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Chris Christie Is The Latest In Trump Orbit To Get Virus
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tested positive for COVID-19, he tweeted Saturday morning the latest in a string of virus cases connected to President Donald Trump's inner circle.
The Latest: Wisconsin Senator Confirms Coronavirus Infection
The Latest on coronavirus infections hitting President Donald Trump and others in his circle (all times local):
VP Pence Ordered Borders Closed After CDC Experts Refused
Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nations top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the U.S. borders, overruling the agencys scientists who said there was no evidence the action would slow the coronavirus, ac...
Oxford University Covid-19 Vaccine Could be Rolled Out Within Six Months: Report
The vaccine candidate under trial by University of Oxford scientists in collaboration with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is the furthest in the process of trials and, according to a report in The Times', it could be given the required clearances by Chr...
Bosnia: Unnerved By Virus Denial, Survivors Mourn Their Dead
Denis Zekic was on his daily video call with his parents in Bosnia in early August when his father said he might be coming down with a fever. Less than a month later, both of Zekics parents were dead, joining the people who would be counted as the coronav...
Court: Ohio Elections Chief Has Leeway To Expand Drop Boxes
If Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose wants to expand the number of ballot drop boxes beyond one per Ohio county, he can. But a state appellate court won't force him to do so.
Court Reinstates Georgia's Election Day Mail Ballot Deadline
A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated Georgia's Election Day deadline for the receipt of mailin ballots, staying a lower court ruling that had extended that deadline by three days for November's general election.
Eric Trump Slated To Talk With NY Investigators Via Video
President Donald Trumps son Eric is scheduled to speak via video on Monday with New York state investigators probing his familys business practices, according to court papers filed Friday.
Horntail Snails Join Pythons And Lionfish As A Florida Pest
Florida, a state that encourages people to kill nonnative iguanas, pythons and lionfish, has a new invasive species to worry about: the horntail snail, which has never before been found in the United States, according to the Department of Agriculture and...
Belarus Announces Retaliatory Sanctions Against The EU
Belarusian authorities on Friday announced they were imposing sanctions against the European Union, and threatened to revise the country's diplomatic relations with the bloc, in response to EU sanctions on several dozen Belarus officials accused of falsif...
Trump And First Lady Test Positive For Coronavirus
President Donald Trump said early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that plunges the country deeper into uncertainty just a month before the presidential election.
U.S. Schools In Suburbs, Small Cities Reopening Without COVID Spike; Big Cities Up Next
U.S. schools from kindergarten to high school have avoided a spike in COVID19 cases, early data show, but medical experts say the real test is coming as students in large denselypopulated cities such as New York and Miami return to classrooms.
Shock and Stocks: How Trump's Covid-19 infection Has Thrust the World in Uncharted Territory
The positive test reading adds to investors worries, especially about its effect on the Nov. 3 election between the Republican president and Democrat Joe Biden. US stock futures and most world markets fell on the news as did the price of oil.
Voices From Armenia And Azerbaijan On The Karabakh Conflict
A conflict with its origins in the collapse of the Soviet Union has reerupted this week.
Bernie Sanders Resuming In-person Campaigning To Back Biden
Bernie Sanders is returning to inperson campaigning for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March, heading to the battleground states of New Hampshire and Michigan to promote Joe Biden and sooth any lingering tensions between the...
For 3rd Time in US History, a Vice-President Could Temporarily Assume Control if Trump Becomes Incapacitated
Under Section 3 of the US Constitution’s 25th Amendment, adopted in 1967 following the 1963 assassination of President John Kennedy, Trump could declare in writing his inability to discharge his duties. Vice President Mike Pence would become acting presid...