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New York City Ahead Of Curve On COVID-19, But Faces Risks Going Into Fall - Experts
New York City, once an epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has managed to contain the virus as it reopens, but faces risks of an uptick in cases in the fall, public health experts told Reuters.
Iran Says US Has No Right To Demand Restoration Of Sanctions
Irans foreign minister in a letter to the U.N. Security Council said the U.S. has no right to demand the restoration of U.N. sanctions against Iran, the Foreign Ministry's website said Friday.
Saved By Suburbs: Food Trucks Hit By Virus Find New Foodies
On a warm summer night, two food trucks pulled onto a treelined street in a hilltop neighborhood outside Seattle. The smell of grilled meat filled the air, and neighbors slurped on boba tea drinks. Toddlers, teens, their parents and dogs sat in the grass,...
Loughlin, Giannulli To Be Sentenced In College Bribery Plot
More than a year after Full House star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were charged with paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California, the famous couple ap...
Mexico's Graft Scandal Sparks Tit-for-tat Video Leaks
Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obradors insistence on a public airing of a rapidly widening corruption scandal could complicate the investigation, and it is drawing questions about whether he would be doing this if the accusations were against his ow...
Philippines Protests China Actions Vs. Fishermen, Aircraft
The Philippine government filed a diplomatic protest after Chinese forces seized fishing equipment set up by Filipinos in a disputed shoal in their latest territorial spat in the South China Sea.
Florida Mayor Suspended After Hurricane Fraud Charges
The mayor of a Florida Panhandle city was suspended from office Thursday after being charged earlier this week in the theft of $5 million in Hurricane Michael debris removal funds.
George Floyd Mural In Minneapolis Defaced With Black Paint
Someone has defaced a giant mural of George Floyd at the Minneapolis intersection where he died in May.
Video Shows Muslim Man's Faith Mocked During Fatal Arrest
An advocacy group released what they say is previously unseen body camera footage Thursday showing Phoenix police mocking the religion of a Black Muslim man who later died in their custody.
ISS crew looks for source of small cabin air leak - NASA
Three crew members on board the International Space Station will spend the weekend in the vessel's Russian segment while they search for the source of a cabin air leak, NASA and Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Thursday.
1 dead after vehicle, light-rail trains collide in Baltimore
A woman died and two people sustained injuries Thursday when the vehicle they were in collided with two lightrail trains at an intersection in Baltimore.
Stranded and injured, Lebanese family reels from blast
Beirut's catastrophic port explosion has demolished Rita Faraj Oghlo's house, left her family stranded and may cost her husband Adel his leg.
Record Melt: Greenland Lost 586 Billion Tons of Ice in 2019, Enough to Cover California in 4 Feet of Water
After two years when summer ice melt had been minimal, last summer shattered all records with 586 billion tons of ice melting, according to satellite measurements reported in a study. That's more than 532 trillion litres of water.
Israel clears protest camp ahead of pro-Netanyahu rally
Israeli police dispersed dozens of protesters outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence on Thursday ahead of a planned rally by supporters of the Israeli leader.
Covid-19 May Not Spread to Infants Through Breast Milk: Study
The study, published on Wednesday in the journal JAMA, examined 64 samples of breast milk collected by a biorepository from 18 women across the US infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
After half-century in politics, Joe Biden to accept Democratic presidential nomination
In the biggest speech of his nearly 50 years in public life, Joe Biden will spell out his vision for the presidency on Thursday when he accepts the Democratic nomination to challenge Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 U.S. election.