A general view shows the National Rifle Association (NRA) headquarters, in Fairfax By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday dismissed the National Rifle Association’s lawsuit challenging New York’s decision to close gun stores in the state in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision came eight days after […]
Three women are accused of assaulting a 17-year-old restaurant hostess in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, because they were upset they could not all be seated together due to coronavirus social-distancing rules, police said. The incident occurred Sunday after a large group of women entered a Chili’s restaurant and asked to be seated at the same table, […]
In this March 12, 2020, file photo, the sun shines through clouds above a shale gas drilling site in St. Mary’s, Pa. Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — President Donald Trump’s administration is undoing Obama-era rules designed to limit potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields and pipelines, formalizing the changes Thursday in the […]
Federal prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday that the Bureau of Prisons has no plans to move Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, into the general population of the New York City jail despite her lawyers’ claims that she is being held in “uniquely onerous” conditions. Attorneys for Maxwell, who is being held […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, delivered some blunt messages to the public during an online video interview with a Hollywood actor on Thursday evening. Fauci said there are a few key reasons why many island nations and Asian countries have managed to control coronavirus better than the […]
“ “Mr. President, after three and a half years do you regret at all, all the lying you’ve done to the American people?” ” That was the question asked by HuffPost White House correspondent S.V. Dáte on Thursday at President Donald Trump’s daily coronavirus news briefing. Trump appeared to not completely hear the question. “All […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday evening blasted Joe Biden’s call for a national mask mandate, challenged the security of mail-in voting and questioned the eligibility of Kamala Harris as a vice presidential candidate, during a wide-ranging news briefing intended to provide updates and information about America’s battle against the worst pandemic in a generation. “We […]
The maker of “Fortnite” has launched a Battle Royale against Apple Inc., accusing the tech giant of seeking to “unlawfully maintain its monopoly.” Epic Games said Thursday it filed legal papers against Apple AAPL, +1.77% after the iPhone maker booted the company’s hit game “Fortnite” out of its App Store, and a lawyer representing Epic […]
Concerns are growing about Chinese influence on academic campuses around the world The US has designated the Confucius Institute (CI), the Chinese government-run global education programme, as a foreign propaganda mission. The order says CI, which offers language and cultural programmes overseas, is “owned or effectively controlled” by a foreign government. Staff will be required […]
The Lincoln Project, a conservative-led political action committee aimed at driving down Republican support for President Trump, has generated buzz in recent months with its slick attack ads. But those ads have just been a warmup for a million-dollar digital ad campaign that is launching Thursday, one of the group’s co-founders said in an interview […]