Medical students and staff members on the COVID-19 ward at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas gather to go over patients’ status at the start of their shift, July 1, 2020. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Texas schools may be allowed to start in-person as late as November, according to the new […]
KONSKOWOLA, Poland — Surrounded by fields of roses and lavender in tranquil eastern Poland, some residents of the village of Konskowola feel the European Union may be trying to blackmail them. Like about a hundred other municipalities across rural Poland, the local council has declared Konskowola to be free of “LGBT ideology”, reflecting a backlash […]
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway urged President Donald Trump on Friday to resume giving regular coronavirus briefings, claiming his sinking approval ratings on the pandemic will surge if the public hears from him daily on the crisis. Amid a bevy of recent polls showing the vast majority of the American public strongly disapproves of the […]
WASHINGTON — Rep. Justin Amash, I-Mich., confirmed Thursday night that won’t be seeking re-election to Congress this year. “I love representing our community in Congress. I always will. This is my choice, but I’m still going to miss it. Thank you for your trust,” the Libertarian congressman tweeted. Amash also retweeted a report from The […]
Just when the war of words between Anthony Fauci and the Trump administration edged closer to a detente, it suddenly took a turn for the worse. The fractured relationship between President Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for three decades and a leading expert on pandemics […]
U.S. stocks ended lower Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average snapping a four-day winning streak, in a decline led by technology stocks as investors parsed mixed corporate earnings reports and economic data in the wake of a drop in Asian markets. U.S.-China tensions were also a factor. What are major indexes doing? The Dow […]
What a difference a day makes. It’s been a turbulent week for President Donald Trump’s relationship with the nation’s top infectious-disease specialist. With a rise in COVID-19 cases in most U.S. states, particularly Texas, Arizona, California and Florida, and reversals by some of their plans to reopen, the White House appears to have acknowledged that […]
Dear Moneyist, I am a full-time student and I’m 50 years old. I graduate in December 2020 and maintain a 4.0 GPA so I work hard to achieve academic success. Due to achieving such academic prowess, I was limited to work hours throughout the 2019 year and my combined income was $13,000. I separated from […]
Dear Moneyist, Stimulus checks should not be taken for back child support. Not all people who don’t pay or are behind on child support are deadbeat parents. Sometimes s— happens in life and we are forced to miss payments due to various reasons: losing a job, family emergencies, health reasons, etc. There are legitimate reasons […]
Las Vegas police arrested a 28-year-old man who they say livestreamed himself goading a homeless man into doing a backflip for $6. Facebook A homeless man died of a spinal injury 10 days after he was goaded into doing a backflip for $6, Las Vegas police said. Police arrested a 28-year-old man who had livestreamed […]