Новости за 09.08.2020

Ahead of any stimulus bill agreement, President Trump takes unilateral action that could affect tens of millions of Americans. Here's what it all means.

The 2020 NFL season hasn't started yet but it's already come to an end for Minnesota Vikings linebacker Cameron Smith. On Saturday, August 8, the 23-year-old athlete announced he...

World leaders on Sunday pledged more than 250 million euros for disaster-struck Lebanon, conference host France said, with the emergency aid to be delivered "directly" to a population reeling from the...

Reigning Armagh champions Crossmaglen take a step towards defending their title with a 1-8 to 3-10 win over neighbours Silverbridge.

With just a few months left for the West Bengal Assembly elections, Meghalaya Governor and former BJP leader Tathagata Roy has expressed desire to return to active politics in his home state once his...

The fresh paradigm should be on how to structure common understanding; China needs to be factored in

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, South East Nigeria, on Saturday reelected the 39-member State Working Committee for a second tenure of office. The party congress took place at the Abakaliki Township Stadium and was well attended by the party members drawn from the 13 council areas of the state. But the three […]

As negotiations for a stimulus package stalled on Capitol Hill, the president took matters into his own hands, signing several decrees to benefit Americans

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Three people were arrested and another cited after fights broke out a pro-police rally in Colorado, authorities said Sunday.

Kylie Jenner made a surprise cameo in Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's latest collab 'WAP', and the makeup mogul was so 'honored' to be involved.

TWO boys were robbed of the fruits of their labor when older boys apparently held up their lemonade stand at gunpoint. The children were selling lemonade in the East Bluff section of Peoria, Illinois, on Friday afternoon when two other boys approached them with a gun, the Peoria Journal Star reported. The two bullies took […]

The arson, looting and rioting have died down, but we're still a long way from cultural normalcy in the US of A. (That A is for antagonism). One strange new feature of the culture is the abject, I-...

A Joe Biden administration would be bad news for parents who savor or crave school-choice options for their children.

Ellen DeGeneres built her career on being nice. Now that's in jeopardy.

A Welsh dentist was secretly stalked for four years by a disgruntled patient who carried a “murder kit” — including a ski mask, knife, hammer and even a crossbow, according to prosecutors. Thomas Baddeley, 42, took meticulous notes as he counted down to “the event” — which officials believe was a plan to kill his...

Of the two presidential candidates, Biden has been much less accessible, doing fewer interviews and hardly traveling.

Public schools in the US are embarking on a grand experiment, balancing the safety of 51 million students with their academic, social and emotional needs, writes Barbara Kantrowitz. Parents and educators are realizing that there are no good choices.

Suburbs are becoming more progressive, valuing diversity, and Trump is promoting a caricature of what they really are, strategists say

If Biden thinks he can engage in hurtful and anti-Black political discourse, then he is going to have a serious problem in November, Bankole writes.

Natasha Harrison - described as ‘shy and quiet’ - hasn't been seen since Thursday and her family have been informed of the find in Stevenston, Scotland

Once a punchline, Bay Area liberalism has grown and changed into a national governing force-one that could propel Kamala Harris to the doorstep of the presidency.

At New Hope Christian College in Eugene, Oregon, more than 100 people gathered to protect a cross that had stood on the campus as a war memorial for more than 20 years. They were alerted that protesters, who declared it was a racist symbol, planned a rally to tear it down.

A dive into the exclusive content from Trump 2020 shows a campaign running away from its candidate's performance in office.

For the first time, we saw in the 2010s a systematic effort by players in institutions to knowingly and willfully promote falsehoods to achieve bureaucratic and political outcomes or, possibly, to foment division in America, the book Fallout argues.

Twitter might make it easier for users to view quote retweets. 

The social network confirmed to The Verge over the weekend that it's testing a new feature. For some people, quote retweets now appear as "Quotes" under tweets, with their own counter, similar to how the number of retweets and likes are displayed. 

Twitter updated the iOS app in May to allow users to delineate between quote retweets and regular retweets if they tap the "Retweets" counter. With the new feature, you wouldn't have to take that extra step. Читать дальше...