Month: July 2020
Gun attack leaves 24 dead in central Mexico
Gunmen on Wednesday attacked a drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico, killing at least 24 people and leaving seven wounded, local authorities said. According to preliminary information, the attackers “entered the scene, forced (the victims) onto the ground and shot
Read MoreActor Geoffrey Rush wins ‘largest ever’ Australian defamation payout from Rupert Murdoch
Sydney (AFP) – Hollywood star Geoffrey Rush won a record multimillion-dollar payout Thursday after an appeal by a Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper against a defamation ruling was thrown out by an Australian court.The Oscar-winner will receive US$2 million for lost earnings
Read MoreAnother Unwanted U.S. Record: 50,000 New Coronavirus Cases In 1 Day
Johns Hopkins University’s tracking site shows almost 2.7 million confirmed cases in the U.S. as of Wednesday. Total U.S. deaths from COVID-19 are more than double those of Brazil, which ranks second. (Image credit: David J. Phillip/AP)
Read MorePartisan divide over virus deepens as Republicans push Trump on masks – Fox News
Partisan divide over virus deepens as Republicans push Trump on masks Fox News Campaign debriefs: Trump polls slump as Biden considers VP options CBS News Ex-George W. Bush officials launch new group supporting Joe Biden CNN Has Trump Already Lost the 2020 Election? The
Read MoreFraudulent Jobless Claims Slow Relief to the Truly Desperate
Hundreds of millions of dollars went to bogus applications, triggering long reviews for others as scammers hide in a torrent of benefit requests.
Read MoreLAPD Funding Has Been Slashed by $150 Million, Reducing the Number of Officers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by $150 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen for more than a decade amid nationwide demands to shift money
Read MoreUS virus cases smash daily record as over 52,000 diagnosed
Trump says he hopes virus is ‘going to sort of just disappear,’ as several states impose restrictions on public venues in run-up to July 4 weekend
Read More75 years ago: When atomic scientist Leo Szilard tried to halt dropping bombs over Japan
As this troubled summer rolls along, and the world begins to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the creation, and use, of the first atomic bombs, many special, or especially tragic, days will draw special attention. They will include July 16
Read MoreA century on, Finland air force drops swastika symbol
A Swedish count and future brother-in-law to Hermann Goering introduced the emblem to country in 1918, two years before the Nazi Party officially adopted it
Read MoreApple and Google block dozens of Chinese apps in India
Two days after India blocked 59 apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with New Delhi’s order and are preventing users in the world’s second largest internet market from accessing those apps. UC Browser, Shareit,
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