An analysis found that a hand recount of votes by Republican investigators missed thousands of ballots, and possibly many more. By Michael Wines and Nick Corasaniti The circus-like review of the 2020 vote commissioned by Arizona Republicans took another wild turn on Friday when veteran election experts charged that the very foundation of its findings […]
A man dressed as a ninja and wielding a sword attacked a group of US soldiers training at a California airport, according to what appears to be a military incident report circulating online. Two soldiers were left needing stitches after the assault at Inyokern Airport, an airfield about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, in […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Top US national security advisers will gather officials from 30 countries this month with plans to combat the growing threat of ransomware and other cyber crime, President Joe Biden said on Friday (Oct 1). An online session hosted by the White House National Security Council will also be aimed at “improving law […]
Justice Brett Kavanaugh has contacted the coronavirus despite being fully vaccinated, the Supreme Court disclosed on Friday morning. Kavanaugh, 56, tested positive on Thursday night while taking a routine coronavirus test before attending Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s investiture ceremony on Friday, the high court said in a statement. Out of precaution, he and his wife […]
NEW JERSEY (REUTERS) – Merck & Co’s experimental oral drug for Covid-19, molnupiravir, reduced by around 50 per cent the chance of hospitalisation or death for patients at risk of severe disease, according to interim clinical trial results announced on Friday (Oct 1). Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics plan to seek US emergency use authorisation […]
The drug maker Merck said on Friday that it would seek authorization for the first antiviral pill for Covid after its drug, known as molnupiravir, was shown in a clinical trial to cut the risk of hospitalization or death in half when given to high-risk people early in their infections. The treatment could become the […]
Polls show women and other reliably Democratic voters have soured on the president’s performance, raising questions about the causes of dissatisfaction. By Nate Cohn President Biden’s approval rating among key Democratic constituencies has declined considerably in recent months, eroding or even reversing decades-long patterns in public opinion. The as-yet-unanswerable question is whether that slide is […]
A winter-loving dog was given one last chance to play in the snow before being put to sleep after suffering from cancer. Maggie Bear had been ill for months when her owners decided to take her away for the whole weekend. During a camping trip, she was taken paddle-boarding, given her ball to play with […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Police killings in America have been undercounted by more than half over the past four decades, according to a new study that raises pointed questions about racial bias among medical examiners and highlights the lack of reliable national record keeping on what has become a major public health and civil rights […]
Lawmakers approve a spending Bill to extend federal funding through early December. WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Racing to avoid a government shutdown at midnight, the Senate on Thursday (Sept 30) approved a spending Bill to extend federal funding through early December and provide emergency aid to support the resettlement of Afghan refugees and disaster recovery efforts […]