Thousands of fans lined up from the early hours on Thursday to file past Maradona’s wooden casket in the presidential palace. Argentina’s beloved soccer star died on Wednesday.
Trump and pardons: How many people could be granted clemency?
Lobbyists are hoping Donald Trump will use his clemency powers liberally in the last days of his presidency.
Schools struggle to stay open as quarantines sideline staff
2020-11-26 16:05:44 In this photo provided by Julie Mackett, the kindergarten teacher conducts her class at Ft. Meigs Elementary School, in Perrysburg, Ohio. Contact tracing and isolation protocols meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus are sidelining school employees and frustrating efforts to continue in-person learning. “I think everybody understands when you can’t have…
They“re baaack: Trump and allies still refuse election loss
2020-11-26 12:53:55 Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Philadelphia. At left are Eric Trump, son of President Trump, and his wife Lara Trump. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) WASHINGTON (AP) — Monday seemed like the end of…
Newly Elected DAs Vow To Continue Reforms, End Policies Deemed Unfair
Reform-minded prosecutors who want to change the criminal justice system from the inside won big in November. It’s momentum for a small, but growing movement.
Restaurants Reinvent Themselves For Thanksgiving And Beyond: ‘You Just Pivot’
A Japanese café sells plants and green-tea pie. An Italian restaurant caters a prime-rib dinner. A steak-and-fries chain delivers free meals for the elderly. “Fight or flight,” one manager says.
“Why now?“ Dismay as US considers troop pullout from Somalia
2020-11-26 10:14:01 U.S. Army Spc. Dominic Deitrick, assigned to the 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, seen through a night-vision device, provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) C-130J Super Hercules during unloading and loading operations Friday, June 12, 2020 at an unidentified location in…
“Why now?“ Dismay as US considers troop pullout from Somalia
2020-11-26 10:14:01 U.S. Army Spc. Dominic Deitrick, assigned to the 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, seen through a night-vision device, provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) C-130J Super Hercules during unloading and loading operations Friday, June 12, 2020 at an unidentified location in…
‘Please forgive me!’: US tourist returns block of stolen Roman marble
In a letter, the traveller asks to be forgiven for taking a marble fragment from Rome in 2017.
AWS: Amazon web outage breaks vacuums and doorbells
Smart-home owners are left without service as an AWS outage breaks device functionality.