Politics Oct 07 AP FACT CHECK: Claims from Pence and Harris VP debate Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris tussled Wednesday in the first and only vice presidential debate before the Nov. 3 election, coming as the coronavirus sidelined President Donald Trump at the White House.
Politics Oct 07 WATCH: Harris says Breonna Taylor did not get justice Pence said Taylor’s family “has our sympathies, but I trust our justice system, a grand jury that reviews the evidence.”…
Politics Oct 07 Harris says Trump won't guard preexisting conditions In response, Pence says that “Obamacare was a disaster” and that he and Trump have a plan to cover people with preexisting conditions, though the Trump administration hasn’t yet released such a plan.
Politics Oct 07 Harris says she will take a COVID-19 vaccine if doctors say to, not if Trump does Harris says that if doctors “tells us that we should take it, I’ll be the first in line to take it, absolutely. But if Donald Trump tells us that we should take it, I’m not taking it.”…
Politics Oct 07 President Trump returns to the Oval Office President Donald Trump has returned to the Oval Office for the first time since he was diagnosed with COVID-19.
World Oct 07 With 239 deaths, Iran hits its highest daily coronavirus toll The report quoted the spokesperson of the country’s health ministry, Sima Sadat Lari, as saying that the 239 died since Tuesday. Iran has in the past had 235 daily deaths.
Politics Oct 07 In about-face, Trump seeks to salvage parts of coronavirus relief The White House on Wednesday tried to salvage its favorite items lost in the rubble of COVID-19 relief talks that President Donald Trump suspended.
Nation Oct 07 U.S. charges British Islamic State members in deaths of Western hostages They are expected to make their first appearance in the afternoon in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, where a federal grand jury issued an eight-count indictment.
World Oct 07 Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Mexico, toppling trees Hurricane Delta made landfall Wednesday just south of the Mexican resort of Cancun as an extremely dangerous Category 2 storm.
Science Oct 07 2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool Frenchwoman Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna came up with a method known as CRISPR-cas9 that can be used to change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision.