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For the first time, a major political convention was held virtually instead of before thousands of partisans. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the Democratic National Convention was held remotely with convention participants speaking from their hometowns.CLICK HERE TO WATCH REPLAY OF MONDAY'S CONVENTIONBut the adapted program allowed the Democrats to produce a two-hour made-for-TV event was tightly woven, with addresses pared down from past speeches.Monday¡¯s convention speakers featured Sen. Bernie Sanders, former First Lady Michelle Obama, and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican who ran against President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination in 2016.Kasich, former Republicans stump for BidenKasich highlighted a group of disenchanted Republicans who have turned toward Joe Biden despite being lifelong Republicans. Kasich opposed President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination in 2016.Kasich, delivering prerecorded remarks, tried to make the case that it is important to put party over politics. Despite political pressure from the liberal flank of the Democratic Party on Biden, Kasich said he believes Biden will not ¡°turn sharp left.¡±¡°I know the measure of the man,¡± Kasich said. ¡°Reasonable. Faithful, respectful and no one pushes Joe around. Joe Biden is a man for our times. Times that call for all of us to take off partisan hats and put the nation first ourselves and our children.¡±Preceding Kasich was former Rep. Susan Molinari, who was once a keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention in 1996, and former New Jersey Gov. Meg Whitman.Sanders acknowledges disagreement on health careSanders acknowledged that he and Biden still have major differences in health care policy, but added that Biden ¡°has a plan that will greatly expand health care.¡±¡°As you know, we are the only industrialized nation not to guarantee health care for all people,¡± Biden said. ¡°While Joe and I disagree on the best path to get to universal coverage, he has a plan that will greatly expand health care and cut the cost of prescription drugs. Further, he will lower the eligibility age of Medicare from 65 to 60.¡±Sanders, like most speakers on Monday, pointed his attack toward the president for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.¡°This president is not just a threat to our democracy, but by rejecting science, he has put our lives and health in jeopardy,¡± Sanders said. ¡°Trump has attacked doctors and scientists trying to protect us from the pandemic, while refusing to take strong action to produce the masks, gowns, and gloves our health care workers desperately need.¡±Michelle Obama revisits ¡®we go high¡¯One of the highlights of the 2016 Democratic National Convention was Michelle Obama¡¯s infamous line, ¡°When they go low, we go high.¡± On Monday she reminded Democrats to continue to take the high road.¡°So what do we do now? What¡¯s our strategy? Over the past four years, a lot of people have asked me, ¡®When others are going so low, does going high still really work?¡¯ My answer: going high is the only thing that works, because when we go low, when we use those same tactics of degrading and dehumanizing others, we just become part of the ugly noise that¡¯s drowning out everything else,¡± Obama said. ¡°We degrade ourselves. We degrade the very causes for which we fight.¡±The former first lady had the final speaking spot during Monday¡¯s opener.¡°Let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can,¡± Obama said. ¡°Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is.¡± 3698

Former President George H.W. Bush has been discharged from the hospital in Houston he was admitted to last month, according to his spokesman, Jim McGrath."His doctors report he is doing well and is happy to return home," McGrath tweeted Friday.Bush had been admitted for an infection following the death of his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush.The-CNN-Wire 368

FILE - Dean Dillon accepts the Icon Award at the BMI Country Awards in Nashville, Tenn. on Nov. 5, 2013. Dillon, along with Hank Williams, Jr., and Marty Stuart, will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) 250

French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, according to CNN and the Associated Press.Macron's office confirmed Thursday that the 42-year-old Macron received a test after experiencing symptoms of the virus, which later came back positive.Macron will isolate himself for seven days but will continue to carry out his duties as president remotely.Macron's wife, Brigitte, 67, has no symptoms but will also self-isolate. She tested negative for the virus on Thursday, according to the Associated Press.According to CNN, Macron has met with several other world leaders in recent days, many of whom have now said they plan to isolate. Among them is Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and European Council President Charles Michel. French Prime Minister Jean Castex is also self-isolating.The Associated Press also reports that Macron met with the prime minister of Portugal on Wednesday.Macron's planned trip to Lebanon next week has been canceled.Macron is just the latest world leader to test positive for the virus. President Donald Trump contracted the virus in October, which resulted in a short stay in the hospital. Several other top White House officials also contracted the virus.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson contracted the virus this spring and spent a week in the hospital ¡ª a stay that included three nights in the intensive care unit. 1391

For anyone who used to play with slot cars as a child, Sweden's new electrified road might bring back some memories.In the first of its kind, the Scandinavian country is trialling the world's first public road which allows electric vehicles to recharge while driving. Similar to a slot-car track, vehicles are able to connect to an electric rail that's embedded into the road.Sweden has a goal of achieving a completely fossil fuel free vehicle fleet by 2030, so this electrified road is part of several projects the Swedish Transport Administration has created to develop and test technologies that may be able to help the country reach its target.In this particular project, 'eRoadArlanda', electricity is transferred via a movable arm that attaches to the tracks built into the middle of the road. While the system is designed with the capacity to feed heavier vehicles such as trucks, it's also developed to work for cars and buses.When vehicles approach the track, a sensor from the car or truck detects the electrified rail and the movable arm lowers from underneath the vehicle and inserts into the rail. The arm has been designed to be flexible, providing the car, or truck, the freedom to move around the road without disconnecting."One of the most important issues of our time is the question of how to make fossil-free road transportation a reality," Hans S?ll, chairman of the eRoadArlanda says."We now have a solution that will make this possible, which is amazing. Sweden is at the cutting edge of this technology, which we now hope to introduce in other areas of the country and the world."The track stretches along two kilometers (1.2 miles) and has been installed on public road "893" just 30 minutes outside of Stockholm.The eRoad has many advantages, S?ll says. If implemented it will mean electric vehicle batteries can be smaller -- and therefore lighter -- because they won't need to retain as much charge, the vehicles will then be cheaper to manufacture and will ultimately be more sustainable.For a heavy truck to be 100% electric, he explains, it would need a battery that weighs 40 tonnes. But if technology like the eRoad was readily available, the truck's battery would be able to weigh as little as 600 kilograms.It would also fix a wider issue that many electric vehicle owners face: The worry and inconvenience of keeping vehicles charged."Today you're not 100% sure how far you can go with your battery but if you have a combination of electric roads you will feel a little bit more confident that you'll get where you want to go," S?ll says.The technology is also safe and adverse weather such as rain, snow and ice should not cause any major issues thanks to draining and usual maintenance. The electricity also isn't a risk to humans or animals."There's no electricity at the surface and the rail is only electrified if an actual authorized vehicle is passing, so if you don't have an electric vehicle that's authorized to use the electricity, the electricity will not be turned on at all -- it will not be on 24/7."There will also be plenty of signage around the area indicating the road is electrified and the system is equipped with safety circuits.S?ll says while the new project cost €6.4 million (.7 million) to develop, if it were more widely implemented across the country it would eventually work out less than €1 million (.2 million) per kilometer to build.That is, if the government decides to implement it nationally."The Government wants to test one or two additional technologies ... that will then be evaluated in two years or so, (and) after that they will pick out one of those technologies (that have been tested) to build a longer pilot stretch that will be between 20 and 40 kilometers," he says.For now, the eRoad will be used and trialled for two years by a truck carrying freight in order to determine how well the innovation works under various weather conditions and in conjunction with normal road traffic.The-CNN-Wire 3992

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