JUNE 11, 2020
Free grocery kits are distributed by a private organization after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against COVID-19, in Bengaluru, India, on June 5. - Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images
India on Thursday recorded 9996 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing the country's tally of confirmed cases of infection to 2,86,579. This...
JUNE 11, 2020
Those wishing to attend President Trump's rally next week in Oklahoma must agree not to sue the Trump campaign or host venue in the event they contract the coronavirus.
The Trump campaign on Thursday formally announced that the president's first rally in three months will take place June 19 in Tulsa. The page for guests to sign up...
JUNE 11, 2020
Microsoft will not sell its facial recognition technology to police departments until there is a federal law regulating its use, the company’s president, Brad Smith, announced Thursday.
It follows similar decisions announced this week by IBM and Amazon amid protests across the United States against police violence and racial profiling.
“We will not sell facial recognition tech...
JUNE 11, 2020
WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA — Republicans selecting a congressional nominee in Virginia's 10th District are changing the procedures for their nominating convention in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The convention is scheduled for June 20 in Winchester. The nominee will face freshman Democrat Jennifer Wexton. She was the first Democrat in 40 years to win the district when she knocked...
JUNE 11, 2020
Zoe Love hands out free brownies in honor of Sister Robin's birthday for Sister Robin's street market at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday evening June 10, 2020. Regulars come by every Wednesday to collect fresh produce. Jennifer Lett South Florida Sun Sentinel
MIAMI — Florida’s Department of Health on Thursday morning confirmed 1,698 additional...
JUNE 11, 2020
North Korean leader President Kim Jong Un. - Getty Images
North Korea warned the U.S. to stay out of its affairs and threatened to disrupt the presidential election in November if the Trump administration keeps up its criticism of Pyongyang.
Kwon Jong Gun, director general of the Department of U.S. Affairs at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, hammered Washington over...
JUNE 11, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Dover, Del., Friday, June 5, 2020. Biden has won the last few delegates he needed to clinch the Democratic nomination for president. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
PHILADELPHIA — Joe Biden on Thursday released a plan that he says can jump-start an economy in free fall...
JUNE 11, 2020
Stocks suffered their biggest one-day pull-back in three months on Thursday as traders grew concerned about the number of coronavirus cases increasing in some states that are reopening up from lockdowns. Shares that have surged recently on hopes for a smooth reopening of the economy led the declines.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 1,861.82 points, or 6.9%,...
JUNE 11, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence speaks to staffers at a campaign office for him and President Donald Trump, on June 10, 2020. - Mike Pence/Twitter
The White House coronavirus task force had already faded from public view as the administration pivots from public health to the economy, but as President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence openly...
JUNE 11, 2020
Body camera video during the arrest of Derrick Elliot Scott on May 20, 2019 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (OCPD)
OKLAHOMA - Newly released body camera footage from an arrest in Oklahoma City last year shows a suspect saying “I can’t breathe” before he died at a hospital.
In the May 20, 2019, footage, released this week by the...
