SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
NASA’s Hubble telescope is known to capture some of the spectacular occurrences in the space and this time as well, it has captured dazzling images of gigantic Jupiter along with its tiny moon Europa.
The telescopic images that NASA recently released were of the monster planet when it was 406 million miles away from the Earth. The images...
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday created a Supreme Court vacancy that President Trump has vowed to fill “without delay.” He has issued four lists of potential nominees, the most recent one last week. Here is a look at some of the leading candidates on those lists.
Amy Coney Barrett
Judge Barrett, a member of the Federal Court of...
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the leader of the court’s four-member liberal wing. - Todd Heisler/NY Times
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court and a pioneering advocate for women’s rights, who in her ninth decade became a much younger generation’s unlikely cultural icon, died on Friday at her home in Washington. She...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
FBI Director Christopher Wray at a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Thursday. (John McDonnell/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Russia is mounting “very active efforts” to interfere with the U.S. election to benefit President Trump, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Thursday.
Unlike their activities during the 2016 presidential election, the Russians do not seem to be...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Journalist and author Bob Woodward. (via Yahoo News Video)
Bob Woodward says President Trump’s efforts to undermine the public’s confidence in the election is creating a perfect storm that could result in his refusal to leave office.
“All of us in our business are going to have to wear seatbelts and a shoulder harness,” Woodward told Yahoo News Editor...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Moderna, the first pharmaceutical firm to conduct human trials of a coronavirus vaccine in the U.S., said it should know sometime in November whether its vaccine works. Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told CNBC on Thursday that it could have enough data by October from its late-stage trial to evaluate its efficacy, although he said he viewed that timeline as...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
“I think he made a mistake,” President Trump said Wednesday of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. - Erin Scott for / NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump on Wednesday rejected the professional scientific conclusions of his own government about the prospects for a widely available coronavirus vaccine and the effectiveness of masks...
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Arun Krishnamurthy is the founder of the Environmentalist Foundation of India, a nonprofit organization working to restore freshwater lakes and ponds. - EFI
When Arun Krishnamurthy was a teenager, he witnessed a pond near his home in the suburbs of Chennai, India, fill up with trash.
The damage to the pond "snatched away" happy childhood memories, he says...
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
The US government is working on setting up a database that would seek to sort out the complicated process of immunizing potentially millions of Americans and keeping track of when they needed a second dose. - Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Federal officials outlined details Wednesday of their preparations to administer a future coronavirus vaccine to Americans, saying they...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Apple CEO Tim Cook announces updates to the Apple Watch and iPad at a virutal event on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. / Credit: Apple
Apple has unveiled a lower-cost version of its popular smart watch and expanded health-tracking features, including a blood oxygen tracker and an altimeter.
The technology company announced the latest round of updates to...
