SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Britain's Prince William will be one speaker at free TED talks on climate change
The prestigious TED talks series is to hold its first-ever free live event next month, with Prince William and other prominent figures calling for action on climate change, the group announced Monday.
Known for thought-provoking speeches recorded at exclusive events, the nonprofit behind TED will stream...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
President Donald Trump on Monday shared a tweet describing him as "fanboying for dictators."
"I didn't even know there would be a question about this!" Trump tweeted in response to a columnist who referenced his comments that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin are more mentally fit than Democratic presidential nominee...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Photograph: Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, on 14 September. - Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Record-setting wildfires in the western US forced their way into the presidential campaign on Monday, with Donald Trump and Joe Biden making competing remarks.
The historic fires in California, Oregon and Washington have killed at least 35, forced tens of thousands to evacuate and subjected...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
An image of Venus, made with data recorded by Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft in 2016. So close, so similar and very mysterious, the planet is surprising scientists with a chemical signature spotted in its clouds. - PLANET-C Project Team/JAXA
High in the toxic atmosphere of the planet Venus, astronomers on Earth have discovered signs of what might be...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Brief Scorecard: Australia 294 for 9 (Maxwell 77, Marsh 73, Wood 3-54) beat England 275 for 9 (Billings 118, Bairstow 84, Hazlewood 3-26) by 19 runs
Australia began their World Cup Super League campaign with a hard-fought victory over the world champions at Emirates Old Trafford. A century stand between Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh helped salvage a...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
FAIRFAX, VA — Virginia's largest school system has been hacked and the attackers are seeking a ransom payment to keep them from disclosing stolen personal information.
WRC-TV in Washington reports that the internet hacking group Maze posted some of the data stolen from Fairfax County Public Schools, including student disciplinary records and grades, to prove its hack was...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listens as President Trump speaks to the media in April. (Jabin Botsford/TWP)
Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, is by all accounts a mild-mannered and well-respected government official, someone who has served at the pleasure of the last Democratic and current Republican presidents and who has generally...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden both marked the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Friday with visits to a memorial in Pennsylvania, a battleground state in the presidential race, although they didn't cross paths.
President Trump on stage Friday at a 19th anniversary observance of the 2001 terrorist attacks, at the Flight 93 National...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
If you are a coronavirus survivor and have days when you don’t feel like your normal self, you are not alone. More people are coming forward with reports of long-term symptoms and health issues.
Coronavirus survivors talk about symptoms following recovery
One survivor opened up about the unusual symptoms she is continues to experience. An expert from Johns Hopkins...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump meets with Turkish President Erdogan in Washington. - Reuters/Tom Brenner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A decision by the Trump administration earlier this year to move the flag honoring missing war veterans from a prominent position atop the White House to a less visible spot on the South Lawn has angered some veterans and...
