AUGUST 16, 2020
Chetan Chauhan addresses the media in his role as selector for the Afro-Asia Cup in 2007 © AFP/Getty Images
Chetan Chauhan, Sunil Gavaskar's longtime opening partner (between 1973 and 1981), has died from complications after he was diagnosed with Covid-19 in early July, according to PTI. He was 73.
Chauhan tested positive for Covid-19 on July 12, and...
AUGUST 16, 2020
A march against mandatory vaccinations in Melbourne, Australia, in May. But despite vaccine skepticism in some pockets of the country, demand for the flu vaccine was high this year. - Michael Dodge/EPA, via Shutterstock
As public health officials look to fall and winter, the specter of a new surge of Covid-19 gives them chills. But there is a...
AUGUST 16, 2020
A Republican canvasser visited Tiffany Blythe in Mooresville, N.C., last month. - Travis Dove / NY Times
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — It wasn’t the most obvious spot for a flag that people usually buy to make a big statement. But there it was, peeking out from the inside wall of a garage, the white “Trump 2020” lettering just visible...
AUGUST 16, 2020
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 13, 2020. Carolyn Kaster/AP
More Americans approve than disapprove of Joe Biden's choice of Sen. Kamala Harris for the 2020 Democratic ticket by a 25-point margin, 54-29%, in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.
Approval of the pick ranges from 86-8% among Democrats...
AUGUST 16, 2020
Carl Bernstein on Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter on August 16.
There is growing concern among legislators, voters and postal workers over financial strain and policy changes at the United States Postal Service — and legendary journalist Carl Bernstein said the issue should also be top of mind for journalists, calling it "a national emergency."
If the Postal...
AUGUST 15, 2020
If voted to power in the November general elections, a Biden administration will reform the H-1B visa system and work towards eliminating the country-quota system for Green Cards, his campaign said on Saturday, in a move to woo the influential Indian-American community.
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in...
AUGUST 15, 2020
Robert Trump, left, with the future president at a society event in 1999. - Diane Bondaress/AP
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the age of Robert S. Trump. He was 71, not 72.
Robert S. Trump, the younger brother of President Trump, died on Saturday night at NewYork-Presbyterian...
AUGUST 15, 2020
Newly released "Permanent Record" by Edward Snowden is displayed on a shelf at Books Inc., in San Francisco, California. The U.S. Justice Department has filed suit against Snowden, a former Central Intelligence Agency employee and contractor for the National Security Agency, alleging the book violates non-disclosure agreements. - Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump...
AUGUST 15, 2020
President Trump on Saturday said he disagreed with an assessment from the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that the United States could face the "worst fall" from a public health perspective if Americans do not follow guidelines to ease the spread of the novel coronavirus.
"No," Trump told reporters at a news conference...
AUGUST 15, 2020
Washington, DC, U.S.A -- Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) during the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Assessing the Impact of Turkey's Offensive in Northeast Syria on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. -- Photo by Jack Gruber, USA TODAY staff ORG XMIT: JG Mitt Romney 10/22/2019
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, defended mail-in voting Friday night...
