NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Hurricane Iota at Category 5 strength Monday. (RAMMB/CIRA)
When Atlantic Hurricane Season 2020 shifted into overdrive in September and forced the National Hurricane Center to turn to the Greek alphabet for naming, meteorologists expressed concerns. Tradition had it that storms whose impact was “particularly deadly or costly” would have their names retired and replaced. But the World...
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
A television screen with an image of President-elect Joe Biden is seen through a window at the White House on Tuesday. - Jabin Botsford/TWP
The very last day that President Trump will be able to pretend he won a second term in office will be Dec. 11. That’s when California has to certify its election results, formalizing President-elect...
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Screenshot Cindy McCain
Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), accused the Trump administration in a new interview of damaging America's reputation worldwide and called President Trump "someone who I don't believe really understands what it means to serve."
McCain told the Washington Post that, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, she struggled to defend the...
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Bollywood Actor Sonu Sood.
Another feather to Sonu Sood's hat! The Happy New Year actor has been appointed the State Icon of Punjab by the Election Commission Of India (ECI). Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Karuna Raju, in a statement on Monday, said that his office had sent a proposal to the ECI regarding Sonu Sood's appointment...
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
The universe is similar to a huge human brain, scientists have found.
A new study investigated the differences and similarities between two of the most complex systems in existence, though at entirely difference scales: the cosmos and its galaxies and the brain and its neuronal cells.
They found that while the scale is clearly different, the structure is remarkably...
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Democratic National Convention Former First Lady, Michelle Obama delivers the keynote address to viewers during the Democratic National Convention at the Wisconsin Center.
Reflecting on her own transition out of the White House in 2017, former first lady Michelle Obama is urging American leaders to help ensure a "smooth transition of power" between President Donald Trump and...
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Joe Biden has privately told advisers that he doesn't want his presidency to be consumed by investigations of his predecessor, according to five people familiar with the discussions, despite pressure from some Democrats who want inquiries into President Donald Trump, his policies and members of his administration.
Biden has raised concerns that investigations would...
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. - AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool
Georgia’s top elections official said on Monday that Sen. Lindsey Graham implicitly proposed he toss out legally mailed ballots in his state, as Republicans seek ways to sway election results in the state...
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Jeff Bezos has pledged $10 billion to support organizations and scientists working to protect the environment. - Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced Monday that he will give $791 million in grants as part of his Bezos Earth Fund to 16 organizations that are working to protect the environment.
The fund is part of the CEO's...
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned President Trump against a strike on Iran and described the potential risks of military escalation. - Anna Moneymaker / NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump asked senior advisers in an Oval Office meeting on Thursday whether he had options to take action against Iran’s main nuclear site...
