After more than a year of legal wrangling, the nation’s largest Confederate monument — a soaring statue of Robert E. Lee, the South’s Civil War general — will be hoisted off its pedestal in downtown Richmond, Va., on Wednesday morning. The Lee statue was erected in 1890, the first of six Confederate monuments — symbols […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday (Sept 7) he was certain China would try to work out an arrangement with the Taliban after the Islamic insurgents seized power in Afghanistan on Aug 15. Asked if he was worried that China would fund the group, which is sanctioned under US law, Biden […]
A red-hot economy, wildfire smoke from California and the shriveling of the Great Salt Lake are making Utah’s alarming pollution even worse. Credit…Lindsay D’Addato for The New York Times Supported by By Simon Romero SALT LAKE CITY — Kevin Perry had just begun his morning routine, stepping outside to get the newspaper, when he noticed […]
Two people were shot to death in the lobby of a Marriott Marquis hotel in downtown Houston. The victims were shot around 3.30pm on Tuesday, the Houston Police Department said in a statement, according to the Daily Mail. ‘It appears to be a murder-suicide incident. Further info will be released at the scene,’ police said. It […]
The sales script went something like this, federal prosecutors say: The price of printer toner has gone up, but customers can lock in at the lower rate they’ve been paying for the office supply. But by the time tens of thousands of small businesses, charities and other organizations that signed orders for toner — the […]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a restrictive voting bill into law that puts new hurdles on mail-in ballots and bans 24-hour and drive-thru voting. The Republican governor said ‘election integrity is now law in the state of Texas’, as he signed Senate Bill 1 on Tuesday. Voting rights advocates say the bill makes it […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – More than 40 million cases of the coronavirus have been recorded in the United States, according to a New York Times database. The total number of known infections, more than the population of California, the nation’s most populous state, is a testament to the spread of the coronavirus, especially lately the […]
For much of California, the arrival of September has brought extreme, scalding temperatures. Sunday was the hottest day in Los Angeles in nearly 11 months, according to AccuWeather. Temperatures in the Inland Empire and the Sacramento region soared into the triple-digits over the long weekend. And in the next few days, dangerous heat waves are […]
The mansion, on an island off Miami Beach, befitted the Prohibition-era crime leader: pearl white walls, a cabana for pool parties and a guesthouse for armed guards on the payroll to keep a look out for their boss, Al Capone. In 1928, a 29-year-old Capone paid $40,000 for the house, which served, for a time, […]
MEXICO CITY — El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, allowing the cryptocurrency to be used in any transaction, from buying a cup of coffee to paying taxes. The bold move, largely celebrated by the international bitcoin community, has found a more skeptical reception at home and in […]