NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Moose crossing a road in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. - Valerie Domaine/Parks Canada
Visitors at a Canadian national park were greeted with a rather unusual digital road sign this weekend: “Do not let moose lick your car.”
The sign caught the imagination of the internet and led to questions like:
“What happens if a moose licks your...
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 9, 2020. President Donald Trump was still refusing to concede his election loss November 9, 2020, but Democrat Joe Biden plowed ahead anyway with the first meeting of a parallel coronavirus task force, initiating an awkward and potentially volatile transition period. - ANGELA WEISS,...
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Biden moves forward as GOP breaks with Trump rise - Joe Raedle/Getty Images
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday began filling out his Cabinet positions, even as President Trump's campaign launched new long-shot efforts to challenge the results of this month's presidential election.
Biden rolled out his national security team on Monday, announcing his intent to nominate longtime aide Antony...
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Detroit, which is heavily Black, voted overwhelmingly for Joseph R. Biden Jr., but President Trump’s campaign and his Republican allies have sought to nullify large numbers of its votes. - Sylvia Jarrus / NY Times
In Pennsylvania, President Trump and Republicans loyal to him have sought to overturn his defeat by making false claims about widespread voting fraud...
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
President Trump at the White House on Friday. The president’s gambit, never realistic to begin with, appears to be growing more futile by the day. - Erin Schaff/NY Times
For the next three weeks, the integrity of American democracy is in the hands of people like Norman D. Shinkle, a proud Michigander who has, until recently, served in...
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Covid-19 antibody drug was authorized Saturday by U.S. health regulators, the second cleared this month to treat patients who aren’t hospitalized but are at high risk of developing severe disease.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the antibody drug cocktail for use treating mild to moderate Covid-19 patients 12 years of age and older, including...
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
Jeffrey A. Hirschfield, a pediatrician in St. Petersburg, Fla., has shared his reservations about a coronavirus vaccine on Twitter. “It typically takes five to 10 years to successfully develop and vet vaccine candidates, especially those relying on new technologies,” he said. (Octavio Jones for The Washington Post)
Doctors and nurses, coping with the daily risk...
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
FILE PHOTO - Mexico's former defense Minister General Salvador. - Cienfuegos Reuters/Henry Romero
MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON - Mexico has committed to the arrest of a high-level cartel leader under a deal with U.S. Attorney General William Barr to drop U.S. drug trafficking charges against a former Mexican defense minister, a senior Mexican source told Reuters.
Mexico's former Defense Minister...
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and other state lawmakers arrive at the White House Friday to meet with President Trump. - Leah Millis/Reuters
President Trump received twin blows Friday to his effort to overturn his election defeat, with Georgia officials certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s slim victory there and Michigan Republicans declaring after a White House meeting...
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
"He's leaving, gracelessly and in infamy," the Oscar-nominated actor tweeted. - Dave Benett/Getty; Tasos Katopodis/Getty
Edward Norton is not holding back on how he feels about President Donald Trump.
On Friday, the 51-year-old actor and filmmaker went on an epic Twitter rant about Trump, 74, and his refusal to concede to President-elect Joe Biden following the 2020 presidential...
