Liberty University’s board of trustees on Tuesday accepted the resignation of President Jerry Falwell Jr., following a daylong back-and-forth over the fate of the longtime evangelical Christian leader who spent 13 turbulent years at the school’s helm. Falwell, whom the board had placed on an indefinite leave of absence Aug. 7 after a series of scandals, offered […]
The police shooting of Jacob Blake was shocking. As the Republican Party convention prepared to roll out Donald Trump’s vision for America, the actual vision from Wisconsin cast an ugly, distracting shadow. The full facts surrounding the police shooting of Mr Blake, a black man, are still to established. But the details already on public […]
AETNA SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA (REUTERS) – More dry-lightning hit Northern California on Monday (Aug 24) after sparking over 625 wildfires the past week but firefighters got some relief as temperatures eased off record highs. The worst of the blazes, including the second and third largest in California history, burned in the San Francisco Bay Area with […]
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The top US infectious diseases expert is warning that distributing a Covid-19 vaccine under special emergency use guidelines before it has been proved safe and effective in large trials is a bad idea that could have a chilling effect on the testing of other vaccines. Scientists and health experts have expressed […]
Arrests follow violent clashes between rival groups of protesters in the city’s downtown area earlier in the day. Portland police said they arrested 14 people overnight after officers were hit by rocks, bottles and paintballs, following violent clashes between rival groups of demonstrators that roiled the city’s downtown area earlier in the day. Police said […]
Video shows a man walking towards a car followed by two officers, one officer shoots him as he opens the vehicle’s door. Protests erupted in Kenosha in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot an apparently unarmed Black man multiple times in the back, prompting authorities to impose a curfew. The shooting occurred at […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he invites comparisons with US President Donald Trump on their mental fitness, saying it’s a “legitimate question” given their ages, and that if elected, he is open to the possibility of seeking a second term. “Watch me, Mr. President. Watch me,” Mr Biden, 77, said in […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump’s top homeland security official said on Sunday (Aug 23) that his department does not have the authority to send law enforcement to polling sites during the November election despite Trump’s suggestion that federal officers could be deployed to guard against election fraud. “That’s not what we do at […]
The administration has not offered evidence the agency, which oversees drug safety, has delayed vaccine development. A White House official has continued President Donald Trump’s attacks on the agency that oversees the safety of drug development, suggesting that personnel at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have deliberately delayed the development of a vaccine and […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – The United States had its first real weekend back at the movies with the reopening of theatre heavyweights AMC and Regal – but film fans made only a timid return in a country which continues to register more than 40,000 new cases of coronavirus a day. Leading theatre operator AMC reopened […]