WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – In the realm of public opinion, one overarching issue has dominated this year’s presidential race: President Donald Trump himself. Throughout his term, Americans have expressed strong opinions about him one way or the other, according to polls. And today, most voters know for certain where they stand in the contest between Trump […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – In the last week, leading epidemiologists from respected institutions have, through different methods, reached the same conclusion: About 85 per cent to 90 per cent of the American population is still susceptible to Sars-CoV-2, the virus causing the current coronavirus pandemic. The number is important because it means that “herd immunity” – […]
A five year-old boy and his seven year-old brother lived with their grandmother’s corpse for a week after she suddenly dropped dead. Connie Taylor, 71, adopted her unnamed grandsons, and lived with them at her home in Talty, Texas, until she unexpectedly died at home earlier this month. Taylor’s grandsons said they were unable to […]
Three people were killed as two rapidly growing wildfires tore through Northern California, scorching tens of thousands of acres and forcing the evacuation of nearly 70,000 people from the famed Napa and Sonoma wine country. Authorities said Monday three people had died in the Zogg Fire in Shasta County, which began Sunday and had grown […]
ASHLAND, Ore. — Francisco Javier Torres came to Oregon’s Rogue Valley to plant trees and fight wildfires. When his children were young, he began restoring old mobile homes and renting them to the seasonal workers who pick pears, grapes and hemp. In the mobile home community of Coleman Creek Estates, just north of Ashland in […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will commit an additional $400 million in development and humanitarian spending to combat COVID-19. Trudeau says the new money will go to trusted partners that are fighting COVID-19 around the world. Trudeau made the pledge during a videoconference at the United Nations that he co-hosted with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres […]
New York City on Tuesday marked a major milestone in its halting effort to reopen public schools for in-person learning, with elementary schools welcoming roughly 300,000 students to classrooms for a school year that will be unlike any other. For most of the students, it was the first time they had entered classrooms since the […]
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in three counties because of the Glass and Zogg fires that have claimed three lives and burned thousands of hectares in the state since Sunday (Sept 27). The counties include Napa, Sonoma and Shasta, the governor’s office said in a statement late […]
Several people have died in a “hostage situation” in Oregon, police have said. Officers were called to a home in Salem at around 12.30pm on Monday to reports of hostages being taken. A trained police negotiator made a call to the home, but shots were fired as the incident unfolded. Several people – including the […]
A Texas sheriff was arrested on Monday on a charge of tampering with evidence — video from the crew of a police ride-along TV program — in the death of a Black motorist whom deputies had repeatedly shot with a Taser as he appealed that he had heart disease and could not breathe. The motorist, […]