WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – President Donald Trump’s nominee to the US Supreme Court, Ms Amy Coney Barrett, will begin meeting with senators this week as Republicans push ahead with a rapid Senate confirmation process ahead of November’s presidential election over the objections of Democrats. Ms Barrett will meet Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham on Tuesday […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Public health officials in the US could take heart at the end of the summer. Even as the new coronavirus continued to spread, fewer people were winding up in the hospital because of Covid-19, and fewer were dying. Now, as the seasons turn, there are signs suggesting there will be more deaths […]
SANTA ROSA (REUTERS) – A wildfire in northern California’s Napa Valley wine country more than quadrupled in size overnight to some 11,000 acres (4,450 hectares), burning homes and vineyards and forcing officials to order thousands of residents to evacuate on Monday (Sept 28). As the small city of Santa Rosa emptied out around him, Jas […]
The US presidential election steps up a gear this week, as Donald Trump and Joe Biden square off in their first televised presidential debate on Tuesday night. While many may see the contests as entertainment as both candidates try to expose their rivals’ record and fluster their opponent, with the coronavirus lockdown having kept Mr […]
Clusters of cases have emerged in Brooklyn and New York City’s northern suburbs, in areas with large Orthodox Jewish communities. By Jesse McKinley and Luis Ferré-Sadurní After months of a decline in the rate of positive test results, New York reported a spike in its rate of new coronavirus cases on Monday, as state and […]
Nebraska’s Second Congressional District could play a decisive role in a very close election. By Nate Cohn In a close race, the presidential election could be decided by an unlikely spot: Nebraska’s Second Congressional District, including Omaha and most of its suburbs. If the race is decided there, Joe Biden appears to have the advantage, […]
Two fast-moving wildfires, having burned more than 18,000 acres in Northern California since they began on Sunday, prompted new evacuation orders as the year’s grueling fire season wore on, the authorities said. The Zogg Fire in Shasta County and the Glass Fire in Napa County burned about 7,000 and 11,000 acres as of Monday morning, […]
With 7 million known cases of the coronavirus across the country, more people are suffering from symptoms that go on and on. By Sarah Mervosh They caught the coronavirus months ago and survived it, but they are still stuck at home, gasping for breath. They are no longer contagious, but some feel so ill that […]
The governor of Texas issued a disaster declaration on Sunday for a Gulf Coast county where a 6-year-old boy died after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba and the organism was found in the water supply. In early September, Brazoria County health officials alerted the city of Lake Jackson, Texas, about 56 miles south of […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Erin Marquino, a junior at the University of Missouri, sits in a hammock while working on her laptop in a photo she posted on Instagram in early September. “Having completely virtual classes has its perks sometimes, but @Mizzou has made it easy to be on campus, too!!” the caption reads. “It’s […]