“ Overcrowded conditions, poor sanitation, minimal health care and restricted access to cleaning and hygiene supplies have turned jails and prisons into incubators for COVID-19 infection. ” As the U.S. continues to grapple with COVID-19, we can’t lose sight of the pandemic’s impact on the criminal justice system. All 10 of the top clusters for […]
U.S. Attorney General William Barr will announce in Kansas City on Wednesday that federal agents involved in Operation LeGend, a federal law enforcement program assisting cities that have experienced surges in violent crime, have made more than 1,000 arrests across the country. The milestone in arrests includes suspects in 90 homicides, a White House official […]
In their first joint interview together, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) shared with People how they see their partnership working, should they be elected in November. Harris said she and Biden have already agreed she will be “the last one in the room — and there to give him honest […]
This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet. You don’t have to make another federal student loan payment in 2020. Now is the time, though, to decide what to do before your bill arrives in January 2021. Federal student loan borrowers were already in an automatic interest-free pause on payments as part of the original […]
“ “In a dark season of pestilence, COVID has reduced to tatters the illusion of American exceptionalism. At the height of the crisis, with more than 2,000 dying each day, Americans found themselves members of a failed state, ruled by a dysfunctional and incompetent government largely responsible for death rates that added a tragic coda […]
Hang in there, MarketWatchers, and don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance Another warning from the 1918 flu for COVID-19: ‘Survival does not mean that individuals fully recovered’ ‘We may never know the true mortality consequences of 1918 because of incomplete or inaccurate record keeping, issues that also undermine our ability to quantify the impact […]
Summer’s almost over, and Hulu is coming back from its virtual programming slumber with a lineup of highly anticipated series in September 2020, including a returning fan favorite. That would be Season 2 of “Pen15” (Sept. 18), the hit original comedy from Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, who play hilarious and cringe-inducing adolescent versions of […]
Florida 2000: The stuff of nightmares. Rhona Wise/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Analysts will continue filling up research reports with guesses about what a Joe Biden presidency or a Donald Trump re-election victory would mean for the stock market. But nothing is likely to shake up financial markets come Nov. 4 — the day after the election […]
The former head of the National Counterterrorism Center said he would not be surprised if right-wing domestic terrorist groups stage attacks in the United States around this November’s presidential election. “It certainly wouldn’t surprise me, particularly if the administration loses,” said Russ Travers, who was the center’s acting director when he was fired by President […]
Aaron Coleman, a 19-year-old who admitted to blackmail, revenge porn, and bullying, has won his primary race for the Kansas House of Representatives. Coleman is currently running unopposed as a Democrat for the state’s November election, according to KSHB Kansas City. One woman told The Kansas City Star that when she and Coleman were both […]