LOS ANGELES (BLOOMBERG) – Los Angeles has a new tool to dissuade large parties that double as virus super-spreader events: shutting off offending properties’ electricity and water. Mayor Eric Garcetti said that he has authorised the city to cut water and power in “egregious cases” of houses, businesses and other venues hosting large gatherings, effective […]
Michelle Obama says the “hypocrisy” of Donald Trump’s government and racial tensions in the US have contributed to her suffering “low-grade depression”. Speaking on her new podcast, the former first lady opened up about lacking motivation and feeling low during the coronavirus lockdown. She said she had been feeling “out of body, out of mind” […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP, REUTERS) – Facebook said Wednesday (Aug 5) it had removed a video post by US President Donald Trump in which he contended that children are “almost immune” to the coronavirus, a claim the social network called “harmful Covid misinformation.” A tweet containing the video that was posted by the Trump campaign’s @TeamTrump […]
SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) – A newly discovered spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions to Google’s market-leading Chrome Web browser, researchers at Awake Security told Reuters, highlighting the tech industry’s failure to protect browsers as they are used more for e-mail, payroll and other sensitive functions. Alphabet Inc’s Google said it removed […]
A wife came home early from work to find her husband raping a 14 year-old girl in their bed, newly-filed charges claim. Paul Beecher Russell, 51, was indicted by a grand jury in Wichita Falls, Texas, last week over the alleged child abuse, which is said to have happened in May. He asked his unidentified […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US presidential candidate Joe Biden will not reveal his long-awaited choice of running mate this week despite previous expectations he would, his campaign told AFP on Tuesday (Aug 4). “I’m going to have a choice in the first week in August,” Biden told reporters on July 28. “And I promise, I’ll let […]
An aerial performer was handcuffed and arrested for wearing a thong bikini to the beach. Sam Panda, a professional acrobat, was enjoying the sun at Myrtle Beach in South Carolina over the weekend when officers showed up and detained her for her bathing suit after another woman apparently called to complain. ‘A woman called the […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The global death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday (Aug 5), according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise in fatalities. Nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours from Covid-19 on average, according to Reuters calculations based on data from the past […]
Donald Trump has contradicted Lebanese officials and suggested a “terrible attack” caused a massive explosion that killed at least 70 people in Beirut. The cause of the blast, which also injured thousands of others, has not been confirmed – but the Lebanese prime minister has blamed thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored at a […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States, where at least 155,000 people have died amid a patchy response to the public health crisis that has failed to stem a rise in cases. The Republican president continued to press for US […]