JULY 31, 2020
President Donald Trump on Friday said he plans to vote absentee in the 2020 election.
Trump has painted a false distinction between absentee voting and mail-in voting, which are virtually the same thing.
The president has repeatedly made unfounded assertions that mail-in voting will lead to widespread voter fraud in November.
Voter fraud is extremely rare...
JULY 31, 2020
This big lug of a planet (Jupiter) may be why we don't have more life in our own solar system. - NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Image processing by Kevin M. Gill
Scientists love to debate and investigate the possibility of life on exoplanets, planets that are located outside our solar system. Maybe intelligent alien civilizations are incredibly rare. Maybe one of...
JULY 31, 2020
Stocks traded mostly lower Friday, weighed down by a mixed batch of earnings results, disappointing economic data and a lack of progress on Capitol Hill toward another coronavius aid package.
Inspired by blowout earnings from tech heavyweights Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google parent Alphabet, stocks rallied at the open, but slipped into mostly negative territory during the session.
What...
JULY 31, 2020
US Congress Works To Pass Second COVID-19 Economic Relief Bill. - Samuel Corum / Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House is canceling its traditional August recess, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced on Friday, as congressional negotiations over the next coronavirus relief legislation have reached an impasse. Hoyer said that the House would remain in session until...
JULY 31, 2020
One political risk for President Trump is that his effort to portray mail voting as unreliable will drive down Republican participation, giving an advantage to Democrats. - Doug Mills/NY Times
President Trump on Thursday railed against expanding access to mail-in voting, and even floated the idea that the election could be postponed, something he has no legal...
JULY 30, 2020
China has seen 84,165 coronavirus cases thus far with only 4,634 deaths.(Reuters)
No large country in the world has been able to contain the disease to one restricted geography the way China has.
According to worldometers.info, it has seen 84,165 cases of the coronavirus disease thus far with only 4,634 deaths. It has only 574 active cases of...
JULY 30, 2020
The BCCI has reportedly prepared the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for IPL as it finalises preparations to conduct the high-profile event safely amidst coronavirus pandemic.
Th 13th season of IPL will be held outside India in the UAE.
Players will have to undergo four rounds of coronavirus testing – two in India before departure and twice during the quarantine...
JULY 30, 2020
U.S. President Trump visits American Red Cross National Headquarters in Washington. - Reuters/CARLOS BARRIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump's suggestion on Thursday the Nov. 3 presidential election be delayed due to voter fraud was immediately rejected by lawmakers and dismissed by legal experts, but it raises the specter of a disputed election that could take weeks...
JULY 30, 2020
The economy hit rock bottom in the second quarter, when GDP contracted by a shocking 32.9%, but the road back may be rougher than expected.
Economists are concerned about weakness in the labor market, which is not rebounding as hoped.
Investors bought bonds and sold stocks in reaction to weak jobless claims data Thursday, but stocks...
JULY 30, 2020
Former President Barack Obama, addresses the service during the funeral for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Former President Barack Obama used Rep. John Lewis’ funeral on Thursday to issue a stark warning that the voting rights and...
