Alicia Victoria Lozano and Diana Dasrath 2h ago / 11:39 PM UTCMajor television networks started trotting out their fall lineups this month in atypical fashion. Conspicuously missing from the announcements are the star-studded parties at big venues like Radio City Music Hall, events that had come to define the showcase season in a pre-coronavirus world.Instead,…
Month: May 2020
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has asked Congress for a lifeline amid the coronavirus pandemic that has caused applications to plummet and brought it to the brink of insolvency.A naturalization ceremony in 2019 administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Los Angeles. Credit...Etienne Laurent/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockMay 17, 2020LOS ANGELES — A precipitous drop in applications for…
WASHINGTON — The State Department inspector general who was removed from his job Friday was looking into whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a staffer walk his dog, pick up his dry cleaning and make dinner reservations for Pompeo and his wife, among other personal errands, according to two congressional officials assigned to different…
Restaurants around the world are figuring out how to safely welcome back customers during the coronavirus pandemic. Many eateries will have staff wear masks and gloves, while others are getting creative with stuffed animals filling seats or glass houses surrounding diners.May 17, 2020
A Canadian Air Force jet crashed into a home in a neighborhood near Kamloops, British Columbia in Canada. The jet was celebrating front-line workers in the coronavirus pandemic. A neighbor said, "All of a sudden I heard it and I thought it was gunshots." The Royal Canadian Air Force announced that the pilot died.May 17,…
A Canadian Air Force jet crashed into a home in a neighborhood near Kamloops, British Columbia in Canada. The jet was celebrating front-line workers in the coronavirus pandemic. A neighbor said, "All of a sudden I heard it and I thought it was gunshots." The Royal Canadian Air Force announced that the pilot died.May 17,…
With wedding venues closed and marriage licenses set to expire, a Florida courthouse stepped up to help happy couples tie the knot with drive-thru ceremonies.May 17, 2020
Donald Trump has hit back at Barack Obama’s criticism of his administration’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, accusing the former US president of being “grossly incompetent” during his time in office. It is rare for a former president to rebuke a successor, but Obama did so during an online speech to graduating university and high…
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South African traders with China are illegally selling thousands of wild animals threatened with extinction and endangered, under the guise of legal exports, according to an investigation. Monkeys have been stolen from the wild, and together with cheetahs, tigers, rhinos, lions and meerkats, they have been trafficked to circuses, theme parks, laboratories, zoos and “safari…
White House adviser Peter Navarro downplayed the firing of the State Department's inspector general in a TV appearance on Sunday, linking him to the “deep state” and saying that those who are not loyal to the administration must go. Steve Linick became the fourth inspector general Donald Trump has fired in two months, following his…
“There is bound to be rust,” the understandable and expected analysis went, almost on loop, as the Bundesliga became the first major football league to resume amid the coronavirus crisis. On social media, the return was largely marked with unsurprising ‘this is just not football’ rhetoric as though the game could magically scrub away the…
White House Trade and Manufacturing Policy Director Peter Navarro speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House on March 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "let the country down" early in the nation's response to the…
Benjamin Netanyahu’s new unity government has finally been sworn into power – after three deadlocked and divisive Israeli elections, 18 months of political paralysis, and a further three-day delay due to his party’s infighting over cabinet posts. The Likud leader and his rival-turned-partner Benny Gantz, a former military chief, announced their appointments for the new…
U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at her weekly press conference.Michael Brochstein | Barcroft Media | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump's surprise firing of the State Department's internal watchdog could be "unlawful" if it was done in retaliation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday.Trump on Friday night ordered the removal of State Department Inspector General Steve…
Barack Obama shared a special message with class of 2020 graduates who were unable to celebrate due to the coronavirus pandemic. The former President of the United States released a video commencement speech on Saturday with words of encouragement for outgoing high school and college students on their momentous milestone. "Graduation is a big achievement…
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