AUGUST 20, 2020
BERLIN, GERMANY - An ambulance aircraft with a team specialized in treating coma patients is due to leave Germany to pick up stricken Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on Thursday evening, the Berlin-based Cinema for Peace Foundation said.
Navalny was taken ill earlier on Thursday with suspected poisoning and is currently in a coma in a hospital in the...
AUGUST 20, 2020
The number of new U.S. coronavirus cases edged up to more than 46,000, while countries including India and South Korea faced a rise in new infections.
Total U.S. coronavirus cases passed 5.5 million—just under a quarter of the global tally—as the nation’s death toll topped 173,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Johns Hopkins’s data showed California...
AUGUST 20, 2020
US President Donald Trump is fighting a subpoena to turn his financial records over to a grand jury in New York. - Brendan Smialowski
A US federal judge rejected on Thursday President Donald Trump's effort to block the release of his financial records subpoenaed by a New York grand jury in a case focused on hush money...
AUGUST 20, 2020
A mailbox stands in Fox Point, Wis., on Aug. 18, 2020. Facing public pressure and state lawsuits, the Postmaster general announced Tuesday he is halting some operational changes until after the November election. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
This week, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy pulled back on a host of cost-saving measures at the U.S. Postal Service after a...
AUGUST 20, 2020
American Airlines is trimming its route network with government assistance from the CARES Act set to expire October 1. - Thomas Pallini/Business Insider
American Airlines says it's suspending service to 15 cities across the US on October 7 as federal assistance through the CARES Act is scheduled to expire.
Secondary cities across the airline's route...
AUGUST 20, 2020
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon departs after testifying in the criminal trial of Roger Stone, an associate of President Trump. - James Lawler Duggan/Reuters
Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed criminal charges against Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, and three other men they alleged defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors using...
AUGUST 20, 2020
Senator from California and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff stand on stage socially distanced from Former vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife Former Second Lady of the United States doctor Jill Biden at the end of the third day of the Democratic National Convention, being held...
AUGUST 20, 2020
The Flint Water Plant tower stands in Flint, Michigan, U.S., on April 13, 2020. On Monday, Covid-19 cases reached 25,635 in Michigan, according to data from the state health department. Photographer: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The state of Michigan and other defendants have reached a $600 million settlement in the Flint water crisis lawsuit that...
AUGUST 19, 2020
Former President Obama issued a strong rebuke of President Trump's time in office, characterizing him as a divisive figure who has "no interest" in helping anyone but himself.
Speaking on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, Obama said he waited for Trump to show "some interest in taking the job seriously" - adding that his Republican...
AUGUST 19, 2020
In this image from video, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks as Kerry Washington, serving as moderator, listens during the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)
Hillary Clinton blamed President Trump on Wednesday for the devastation that the United States has suffered in the coronavirus pandemic...
