Tom Gibson Here’s What Happens When Public Transit Is Free HuffPost - Amy CrawfordCities in the U.S. and around the world are making buses and trains free for residents, aiming to increase equality and tackle pollution. Candria Gray and her two children live in Worcester, Massachusetts,
Tom GibsonSome truck drivers are slamming Amazon as the retailer's burgeoning transportation arm offshores technical support to India Business Insider - Rachel PremackSome truck drivers who move loads for Amazon said the company's technical-support hotline often connects them to support staff in India and Europe, they told Business Insider. The cost-cutting move can
Tom Gibson The World's Tiniest Nuclear Plant Is Coming to Idaho Popular Mechanics - By Caroline DelbertAn experimental nuclear reactor in Idaho could be the first of its kind in the United States: a commercial reactor providing power using fuel that reduces nuclear waste. The small power plant could power
Tom Gibson Medicare for All is cheaper: Multiple studies say M4A is more cost-effective than a public option Salon - Igor DeryshSen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks while introducing health care legislation titled the "Medicare for All Act of 2019" with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), during a news conference
Tom GibsonHealth Care Technology How AI and machine learning are transforming clinical decision support healthcareitnews.com - mike.miliard@medtechmedia.com; Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN (Mike Miliard) At HIMSS20, Mayo Clinic Platform President Dr. John Halamka and medical journalist Paul Cerrato will explore emerging technologies that are reshaping …
Tom Gibson Science Saturday: Evolution of cardiac regeneration mayoclinic.org - By Dana Sparks February is American Heart Month, a time to acknowledge advancements in a new generation of care. This year focus is placed on repairing damaged …
Tom Gibson Auschwitz museum calls on Amazon to drop Nazi books DW News - DW English Among anti-Semitic books available on the site is one written by a Nazi convicted of crimes against humanity. The museum called it 'hateful, …
Tom Gibson Sheriff Villanueva: Trump's plan to deploy Border Patrol in sanctuary cities is 'unnecessary, needless and overkill' abc7.com LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says President Donald Trump's plan to send elite border patrol agents into …
Tom Gibson France begins shutting down oldest nuclear plant 24matins.uk - 24matins.uk with AFP French state-owned energy giant EDF on Saturday began shutting down the country’s oldest nuclear power plant after 43 years in operation. EDF said it …
Tom Gibson Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on buses thehill.com - Tal Axelrod Greyhound said Friday it will no longer allow Border Patrol agents on its buses to conduct routine immigration checks without a warrant. Greyhound, …
Tom GibsonMichael Bloomberg People Are Sharing Analogies To Show How Much More A Billion Is Than A Million And It's Truly Mind-Boggling BuzzFeed - Krista Torres "If you made $7,000 an hour every day since the birth of Jesus Christ, you'd have made less money than Jeff Bezos."
Tom GibsonClimate JP Morgan economists warn of climate 'catastrophe' BBC News - Tom EspinerHuman life "as we know it" could be threatened by climate change, economists at JP Morgan have warned. In a hard-hitting report to clients, the economists said that without action being taken there could
Tom GibsonIncome Inequality American paychecks just aren't getting much bigger -- unless you're rich CNN - By Anneken Tappe, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) — Income inequality in the United States worsened in 2019. Earners at the top of the income ladder received the largest increase in their paychecks, according to a report from Economic
Tom GibsonNews (U.S.) Alabama couple struggling after hospital sues over medical debt: "I wish you'd have let me die" CBS News - Anna Werner / wernera@cbsnews.com An Alabama woman said she wished her husband had let her die after the hospital where she received an emergency appendectomy sued the couple over a …
Tom GibsonLiberal View The US Granted Free Tuition Before, and It Can Do It Again truthout.org - Barbara G. Ellis When Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal submitted joint bills for the College for All Act in Congress last June, it sparked joy among the …
Tom GibsonJohn Stankey WarnerMedia CEO calls T-Mobile-Sprint merger approval ‘surprising’ yahoo.com - Max Zahn A dispute in recent days over the independence of federal courts and law enforcement has rocked Washington D.C. — after rare public unrest between …
Tom GibsonTechnology MIT algorithm discovers antibiotic that can fight drug-resistant diseases TNW - Thomas MacaulayA deep learning algorithm developed at MIT has discovered new antibiotics that can treat drug-resistant diseases by killing 35 powerful bacteria. The pathogens that the halicin antibiotic has targetted
Tom GibsonMedical Research 80 is not the new 70: Age may bias heart care, study finds Associated PressPeople are more likely to buy things when prices end in 99 cents rather than rounded up to the next dollar, or cars with mileage under 1,000 instead of past that mark. Now researchers say something similar
Tom Gibson CMS warns of tougher survey enforcement - News - McKnight's Long Term Care News mcknights.com State survey agencies will be stepping up their long-term care enforcement efforts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator …
Tom Gibson Medicare For All would save $450 billion annually while preventing 68,000 deaths, new study shows newsweek.com - Jason Lemon The Medicare For All plan proposed by Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren would save taxpayers hundreds of …
Tom GibsonNews JP Morgan's trading guru says the bubble in defensive and tech stocks 'will likely collapse' CNBC - Yun Li A bubble has formed in defensive and low-volatility stocks as coronavirus fears drove a record number of investors to those pockets of the market, …
Tom GibsonBusiness Kickstarter workers vote to unionize - Axios Axios - Ina Fried Employees at Kickstarter voted Tuesday to unionize, signaling a small but notable shift in an industry that has historically eschewed collective …
Tom GibsonBusiness Private equity's slow creep into doctors' offices - Axios Axios - Caitlin Owens Private-equity firms accelerated their acquisitions of doctors' practices between 2013 and 2016, according to a new JAMA study. Why it matters: …
Tom Gibson Clean Up Your Act With a Bidet for Any Budget WIRED - Adrienne So According to the CDC, the average person leaves a little something behind—0.14 grams of something—when they wipe. There's an appliance for that. Even …
Tom GibsonGeorge Zimmerman George Zimmerman announces lawsuit against Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren for $265 million Raw Story - Sarah K. Burris The man who killed Trayvon Martin was never held accountable for his crime, but he’s spent the years since his acquittal blaming other people for …
Tom GibsonPlastic You Only Think You're Recycling These Plastics VICE - Alex LubbenAll those yogurt cups, plastic film, and most takeout boxes we’re dutifully gathering every week because they're labeled as recyclable? A survey of every residential recycling facility in the U.S. found
Tom GibsonTravis Air Force BaseAn American evacuated from Japan on a US charter flight says she didn't know people on the plane had tested positive for CNN - By Ben Tinker, Hollie Silverman, Amir Vera(CNN) — An American who was evacuated on a US-chartered jet from a cruise ship docked in Japan told CNN that she wasn't aware that other passengers on the plane had tested positive for novel coronavirus
Tom GibsonBernie Sanders Walmart employees say they’re preparing for job cuts as retailer rolls out its ‘Great Workplace’ program The Washington Post - Abha BhattaraiWalmart, the nation’s largest private employer, is telling employees that it is doing away with certain positions — including hourly supervisors and assistant store managers — and replacing them with smaller
Tom GibsonPolitics Video Raises Questions About Bloomberg’s Views On Health Care For Older Americans Forbes - Patricia BarnesIf Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg was 95 years old and had prostate cancer, he could afford advanced and extreme medical care to improve and extend his life. But what about a 95-year-old
