The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a review of Scott Peterson’s convictions for murdering his wife, Laci, and their unborn son, because a juror in the 2004 trial failed to disclose that she was involved in certain legal proceedings. The court ordered the state to show why Mr. Peterson’s murder convictions should not be […]
A recent COVID-19 outbreak at a southern Ontario fitness studio is illustrating how certain indoor settings can provide a perfect storm for superspreading events. The studio, a downtown Hamilton SPINCO location, has been connected to 69 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, despite screening customers, operating at 50 per cent capacity and keeping the recommended […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – American news network NBC was battered with criticism on Wednesday (Oct 14) after it announced plans for a Thursday town hall event with President Donald Trump to air opposite an already-scheduled ABC forum with his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden. Top Democrats, media pundits, and many journalists inside NBC and MSNBC were […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his party raised a record-shattering US$383 million (S$519 million) in September for his presidential bid, likely bolstering his financial advantage over President Donald Trump ahead of the Nov 3 election. The campaign had US$432 million in cash at month’s end for the final five weeks […]
For the second time in six weeks, crew members on a commercial airliner flying near Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday found that they were sharing the skies with a person soaring solo over Southern California in a jetpack. The latest encounter was reported to have occurred at an altitude of 6,000 feet — nearly […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US State Department has submitted a proposal for the Trump administration to add China’s Ant Group to a trade blacklist, according to two people familiar with the matter, before the fintech arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba is slated to go public. It was not immediately clear when the US government agencies […]
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to stop the 2020 count. Here’s what that means for the census. By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Adam Liptak and Michael Wines Counting all of the people in the United States is always a giant task for the Census Bureau. But if ever there was a more difficult year […]
A sadistic couple killed an eight year-old girl by making her jump up and down on a trampoline during blisteringly hot weather, police say. Daniel Schwarz, 44, and his 34 year-old wife Ashley punished the girl, named Jaylin, on a roasting August day in Odessa, Texas, when the ground temperature reached 150f (65C). The pair […]
As the race for president ramps up, you will hear a lot about polls ahead of the big day on 3 November. Sky News looks into what the point of polling is and what the landscape is like for Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump. What are the polls saying? National polls up to […]
JOHNSTOWN/PEMBROKE PINES (REUTERS) – President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden fanned out to critical battleground states on Tuesday (Oct 13) as the presidential race entered a final, intense phase amid record numbers of early votes cast. At a rally in Pennsylvania, Mr Trump blasted Mr Biden on his environmental and energy policies as […]