Category: News


Why some onions were too sexy for Facebook


There are regular onions, and then there are onions too sexy for Facebook, a Canadian seed and garden supply store recently discovered.

https://www.bbc.com/news/54467384

COVID-19 and health care have dominated the debates. But what about other key issues?


The coronavirus pandemic is at the top of mind for many voters, and it has been one of the main topics at both the first presidential debate and the only vice presidential debate this year.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/08/2020-debates-gun-immigration-marijuana-not-being-discussed/5922437002/

Moderator Susan Page hopes Mike Pence-Kamala Harris vice presidential debate was helpful for voters: ‘That was the point’


USA TODAY’s Washington Bureau chief, presided over Wednesday’s vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris in Salt Lake City. Leading up to the debate, Page said she sought ways to create a different kind of conversation.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/08/vice-presidential-debate-susan-page-moderating-mike-pence-kamala-harris/5920147002/

‘Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking:’ Takeaways from the VP debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris


It was almost a given that Wednesday’s debate in Salt Lake City between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris would be less chaotic than the slugfest in Cleveland between President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/08/vp-debate-what-you-missed-mike-pence-kamala-harris-faceoff/5896940002/

VP debate 2020: Pence and Harris clash on coronavirus pandemic


A live TV debate between the candidates for vice-president ahead of next month’s US election has seen fierce clashes over the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54459078

Microsoft plan to increase Black representation in its U.S. workforce probed by Labor Department


Microsoft says the Labor Department is investigating whether its commitment to increase Black representation in its U.S. workforce is discriminatory in what some are warning is a broadside by the Trump administration against corporate initiatives to take on systemic racism following the death of George Floyd.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/10/06/microsoft-diversity-african-americans-black-department-of-labor-trump-george-floyd/5902478002/

Donald Trump’s COVID-19 treatment is similar to the average American hospitalized with coronavirus. Only faster.


President Donald Trump has had the best possible care for his COVID-19, his doctors have repeatedly assured America. “He’s on a routine regimen of COVID therapy,” his physician Sean Conley said Monday.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/health/2020/10/06/donald-trump-covid-treatment-drugs-monoclonal-antibodies/3630609001/

Eddie Van Halen: Revered guitarist dies at 65 after cancer battle


Eddie Van Halen, revered guitarist and co-founder of the popular rock band Van Halen, has died of cancer, his son has announced.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54443394