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This was awkward. Joe Biden arrived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday afternoon for a campaign event. The 77-year-old brushed off reporters after he deplaned. A few dozen people (including media) showed up for Biden’s ‘big speech’ on Monday. Pathetic. WATCH: Here are the people who showed up for Biden’s big speech in Pittsburgh today pic.twitter.com/Oegbts8avA…

A three-judge appeals court panel ruled that Congress cannot sue to enforce a subpoena before first passing a law authorizing such action.

RCMP say the police investigation will stay open until Naderi is found.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Two years before Clark Hunt was born, the Kansas City Chiefs made history by taking Grambling State defensive tackle Buck Buchanan in the American Football League draft, making him the first Black player from any college - much less a historically Black one - to ...

Supporters of Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo have submitted his documents to the electoral commission to get him registered as a candidate in the October elections after his name had been removed from the list of candidates

Legendary former Georgetown Hoyas coach John Thompson has passed away. Here’s Philly Voice reporting on Allen Iverson’s reaction to the tragic news: Georgetown University basketball coach John Thompson died Sunday night at 78 years old, prompting an outpouring of tributes Monday morning. Among them was a message from NBA Hall of Famer and Philadelphia 76ers … Continue reading "Allen Iverson’s emotional Instagram post on John Thompson"

If not for mandatory minimum sentence laws that have since been invalidated, William Forrester would already be free. Instead, he got COVID-19 in prison.

Pranab Mukherjee: A life in pictures

Two-thirds of Americans said quarantine has made them a better person, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 Americans (aged 21+) looked at the positives changes to come from this challenging time — and the ways in which respondents are re-prioritizing what they value. Results revealed 55 percent of respondents were even a bit...

Dell, HP, and Lenovo are running labor day sales (even though Labor Day is a week away). Meanwhile eBay is running a 25th anniversary sale, where you can save 25-percent on select products when you use the coupon code PARTYFOR25 at checkout. All of which is to say, you can find some pretty good deals […]

I regret to inform you that AT&T is at it again. For over a decade now, the company has had a weird infatuation with Google. It seems to truly hate Google and has long decided that anything bad for Google must be good for AT&T. Because Google was an early supporter of net neutrality -- a concept that AT&T (stupidly and incorrectly) seems to think is an existential threat to its own business plans of coming up with sneaky ways to spy on you and charge you more -- over a decade ago... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump’s former chief strategist will go on trial on May 24 2021.

The House will likely need to pass a short-term, stopgap funding bill when it returns in mid-September to avert a government shutdown at the end of next month, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) wrote to colleagues on Monday.“By September 30th...

If there has ever been a time to have big theater kid energy, that time is now. The optimism! The earnestness! The resilience! The high kicks! We here at The A.V. Club, many of us former (or, let’s face it, current) theater kids ourselves, are zero percent surprised that the new senior class in the University Of…

TSA is installing full-height plastic barriers at 37 airports nationwide to protect security screeners and passengers from the spread of coronavirus.

In four separate orders, a fine of Rs 1 lakh each has been levied by the regulator on Geeta Narayanan, Birendra Kumar Jain, Island Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd and Maxgain Advisory Pvt Ltd.

Negotiations to sell J.C. Penney have stalled, placing the retailer one step closer to a potential liquidation.

New COVID-19 admissions in the Union Territory dipped to under 300 in a 24-hour period on Monday after three successive days of reporting in excess of

Dutch worker Johan Jacobus Kootte, 38, is said to have been still alive when emergency services arrived at the horrific scene in Longyearbyen, Svalbard

The High Court of Karnataka on Monday ordered issue of notice to the State government, the Governor, and the Chief Minister on a PIL petition filed a

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Boycott: NBA playoff games called off amid player protest Making their strongest statement yet in the fight against racial injustice, players from six NBA teams decided not to play postseason games on Wednesday in a boycott that quickly reverberated across other professional leagues. Also called off: Some games in Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer […]