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Dr. Anthony Fauci on pandemics, partisan critics, and “the psyche of the country”

Growing up on 13th Avenue in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, in the 1940s and ’50s, Anthony “Tony” Fauci was the precocious son of the corner pharmacist. “They called him Doc,” he said. “The pharmacist back then served as the neighborhood psychiatrist, marriage counselor. So, it was serving the community.” The Fauci Pharmacy is long-gone. But beneath…

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Nancy Guthrie ransom notes, including message saying she died, released by sheriff’s department

Two notes that appear to have been sent by Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper to a local news outlet shortly after her disappearance were made public Friday by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.  The search for the missing 84-year-old just passed the six-month mark, but according to the second note, sent on Feb. 6, Guthrie “perished shortly…

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‘Fear of the regime has now gone’: How big a risk does ‘cockroach’ movement pose to India’s BJP? – World

The Narendra Modi-led government has often declared proudly that its ministers do not resign under public pressure, unlike those from previous governments. However, that hubris was shattered on July 25 when Dharmendra Pradhan, India’s education minister, was forced to resign following widespread youth anger and resistance galvanised by the successful protest in New Delhi led…

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