SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference the White House on Friday. Trump took questions on a variety of topics, including a recent magazine article in The Atlantic accusing him of making disparaging remarks about American soldiers. - Drew Angerer/Getty Images
President Donald Trump is once again fending off a fresh set of attacks from the military,...
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
Spread of coronavirus .- Simon MALFATTO
The World Health Organization says it does not expect widespread immunisation against Covid-19 until mid-2021, despite growing expectations in the United States, the worst-hit nation, that a vaccine could be released within weeks.
The Geneva-based WHO also insisted it would never endorse a vaccine that has not proven safe and effective, amid concerns...
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
In this Aug. 28, 2020, photo provided by the USDA Forest Service, is an 11-year-old Belgian Malinois named Ice, a highly decorated U.S. Forest Service police dog, the day after he suffered nine stab wounds during a marijuana raid in Northern California. Ice was wounded in the Klamath National Forest south of the Oregon border when he...
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
Joseph R. Biden Jr. criticized President Trump in a speech that was otherwise focused on the economy. - Michelle V. Agins/NY Times
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE — A visibly angry Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Friday lashed President Trump over reporting that Mr. Trump had made extraordinarily disrespectful remarks about fallen soldiers, suggesting that such words further confirm his view...
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 16, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City.
Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 159 points
The Dow fell 159.42 points, or 0.6%, to 28,133.31. The S&P 500 dipped 0.81% to 3,426.96. The Nasdaq Composite slid 1.3%. Stocks gyrated wildly throughout Friday's...
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One.
America’s state health officials pushed back on the Trump administration’s suggestion that a Covid-19 vaccine could be cleared for use before clinical trials are complete.
Days after the federal government told states to prepare for distributing a vaccine as early as Nov. 1, the group representing state public-health leaders...
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
A handout photo released by Russian Healthcare ministry (Minzdrav) shows containers with a newly registered vaccine against coronavirus in Moscow, Russia. - Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg/Getty Images
A Covid-19 vaccine developed and tested in Russia generated neutralizing antibodies in dozens of study subjects, and while the vaccine often caused side effects such as fever, those side effects were mostly...
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump walks into the briefing room to speak at the White House on August 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump spoke on several topics including unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin and Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump is heading into the general election with the worst jobs numbers of any president,...
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Cheryl Ann Schmidt, 65, reads the newspaper at 4:30 a.m. in her East Lansing, Mich., home — testament to the insomnia that has beset her since she was furloughed and then laid off from her job amid the pandemic. (Brittany Greeson for The Washington Post)
Sara Tibebu tried bubble baths. She curated playlists of low-fi beats, followed guided...
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
President Donald Trump. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump described American Marines who lost their lives during a crucial World War I battle as "suckers" and "losers," The Atlantic reported.
"Why should I go to that cemetery? It's filled with losers," Trump reportedly told senior staff members before a scheduled visit to the...
