AUGUST 19, 2020
It has become a common phenomenon in the digital age: undiscovered talent finds fame online. But this tech-centric, rags-to-riches story isn't quite the same, because Gangavva Milkuri is not your typical YouTube star.
The grandmother of eight -- who doesn't know her real age, because there's no record of her birth -- hails from the small village of...
AUGUST 19, 2020
Some homes in the Cano Martin Pena communities in San Juan, Puerto Rico still lack permanent roofs, as seen on Aug. 24, 2018, a year after Hurricane Maria. - Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/TNS
MIAMI — A former top Trump administration official at the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Wednesday reports from last year that President Donald Trump sought...
AUGUST 19, 2020
The Facebook Inc. application is displayed for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPhone in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. - Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Facebook on Wednesday said it would crack down on the QAnon conspiracy theory but stopped short of an outright ban on activity related to the online movement, whose adherents contend President Trump...
AUGUST 19, 2020
Donald Trump's former presidential campaign manager, Paul Manafort, with President Donald Trump on July 21, 2016 during sound checks for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. - Mark Reinstein/Zuma Press/TNS
A major reason Donald Trump doesn’t deserve reelection: The suspected original sin of this presidency — cheating to win with Russian collusion — has mostly proven true.
So...
AUGUST 19, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised the supporters of QAnon, a convoluted, pro-Trump conspiracy theory, and suggested he appreciates their support of his candidacy.
Speaking during a press conference at the White House, Trump...
AUGUST 19, 2020
Democratic National Committee Chairman Perez speaks at Northam's election night rally in Fairfax. - Aaron Bernstein / REUTERS
As Democrats gear up for the finale of the Democratic National Convention, party leaders are accusing President Trump and his handpicked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy of making changes to the U.S. Postal Service to hinder voting access.
DeJoy is due...
AUGUST 19, 2020
Vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris will lay out the vision of America that she was raised with on Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention, and contrast it with the country under Donald Trump.
Harris will describe "a vision of our nation as a beloved community – where all are welcome."
"Today, that country feels...
AUGUST 19, 2020
The CDC, HHS and other federal agencies will begin working with state, local, territorial and tribal health departments to collect data on the sewage samples.
The goal is to find traces of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, that shed from people and traveled through wastewater.
Depending on the level of virus in the sewage, wastewater testing...
AUGUST 19, 2020
The entrance to Apple Park's Steve Jobs Theater, named after the company's co-founder and former CEO. - James Martin/CNET
Just two years ago, Wall Street investors pushed Apple to a trillion-dollar market capitalization, making it the most valuable tech company in the world. Now, even in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the market says Apple is worth...
AUGUST 19, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's Kamala Harris' big night Wednesday as the vice presidential nominee addresses the third night of the all-virtual Democratic National Convention, along with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Harris is the first woman of color nominated to the presidential ticket of a major political party and will accept the nomination to be...
