Real News

Non-Biased Feed from AP, Reuters, and NPR News

Menu
Menu

Category: News

Real News

More Than 6,500 Teachers Have Had Unfair Student Debts Erased

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Eric Wimsatt

After an NPR investigation led to an overhaul of the troubled TEACH Grant program, the U.S. Department of Education says teachers have had nearly $44 million in loans turned back into grants.

Read more

As Pandemic Persists, Health Care Heroes Beginning To Crack Under The Strain

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Eric Wimsatt

Many doctors are suffering burnout five months into the pandemic. But the toll is compounded for Latino doctors serving heavily affected Latino communities. Some are now beginning to seek help.

Read more

Pakistan sanctions Taliban to avoid global finance blacklist

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Eric Wimsatt

2020-08-22T09:48:22Z ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan issued sweeping financial sanctions against Afghanistan’s Taliban, just as the militant group is in the midst of U.S.-led peace process in the neighboring country. The orders, which were made public late on Friday, identified dozens of individuals, including the Taliban’s chief peace negotiator Abdul Ghani Baradar and several members of…

Read more

AP PHOTOS: In Belarus, protesters show pride, worry, empathy

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Eric Wimsatt

2020-08-22T07:56:36Z MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Behind each protester in Belarus is a surprising story of awakening. A police officer who quit his job, ashamed of violence by his colleagues. A paramedic who treated victims of that brutality, wielding white roses in response. An actor using his theater as backdrop for revolt, ready to sabotage his…

Read more

Smithsonian National Zoo’s Giant Panda Gives Birth

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Eric Wimsatt

“A precious giant panda cub has arrived!” overjoyed officials announce in a tweet Friday. Mei Xiang is caring for the newborn “attentively.”

Read more

Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Guitarist Jack Sherman dies aged 64

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Eric Wimsatt

Jack Sherman, who joined the band for their first album and first US tour, is described as “unique”.

Read more

More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Eric Wimsatt

Tens of thousands of ballots have been rejected in key battleground states, where the outcome in November for the presidency and other races could be determined by a small number of votes.

Read more

Democrats see racism in GOP mispronunciations of ‘Kamala’

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Eric Wimsatt

2020-08-22T04:29:29Z CHICAGO (AP) — Bantering during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang repeatedly got the name of “our current vice president” wrong. Was it “Mika Pints?” or “Paints?” Or maybe “Ponce,” Yang suggested. “Oh, some kind of weird foreign name?” Louis-Dreyfus asked. “Yeah, not…

Read more

Plane carrying comatose Russian dissident lands in Germany

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Eric Wimsatt

2020-08-22T06:55:17Z BERLIN (AP) — A plane carrying Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning, touched down early Saturday in Berlin, where he will be treated in the German capital’s main hospital. Navalny’s spokeswoman and a representative of the NGO that arranged the flight confirmed that the plane had landed….

Read more

Democratic plan in rural, swing state counties: Lose by less

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Eric Wimsatt

2020-08-22T04:40:37Z MONTFORT, Wis. (AP) — Jerry Volenec felt betrayed. Sold on Donald Trump’s pledge to help struggling Wisconsin dairy farmers, Volenec voted for the Republican. But within two years, Trump’s trade pact with Canada had blocked the export of a good bit of Volenec’s milk. “It was a line in the sand. It said to…

Read more
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 12
  • Next

Recent Posts

  • San Francisco Reopens Indoor Dining, Gyms As Coronavirus Cases Drop
  • Potholes, Grid Failures, Aging Tunnels And Bridges: Nation’s Infrastructure Gets A C-
  • Covid-19: Dolly Parton marks vaccination with Jolene rewrite
  • Fauci presents his personal virus model to Smithsonian
  • Former Parler CEO Matze Stripped Of All Company Shares Upon Firing, Sources Say
© 2021 Real News