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President Trump on Tuesday escalated his war of words with U.S. motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson, which recently announced plans to move some manufacturing overseas because of tariffs.
The bottom line: Trump is claiming 2017 sales were affected by a corporate decision that didn't occur until 2018. That doesn't make sense.
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New York's death toll surged to its highest one-day total on Wednesday — beating the previous day's record. 779 people died in the state in 24 hours. The state has reported more cases than the most-affected countries in Europe.
Why it matters: Public health officials have warned this would be a particularly deadly week for America, even as New York began to see declining trends of hospitalizations and ICU admissions.
New York City's skyline on a smoggy day in May 2019. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
COVID-19 is underscoring the connection between air pollution and dire outcomes from respiratory diseases.
Why it matters: Old-fashioned air pollution is almost certainly the single biggest environmental health threat, contributing to the deaths of some 7 million people a year according to the WHO, making it comparable to deaths from smoking.