Category: Uncategorized

Read More Billionaire West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family companies received at least $6.3 million from a federal rescue package meant to keep small businesses afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, according to data released by the Treasury Department on Monday. Justice, a Republican, is considered to be West Virginia’s richest man through ownership of dozens…

Read MoreFollow the latest updatesFollow the latest updates

Read More At a press briefing on Monday, reporters repeatedly pressed Kayleigh McEnany on the meaning of Donald Trump’s tweet about Nascar driver Bubba Wallace and the decision to ban Confederate flags at races. The White House press secretary repeatedly dodged questions on the White House’s stance on flying the Confederate flag and claimed Trump…

Read More

Read More

Read More (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Country music firebrand and fiddler Charlie Daniels, who had a hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at 83. A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer died Monday at a hospital in Hermitage, Tennessee, after doctors said he had a stroke. He had…

Read MoreFrench President Emmanuel Macron ousted his interior minister as part of a government shakeup Monday after protests against police brutality.French President Emmanuel Macron ousted his interior minister as part of a government shakeup Monday after protests against police brutality.

Read More (DAYTON, Ohio) — The world’s longest-surviving conjoined twins died July 4 at the age of 68. Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, of Beavercreek, Ohio, were born joined at the abdomen Oct. 28, 1951. In 2014, the brothers earned the distinction of being the world’s oldest set of conjoined twins shortly before their 63rd birthday.…

Read More Tom Hanks has played many different roles—Forrest Gump, Woody, Turner, Captain Phillips, Sully, and Mr. Rogers to name a few. One role that he never asked for, though, was among the visible famous faces of the coronavirus pandemic. As with all his other roles, Hanks handled it with grace, sincerity, and honesty. Now,…

Read MoreCountry music star Charlie Daniels, best known for the song The Devil Went Down to Georgia, has passed away at the age of 83.Country music star Charlie Daniels, best known for the song The Devil Went Down to Georgia, has passed away at the age of 83.

Read More (MOSCOW) — The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday defrocked a coronavirus-denying monk who has defied Kremlin lockdown orders and taken control of a monastery. A church panel in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg ruled to defrock 65-year-old Father Sergiy, who has attracted nationwide attention by urging believers to disobey church leadership and…

Read More (MOSCOW) — The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday defrocked a coronavirus-denying monk who has defied Kremlin lockdown orders and taken control of a monastery. A church panel in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg ruled to defrock 65-year-old Father Sergiy, who has attracted nationwide attention by urging believers to disobey church leadership and…

Read MoreEach of the 20 drivers wore a black T-shirt with the words “End Racism” as they convened at the start of the track.Each of the 20 drivers wore a black T-shirt with the words “End Racism” as they convened at the start of the track.

Read More If you’re American, you can be forgiven if you didn’t particularly feel like celebrating your country during this year’s Fourth of July holiday. If you’re not, your feelings toward the U.S., whether pity or schadenfreude, are understandable. The majority of the other early epicenters of the pandemic have largely figured this out, their…

Read More Jul 06 (IPS) – All people belong to one biological species and there are no human “races”. So why does belief in race persist? It may be a scientific misconception, but it is real. It defines the lived experience of many people and determines how governments act and how people treat one another.…

Read More Let’s face it: Many of us are going to be working from home for a long time, especially as cases of COVID-19 continue to spike across the country. That means we’re going to be making video calls for a lot longer—so why not figure out how to look and sound as good as…

Read More Couple say process will be uncomfortable but ‘needs to be done because everyone benefits’ The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have said the Commonwealth “must acknowledge the past”, even if it is “uncomfortable”, as the couple spoke of historic injustice, unconscious bias and racism in light of the Black Lives Matter movement. They…

Read More Some of the best TV of our time has been set at the intersection of human folly and systemic rot, from The Wire’s Dickensian Baltimore to the gallows comedy of the carceral state in Orange Is the New Black. Using large casts and multiseason sprawl, these shows slowly widen their frames to capture…

Read More Ongoing destruction of nature will result in stream of animal diseases jumping to humans, says report Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The world is treating the health and economic symptoms of the coronavirus pandemic but not the environmental cause, according to the authors of a UN report. As a…

Read More Facebook and its WhatsApp messenger have suspended the processing of law enforcement requests for the data of users from Hong Kong. Both cite concerns over “human rights” in the wake of the new Chinese national security law. WhatsApp has “paused” the processing of reviews “pending further assessment of the impact of the National…

Read More A study by researchers from the UK and US shows that the Earth’s magnetic field, which protects it from the Sun’s destructive solar flares, may change direction 10 times faster than previously thought.  The study shines light on the liquid iron flowing almost 2,000 miles below the Earth’s surface and how it influences…

Read More Vogue Portugal has apologized and pulled a controversial cover over claims it was glamorizing mental illness. The publication had first attempted to stand by the cover, which features a woman modelling as a psychiatric patient. The magazine faced swift backlash on Friday after posting an image of the cover — one of four…

Read More A man was Tasered and arrested by West Midlands police after the incident Two paramedics have been taken to hospital after being stabbed during a callout to a property in Wolverhampton. West Midlands police said they arrested a man after the incident on Monday afternoon. West Midlands ambulance service (WMAS) said the paramedics…

Read More (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral College. The ruling, just under four months before the 2020 election, leaves in place laws in 32 states and the District of Columbia that bind electors to vote for…

Read More NAIROBI, Jul 06 (IPS) – In 2013, Alice Wahome ran in her third attempt to win the hotly-contested Kandara constituency parliamentary seat in Murang’a County, Central Kenya. As is typical of rural politics, the field was male-dominated, with the stakes being high for all candidates but more especially so for Wahome — no…

Read MoreAthens bars all but essential travel from Serbia for a week as infections steadily rise.Athens bars all but essential travel from Serbia for a week as infections steadily rise.

Read MoreThe Louvre reopens with a one-way system and compulsory masks.The Louvre reopens with a one-way system and compulsory masks.

Read MoreThe warning came just after a pro-democracy campaigner asked for more international support.The warning came just after a pro-democracy campaigner asked for more international support.

Read More China and India have moved their soldiers away from the site of a deadly June skirmish along the disputed border in the Himalayas, reports say. The news comes a day after senior officials agreed to expedite mutual disengagement. Chinese soldiers have moved their tents and other structures away from the site of the…

Read More Jury hears details of alleged sexual assault in 2007 by future Conservative MP A woman “feared for her safety” after a future Conservative MP sexually assaulted her in his home and then chased her down the stairs before she locked herself in a room, a jury has been told. The alleged assault in…

Read More (BERLIN) — The German government has paid more than $1 billion over the past decade to cover costs related to the stationing of U.S. troops in Germany, according to the finance ministry in Berlin. The ministry provided the figures in reply to a query from opposition Left Party lawmaker Brigitte Freihold. The reply…

Read More (BERLIN) — The German government has paid more than $1 billion over the past decade to cover costs related to the stationing of U.S. troops in Germany, according to the finance ministry in Berlin. The ministry provided the figures in reply to a query from opposition Left Party lawmaker Brigitte Freihold. The reply…

Read MoreThe driver in France was set upon by people who had no tickets and refused to wear face masks.The driver in France was set upon by people who had no tickets and refused to wear face masks.

Read MorePresident Donald Trump slammed the people responsible for ripping a statue of Frederick Douglass from its base in upstate New York, writing in a tweet on Monday: “This shows that these anarchists have no bounds!”President Donald Trump slammed the people responsible for ripping a statue of Frederick Douglass from its base in upstate New…

Read More MONTREAL, Canada, Jul 06 (IPS) – Amy Luers is Executive Director of Future Earth, Director of Sustainability in the Digital Age Initiative, former Assistant Director for Climate and Information in the Obama White House, and former Senior Environmental Manager at GoogleAs the nations of the world prepare to gather virtually to assess progress…