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MILAN (AP) — The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of Bollate with amazing speed. In a matter of just days, 45 children and 14 staff members had tested positive. Genetic analysis confirmed what officials already suspected: The highly contagious virus variant first identified in England was racing through the community, a densely packed city of nearly 40,000 with a chemical plant and Pirelli bicycle tire factory a 15-minute drive from the heart of Milan. “This is the demonstration that the virus has a sort of intelligence, even if it is a single-cell organism. We can put up all the barriers in the world and imagine that they work, but in the end, it adapts and penetrates them,” lamented Bollate Mayor Francesco Vassallo. Bollate was the first city in Lombardy, the northern region that has been the epicentre in each of Italy’s three surges, to be sealed off from neighbours because of mutant versions that the World Health … [Read more...] about AP: Covid Uptick in EU Driven by Virus Variants ‘Racing Through’ Communities

Follow KDKA-TV : Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pittsburgh bank employee who said on social media that a man who drove through a crowd of protesters should have used a bus instead of a car is claiming in a lawsuit that she was fired because she’s white. READ MORE: Fired BNY Mellon Employee Loses Appeal For Wrongful Termination Over Antwon Rose Protesters Facebook Comments The Tribune-Review reports that Lisa Ellis of Mt. Lebanon made the comment June 30, three days after a Pittsburgh police officer was charged in the shooting death of Antwon Rose Jr . The shooting fueled daily protests around Pittsburgh, and a man was charged with driving his car through a crowd of activists , injuring three. Ellis wrote on Facebook, “Total BS. Too bad he didn’t have a bus to plow through.” READ MORE: United Steelworkers Authorize Strike At Local Allegheny Technologies Plants BNY Mellon fired Ellis, who filed a wrongful termination suit Friday. The bank says employees … [Read more...] about Woman Sues BNY Mellon, Claims She Was Fired For Facebook Comments About Antwon Rose Protesters

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP/CBS13) — De’Aaron Fox had 32 points and six other Kings scored in double figures, but Sacramento fell to the Portland Trailblazers 123-119 Thursday in the last game before the All-Star break. Damian Lillard had 44 points, including 10 straight at a key moment down the stretch. READ MORE: Boy, 8, Hailed A Hero After Discovering Baby Sister Unresponsive In Pool Enes Kanter added 22 points and 21 rebounds for the Blazers, who have won three straight heading into the All-Star break. Lillard finished with eight 3-pointers. Fix added 12 assists and eight rebounds for Sacramento. Richaun Holmes dunked to give the Kings a 103-98 lead with 5:41 left, but Lillard answered with a 3-pointer and Kanter’s layup tied it at 103. Sacramento went up 108-103 with 3:49 to go on Harrison Barnes’ layup and Buddy Hield’s 3. Lillard responded with a pullup jumper, a layup and a pair of 3-pointers in quick succession to put the Blazers ahead 115-108 with just more than a minute … [Read more...] about Kings Fall To Blazers 123-119

BERKELEY (AP) – A popular notion that there was a mass exodus from California last year is wrong, according to research from a nonpartisan think tank. Most moves during 2020 happened within the state, the California Policy Lab said Thursday. READ MORE: Boy, 8, Hailed A Hero After Discovering Baby Sister Unresponsive In Pool Finding 1: No, there is not a mass exodus of people leaving California. Of people who moved, about 80% moved to a new location in California, not out of the state. But, there are some nuances… https://t.co/8x3N3KAAuv Thread (2/6 ) pic.twitter.com/6pNa19ee4n — CA Policy Lab (@CAPolicyLab) March 4, 2021 Departures from the state were consistent with historical patterns but the biggest statewide change was fewer people moving into California, the lab said in a press release. READ MORE: Man Apologizes After Video Shows Street Vendor Attacked The researchers used a dataset of quarterly credit bureau information called the University of … [Read more...] about Study: There Was No ‘Mass Exodus’ From California In 2020

close Video Ex-Bloomberg reporter talks about falling for 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli FOX News' Laura Ingle sits down with Christie Smythe to discuss how she fell for 'the most hated man in America' Former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli , also known as the "pharma bro," has continued to monopolize a life-saving drug from prison, a new class-action lawsuit filed Thursday alleges. Shkreli and his company, Vyera Pharmaceuticals, have faced multiple lawsuits over allegations of suppressing competition within the pharmaceutical industry to protect Vyera's high pricing of a drug called Daraprim, which is the only FDA-approved medication to treat a bacterial infection known as toxoplasmosis. Vyera is the former Turing Pharmaceuticals. Attorneys for health insurance company Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota are accusing Shkreli, Vyera, Vyrea parent company Phoenix AG and Pheonix Chairman Kevin Mulleady over their "scheme to monopolize the U.S. market for … [Read more...] about ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli monopolized life-saving drug ‘while incarcerated’: lawsuit