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Here’s what Elizabeth Warren said during her Democratic convention speech

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s speech Wednesday during the virtually held Democratic National Convention touched on some themes that may ring familiar to supporters of her 2020 presidential campaign “I love a good plan, and Joe Biden has some really good plans,” Warren said. “Plans to bring back union jobs in manufacturing and create new union jobs…

A pregnant woman with COVID-19 was dying. With one decision, her doctors saved three lives.

On a bright October day last fall, Ebony Brown-Olaseinde and her husband, Segun Olaseinde, found out that their longtime dream had finally been realized: They were going to be parents. After three years spent trying to conceive, they had succeeded through in vitro fertilization – and they soon learned that their twins, a boy and…

Wall Street futures on the rise as hope grows Washington will provide aid to struggling US economy

BEIJING — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday on hopes Washington will provide more aid to the struggling U.S. economy.Benchmarks in Shanghai, Hong Kong, South Korea and Sydney advanced. Tokyo was off 0.1%.Wall Street gained Thursday after President Donald Trump suggested he might be reversing his decision to halt talks on economic aid.…

Buffett-backed cloud unicorn Snowflake nets $3.4 billion in record-breaking software IPO | Markets

REUTERS/Scott Olson Snowflake, backed by the billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said it would raise $3.4 billion on Wednesday in the largest software initial public offering.The cloud-data platform said on Tuesday that it would sell 28 million shares priced at $120 apiece, valuing it at over $33 billion.Snowflake plans to list on the New York Stock…

Tesla is poised to surge another 16% amid signs it will use its lofty stock price to raise money, BofA says (TSLA) | Markets

Summary List PlacementBank of America on Wednesday boosted its Tesla price target to $550 from $350, implying a roughly 16% upside from Monday's close. Tesla on Tuesday announced plans to sell up to $5 billion in new shares, capitalizing on its recent rally. The announcement "was evidence of our thesis that TSLA will utilize its…

Why a Boston church got Anthony Fauci to speak to its congregation

Despite the recent promising news about a COVID-19 vaccine, a growing body of evidence has found that the drug faces high levels of distrust among Black and Latino populations — the same communities that have been hit hardest by the pandemic. So a Boston church decided to enlist the nation’s most trusted health expert to…

Here’s what Dr. Fauci said about the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine news

"The data are striking ... they're really quite impressive." SHARE TWEET ShapeCreated with Sketch. COMMENTS By John Waller, News Editor November 16, 2020 Related LinksCambridge’s Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective Get Boston.com's e-mail alerts: Sign up and receive coronavirus news and breaking updates, from our newsroom to your inbox. Email…

After thousands of Trump supporters rally in D.C., violence erupts when night falls

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s supporters had celebrated for hours on Saturday, waving their MAGA flags and blaring “God Bless the U.S.A.” as they gathered in Washington to falsely claim that the election had been stolen from the man they adore. The crowd had even reveled in a personal visit from Trump, who passed by…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Biden’s win, House losses, and what’s next for the left

For months, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been a good soldier for the Democratic Party and Joe Biden as he sought to defeat President Donald Trump. But on Saturday, in a nearly hourlong interview shortly after Biden was declared the winner, Ocasio-Cortez made clear the divisions within the party that animated the primary still exist. And…