JUNE 11, 2020
A RC-26B flew this path over Las Vegas on June 2 and 3. Map courtesy of adsbexchange.com.
A small Cessna Citation jet flying straight into Washington's highly restricted airspace would typically be met with fighter jets on its wing. But when one flew over the nation's capital on June 1 and circled the White House 20 times, it...
JUNE 11, 2020
Stocks fell sharply on Thursday as coronavirus cases increased 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 traded 1,411 points lower, or 5.2%. The S&P 500 slid 4% while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.6%. Thursday’s...
JUNE 11, 2020
Tax refund check from US Treasury and US currency 100 dollar bills. - Getty Images/iStockphoto
By now, most Americans have received the federal stimulus checks directed by the CARES Act in March to help consumers weather the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Three months later, the downturn has been declared an official recession and the official...
JUNE 10, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with African-American supporters in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA — The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping — though somewhat vague — restrictions on asylum, seeking to align a legal framework with the president's efforts...
JUNE 10, 2020
Money in wallet. - Getty Images
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it will hold its benchmark interest rate near zero through 2022 to help the economy recover from the coronavirus crisis.
"The Fed has cut interest rates as low as they are going to go without going into negative rates," said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com. The economic shock from Covid-19 may call for...
JUNE 10, 2020
Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. (Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was “personal” and “premeditated,” Floyd’s brother Philonise asserted in congressional testimony on Wednesday, adding to speculation that the victim and perpetrator of a crime that has gripped...
JUNE 8, 2020
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a message to graduates said "in bleak moments like these, it can be difficult to find hop. So let me skip right to the end and tell you what happens: You will prevail."
The event streamed live was attended by former US president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, including singer...
JUNE 8, 2020
India is working on two key roads near the China border in eastern Ladakh — the site of a tense weeks-long border stand-off with its northern neighbour — to provide connectivity to an important forward area that the military calls Sub-Sector North (SSN), two senior officers familiar with the developments said on Monday.
While the first is the...
JUNE 8, 2020
People walk on the words 'defund the police' that was painted in bright yellow letters on 16th Street as demonstrators protest Sunday, June 7, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on...
JUNE 8, 2020
New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy hands out bags containing meals, face masks and other personal protective supplies to residents in need outside the NAN Newark Tech World during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Newark, New Jersey, May 6, 2020.
The worst U.S. downturn since the Great Depression is now officially a recession, according...
