OCTOBER 31, 2020
Donald Trump has cast doubt on whether he will commit to a peaceful transfer of power should Democrat Joe Biden win the election, but the secretive process to prepare a would-be Biden administration has been underway for months with help from top Trump officials.
The legally mandated transition happens every four years and ensures that, should a transfer...
OCTOBER 31, 2020
Colleen Mallory and Deanna Williams greet their 89-year-old mother, Peggy Walsh, through the window of Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash. - Grant Hindsley / NY Times
KIRKLAND, WASHINTON — After months of near-isolation inside his senior care facility, Charlie no longer recognizes his wife of almost 50 years. In another nursing home, Susan’s toenails grew so...
OCTOBER 31, 2020
A tent for coronavirus patients setup at University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, Friday. - Cengiz Yar/Getty Images
The US reported 99,321 new Covid-19 cases on Friday -- the highest single day number of cases recorded for any country. The top five records in daily cases all occurred within eight days, and an expert says he worries...
OCTOBER 31, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ending a requirement for travelers from places with a high amount of coronavirus cases to quarantine for two weeks upon arriving in the state.
Instead, Cuomo will require travelers to get tested for Covid-19 before traveling, and again within three days of entering the state.
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
OCTOBER 31, 2020
Millions of mail-in ballots haven’t been received by election offices in critical battleground states, where recent slowdowns in mail deliveries risk some votes not arriving in time to count for the presidential election.
As of Oct. 30, more than seven million mailed ballots had not been returned in the 13 most competitive states that require ballots to arrive...
OCTOBER 31, 2020
Halloween 2020: The spooky festival of Halloween is celebrated across the globe on October 31, It is a day to remember the dead, and its id mostly celebrated in parts of the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Tokyo, the United States, and Canada. Halloween day is also known as All Saints Eve.
People host Halloween parties to celebrate the day in which...
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Washington: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has accused President Donald Trump of dividing the US and turning Americans against one another based on race, ethnicity and national anthem.
Speaking at a rally in Minnestota on Friday, Biden said the US cannot afford to have Trump for another four years as the country's President.
"The only thing that can tear...
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Chitrakoot: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth on Friday said after the Covid-19 pandemic ends, arrangements will be made for "darshan" of Lord Ram from every village in the state.
Yogi Adityanath said arrangements for everyone in villages for Ram temple darshan in Ayodhya would have been made earlier if not for the virus.
"In Ayodhya, construction of Ram...
OCTOBER 30, 2020
The United States set yet another pandemic record with more than 90,000 new Covid-19 cases reported in a single day, the latest NBC News tally showed Friday.
The new benchmark of 90,456 cases was hit Thursday just hours after the U.S. logged its 9 millionth coronavirus case and shattered the previous daily record of 80,662 infections, set a...
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Photograph by Shane Balkowitsch, Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio. - This portrait is titled “Greta.”
Since her first sit-in outside the Swedish parliament building more than two years ago, Greta Thunberg’s fundamental message has been clear and unchanging: The climate crisis is humanity’s greatest existential threat and we need to treat it as such. That message inspired millions...
