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...
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Officials and health workers at a hospital in Vail, Colo., rehearsed receiving a shipment of Covid vaccines last month. - Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post, via Getty Images
At Novant Health in Winston-Salem, N.C., the new ultracold freezers are ready — enough to eventually house more than 500,000 doses of the first coronavirus vaccine approved in...
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The EU wants to set strict conditions for internet giants to do business in the bloc's 27 countries. - DENIS CHARLET
US tech giants such as Facebook and Google face unprecedented regulation in Europe, as the EU prepares to unveil landmark proposals that could change the face of life online.
The EU wants the Digital Services Act and...
DECEMBER 11, 2020
During the past four years, President Donald Trump has challenged the integrity of the Supreme Court and tried to drag the justices into the legal muck with him.
His arguments have pushed the boundaries of the law and his assertions have tested the impartiality of individual justices. But Trump's meritless attack on the November election and his loss...
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Reserve Judge Stephen Simanek rules that there was no evidence of fraud or misconduct in the 2020 presidential election and maintaining the election results that President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris won should stand. - Angela Peterson / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — A state judge concluded Wisconsin's election was conducted properly Friday,...
