funds will be cut off immediately

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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump “Federal Court Deals Major Blow To Sanctuary Cities.” @FoxNews In other words, there will be no more Federal Tax Dollars to States & Cities that will not cooperate with Federal Law Enforcement (ICE). This is BIG NEWS! Funds will be cut off immediately. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 1:13 AM · Feb … Read more

Best-Run States Are Low-Tax Republican, Worst-Run Are High-Tax Democratic, Study Finds | Investor’s Business Daily

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Several states, including Republican states, have decided to raise taxes this year to cover budget shortfalls. But a new study suggests that the states might find themselves in worse financial shape after the money starts rolling in. According to the latest ranking of states by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the most fiscally … Read more

Whistleblower says staff working with corona victims have to protection like masks or training

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A whistleblower is alleging that HHS officials dispatched more than a dozen workers to aid quarantined Americans evacuated from China, without providing proper training or protective gear — a move that potentially exposed them to the coronavirus infection. The complaint from an HHS employee also claims those workers were not consistently tested for the virus, … Read more

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Chinese medical workers seem to be using academic journals as way to route around censorship and get a message out to the world.

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I've never seen an article like this in the Lancet. It's not a study, it's a cry for help. Chinese medical workers seem to be using academic journals as way to route around censorship and get a message out to the world.https://t.co/UOtJebWgQD pic.twitter.com/dtX2TSnLyn — Balaji (@balajis) February 26, 2020 Wow. Looks like the censors got … Read more

Airline Stocks, Battered by Coronavirus & Boeing 737 MAX, Plunge to Four-Year Low

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Boeing got battered too but not nearly enough. Introducing my SADJAUS stock index tracking the 7 largest US airlines. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Boeing shares dropped 5.8% today, to $287.76, below where they’d been on that infamous December 24, 2018, and back to where they’d been on December 12, 2017. My only question to the market … Read more