FILE PHOTO: The Supreme Court stands in Washington, U.S., May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a long-shot bid by New York and two other states to suspend during the coronavirus pandemic a Trump administration immigration policy that denies legal permanent […]
Daily Archives: April 24, 2020
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Need your stimulus money? You’re not alone. James Martin/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Get My Payment is an online tool designed by the IRS to help you set up direct deposit for your coronavirus stimulus check of up to $1,200. It will also […]
Sri Lanka has reimposed a countrywide 24-hour curfew after a surge in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, most of them navy sailors who were hunting those evading quarantine April 25, 2020, 3:24 AM 4 min read BANGKOK — Sri Lanka has reimposed a countrywide 24-hour curfew after a surge […]
Migrant workers at a factory converted into a dormitory in Singapore on April 24. Ore Huiying/Getty Images Rubel, a 28-year-old migrant worker in Singapore, is afraid. The dormitory he and other foreign workers live in has been locked down, and nobody is allowed in or out as government officials scramble […]
Alex Seitz-Wald and Mike Memoli 10h ago / 5:44 PM UTC Biden campaign signs joint fundraising agreement with DNC WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign has signed a joint fundraising agreement with the Democratic National Committee. The agreement will allow the apparent nominee to exert more influence over […]
Joseph Tsai, a co-founder of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, and owner of the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Liberty basketball teams, in New York, May 9, 2019. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) HONG KONG — U.S. hospitals and state officials face desperate shortages of the masks, ventilators and […]
“He not busy being born is busy dying.” So said Bob Dylan in “It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding).” As shown in a new picture of stormy star birth in a nearby galaxy, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, the cosmos is keeping up the tradition of both birth and […]
Teams continued to dip into the 2020 NFL Draft’s deep receiver class on Friday, with the Cincinnati Bengals kicking off the run at the top of Round 2 by grabbing Clemson wideout Tee Higgins. FILE PHOTO: Oct 13, 2019; London, United Kingdom; General overall view of the NFL shield logo […]
(Reuters) – One night after selecting LSU’s Joe Burrow with the first pick of the NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals wasted no time finding him a target by nabbing Clemson wide receiver Tee Higgins with the first pick of the second round on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Dec 28, 2019; Glendale, […]
Image copyright Getty Images “You eat out of boredom and stress,” says Chloe Taylor-Whitham, 19, from Sheffield, “there’s nothing else to do.” As the weeks of living in lockdown take their toll, many of us are raiding the fridge for comfort food. Instead of buying something fresh on the way […]