DECEMBER 15, 2020
A patient receiving a dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine during a trial in Washington State earlier this year. - Ted S. Warren/AP
WASHINGTON — The coronavirus vaccine made by Moderna is highly protective for adults and prevents severe cases of Covid-19, according to data released on Tuesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Based on the encouraging...
DECEMBER 14, 2020
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden debate in September at Case Western University in Cleveland. - Patrick Semansky, AP Images
For the first 174 years of our nation’s history, no law dictated how long a president could hold office. Until the 22nd Amendment was ratified in 1951, the “two-term rule” was merely a tradition established by our...
DECEMBER 14, 2020
In a letter announcing his decision, Representative Paul Mitchell warned that by continuing to align themselves with President Trump, top Republicans would do “long-term harm to our democracy.” - Susan Walsh/AP
Representative Paul Mitchell of Michigan, a two-term Republican who voted for President Trump this year, announced on Monday that he would immediately sever his ties with...
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Health care workers across the United States were among the first Americans to get the federally approved coronavirus vaccine Monday, marking a critical moment in the fight against Covid-19.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the way for Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine to be used for emergency use Friday as the country is still deep in the pandemic, with...
DECEMBER 14, 2020
WILMINGTON, DE November 25, 2020: President- elect Joe Biden gives a before thanksgiving speech at the Queen in Wilmington, DE on November 25, 2020. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
President-elect Joe Biden claimed formal victory over President Trump on Monday, winning his 306 votes in the electoral college and advancing one more...
DECEMBER 14, 2020
An image from a microscope shows coronavirus particles taken from a patient. - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories/AP
Certain gene variants are linked to severe coronavirus infections, according to a team of scientists in Europe who studied the genomes of 2,200 critically ill covid-19 patients. Their results provide robust support that genetic...
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Former Vice President Al Gore urged Republicans to overcome their fear of President Donald Trump tweeting "them into political oblivion." He is shown above attending a press conference for 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power' at Hotel Adlon on August 8, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. - Photo by Matthias Nareyek/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures/Getty
Former Vice President...
DECEMBER 12, 2020
In a shocking incident, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was desecrated in Washington on Saturday (December 12) by some supporters of Khalistani movement during a protest organized by Sikh-American youths in support of farmers protesting at Delhi borders against the three new farm laws implemented by the Centre.
The youths were also spotted waving Khalistan flags during the...
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Supporters of President Trump held a rally on Tuesday outside the Supreme Court, many of them promoting Mr. Trump’s baseless allegations of voter fraud in the election. - Anna Moneymaker/NY Times
The Supreme Court repudiation of President Trump’s desperate bid for a second term not only shredded his effort to overturn the will of voters: It also...
DECEMBER 12, 2020
The Trustees of the British Museum Tudor coins from New Forest, Hampshire.
New quarantine hobbies have unearthed new passions, some bringing with them a literal silver lining.
This year, backyard archaeologists in the United Kingdom have recorded discoveries of more than 47,000 objects, the British Museum announced this week.
Regular people found the vast majority of the historical artifacts by...
