President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, he said Friday. The positive tests come a month before the election and after the president has spent the year largely downplaying the threat of the virus. Trump’s positive test comes just hours after the White House announced that senior aide … Continued
(VI CONSORTIUM) – Cruise ships will be free to set sail again early November if they so choose, following a White House order that scrapped a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to extend the no-sail order to mid-February. Instead, the CDC’s new order extends the cruising ban to Oct. 31, following a meeting … Continued
CLEVELAND (AP) — The first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden deteriorated into bitter taunts and near chaos last evening as Trump repeatedly interrupted his opponent with angry — and personal — jabs that sometimes overshadowed the sharply different visions each man has for a nation facing historic crises. In the … Continued
RUETERS Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled fiercely over Trump’s leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and the integrity of November’s election in a chaotic first debate on Tuesday marked by personal insults, name calling and Trump’s repeated interruptions. Moderator Chris Wallace never established control of the debate. The two … Continued
CNN Jennifer Gommerman, a professor of immunology at the University of Toronto, also used the phrase “really promising. “She said that, along with Regeneron’s earlier work published in a peer-reviewed journal in August, the additional key takeaway is that the “cocktail” approach is effective. A cocktail antibody therapy uses two or more lab-engineered antibodies. Regeneron’s … Continued
(ASSOCIATED PRESS) The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work. “It’s not just a number. It’s human beings. It’s people we … Continued
(CNN)- The United Kingdom and France both reported their highest rise in daily coronavirus case numbers Thursday with Europe in the grip of a second wave of infection. It comes amid a flurry of outbreaks at universities across Europe, which has seen students in Scotland told “there must be no parties, and no socialising outside their households. “French health authorities … Continued
WASHINGTON (AP) — The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in state Friday at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman in American history to do so, in commemoration of her extraordinary life. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it was with “profound sorrow” that she welcomed the liberal icon and opened the private … Continued
Associated Press Hours after a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for the killing of Breonna Taylor and protesters took to the streets, authorities said an officer had been shot Wednesday night during the demonstrations expressing anger over the deaths of Black people at the hands of police. Several shots rang out … Continued
A Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for the killing of Breonna Taylor during a drug raid gone wrong, with prosecutors saying Wednesday that two officers who fired their weapons at the Black woman were justified in using force to protect themselves. The only charges brought by the grand jury were three … Continued
