Democratic ticket is Joe and Kamala Kamala Harris will be the Democratic Party’s nominee for vice president of the United States in the Nov. 3 election. Joe Biden, who will head the […]
Harris is in; fall football is out
Officials knew of Beirut danger
Top Lebanese officials were warned last month about the dangers posed by a huge cache of volatile ammonium nitrate in Beirut’s port, according to Reuters news service. The agency reports that […]
School re-openings in New York
The State of New York, once the biggest hot spot in the nation for COVID-19 infections, is planning to reopen schools in some areas of the Empire State under certain conditions. Gov. […]
A ban on Chinese apps owners
A ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of the popular apps TikTok and WeChat was ordered on Thursday by President Donald Trump. The executive orders will go into effect in 45 […]
A tradition of speeches broken
The tradition of presidential candidates accepting their nominations from crowded convention centers and speaking to noisy audiences of supporters is another victim of the coronavirus pandemic. Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, […]
Good results on COVID questioned
Is the reported drop in the rate of COVID-19 infections in California encouraging or just the result of flawed data processing? Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s Health and Human Services secretary, said on […]
Back to school, says Dr. Fauci
The nation’s expert on epidemics, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Monday that schools and colleges should reopen in the fall despite the coronavirus epidemic, provided appropriate safeguards are observed and testing conducted. “The […]
Dr. Fauci: A vaccine in early 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, said on Friday he was confident that a coronavirus vaccine will be ready in the early part of 2021. “I don’t think […]
Economy drops at a 32.9% rate
The U.S. economy plunged by an historic 32.9 percent annual rate for the second quarter of 2020, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis in a report released Thursday. That decline is […]
Deal on jobless benefits not close
Congress and the White House are “nowhere close to a deal” to extend unemployment benefits set to expire on Friday, according to published reports. Earlier in the week, Senate Republicans unveiled their […]
