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President Donald Trump briefly interrupted his isolation at Walter Reed on Sunday to get into a SUV and wave at supporters outside the facility, just hours after doctors disclosed the president has received oxygen and steroids as part of his treatment. This also included an infusion of 8 grams of Regeneron’s experimental antibody treatment as a “precautionary measure.”

Critics have denounced the White House's recent conflicting statements about the president’s coronavirus diagnosis as an attempt to obscure his real condition from the public—a concern that has historical precedents, as four other presidential administrations covered up presidents’ health problems while in office.

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Twitter users started sharing pictures of gay men kissing with the hashtag #proudboys to reclaim the expression from the namesake white supremacist group whose members, on a different social media platform, were absolutely seething at the sight of hearts and rainbows.  

Tributes have poured in for designer Kenzo Takada, who has died aged 81 after battling Covid-19 related complications. 

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New Zealand is set to declare that it has overcome a second wave of the illness, cementing its position as one of the countries with the most successful response to the virus.

Cinema owners slammed by the pandemic and lockdowns had been counting on a rescue mission from 007, and the latest film in the James Bond franchise. Cineworld, the second-largest cinema chain in the world, announced it would mothball its U.S. and U.K theaters after No Time To Die was pushed back to April 2021.

If you’ve ever flown with Swedish domestic carrier Linjeflyg between April 1991 until its demise in 1993, chances are you may have set foot on the aircraft that is now flying Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden across the country on the campaign trail.

As storms battered most of Western Europe over the weekend, Venice rose its $8 billion flood barrier to counter the hide tides that have historically plagued the city. But the Mose project, first tested successfully in July, is not without its critics.

The uproar over Trump's tax bills has quietened, but it’s still worth noting the findings of the Tax Policy Center, which compared the president’s tax situation with other tax filers in 2016. It turns out Trump is quite literally the 1%—the 0.4%, to be specific.

Some SAT test centers are closing down at the last minute without notice—but as more than 1,600 colleges have made submission of tests optional this year, does it even make sense to take the test? You can read Forbes’ advice here.

Despite the increased popularity of online shopping, a recent survey showed only about half of businesses are familiar with the sales tax rules for online transactions with customers in various U.S. states—after all, the requirement to collect and remit a sales tax on online transactions is relatively new. Here’s a handy guide on how to navigate those tax rules.

Speaking of online purchases, today is the last day to bid for a piece of the Pat’s Whiskey Collection, the single largest private collection of whiskeys ever brought to auction.

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