- Coronavirus updates: Senior Iranian health official tests positive as pandemic fears growAs 500 new cases were reported across mainland China, here is the latest for Tuesday, Feb. 25.
read more ...2 hours ago - Joe Biden tells crowd ‘I’m a candidate for the United States Senate’ in confused campaign speechDemocratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has raised concern after he delivered a confused campaign speech in South Carolina, saying he was a “candidate for the United States Senate” and that people could “vote for the other Biden” if they did not like him.His speech at the First in the South Dinner on Monday came ahead of the presidential primary in
read more ...7 hours ago - Two-Thirds of the World’s Most Polluted Cities Are in India(Bloomberg) -- Several Chinese cities, including Beijing, have dramatically improved their air quality in recent years, while Indian metropolises remain some of the world’s worst polluted, according to a new report.Beijing -- once infamous for its toxic haze -- has reduced smog levels and dropped down a list of the world’s most polluted cities, falling to 199 from 84 three
read more ...9 hours ago - Pompeo appeared to coordinate with Giuliani on Ukraine, new documents showWhile the impeachment proceedings are now over, ongoing lawsuits and upcoming books are expected to reveal still more details about the campaign to have Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pursue the investigations Trump wanted.
read more ...21 hours ago - Victims turn to media to expose sex abuse by college doctorsRobert Julian Stone was tired of waiting, afraid that complaints of sexual abuse at the hands of a former University of Michigan doctor would be covered up. The newspaper last week was the first to report Stone's allegations against the late Dr. Robert E. Anderson, triggering similar reports.
read more ...21 hours ago - 'Truth still matters': Judge sentences Roger Stone to 3 years in prison for obstructing Congress' Russia investigationThe sentence caps a tumultuous 10 days for the Justice Department. Prosecutors originally recommended seven to nine years, but they were overruled.
read more ...22 hours ago - 'Kids should sit with their parents': Petition urges airlines to seat families together for freeConsumer Reports, which has been pressuring the U.S. DOT to take action on family seating, is now appealing directly to airlines.
read more ...24 hours ago - NASA space telescope spots a double star system with an alter ego1 day ago
- Tom Steyer has paid more than $40,000 to rent a property owned by Jim Clyburn's daughterBillionaire Tom Steyer is facing some criticism over his spending in South Carolina, a state where his Democratic presidential campaign is making some legitimate headway.Some people have even accused him of trying to buy votes from the state's African-American voters, which Steyer and many others have adamantly denied, The New York Times reports. One thing that's been particularly scrutinized is
read more ...1 day ago - Indian women protest new citizenship laws, joining a global 'fourth wave' feminist movementWomen are among the strongest opponents of two new laws in India that threaten the citizenship rights of vulnerable groups like Muslims, poor women, oppressed castes and LGBTQ people.The Citizenship Amendment Act, passed in December 2019, fast-tracks Indian citizenship for undocumented refugees from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan – but only those who are non-Muslim. Another law - the National Register
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