Oct 22 WATCH: Pelosi voices skepticism about DNI and fake emails By Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi voiced skepticism about Wednesday evening's press conference during which the director of National Intelligence accused Iran of being behind threatening but fake emails sent to Democratic voters in Florida and other battleground states. Continue reading
Oct 22 Country music singer Charley Pride to get lifetime achievement award By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press Trailblazing country music star Charley Pride will get a lifetime achievement award at the CMA Awards in November. Continue reading
Oct 22 French Prime Minister says 2nd virus wave is here, vastly extends curfew By Associated Press French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday a vast extension of the nightly curfew that is intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus, saying "the second wave is here."… Continue reading
Oct 20 UK to infect healthy volunteers in COVID-19 vaccine research trial By Danica Kirka, Associated Press U.K. researchers are preparing to infect healthy young volunteers with the virus that causes COVID-19, becoming the first scientists to use the controversial technique to study the disease and potentially speed up development of a vaccine. Continue reading
Oct 20 Deadline looms, but COVID relief deal may be far off By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press With time nearly up for Congress and the White House to deliver aid to Americans before the election, the question remains: If not now, when?… Continue reading
Oct 20 Argentina passes 1 million cases as virus hits Latin America By Almudena Calatrava, Christine Armario, Nicolas Deluca, Associated Press At the edge of Argentina in a city known as "The End of the World," many thought they might be spared from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Oct 20 Justice Dept. files landmark antitrust case against Google By Michael Balsamo, Marcy Gordon, Associated Press The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its online dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Continue reading
Oct 20 Duterte says he accepts responsibility for killings in drug crackdown By Jim Gomez, Associated Press The Philippine president has said he accepts responsibility for the thousands of killings committed during police operations in his crackdown on drugs, adding that he was even ready to go to jail. Continue reading
Oct 18 PG&E lacked basic training before California blackouts By Michael Liedtke, Justin Pritchard, Associated Press When Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to large swaths of wildfire-prone Northern California last fall, few of the emergency personnel managing the blackouts for the nation’s largest utility had learned the fundamentals of managing an emergency in their home… Continue reading
Oct 18 Touch-and-go: US spacecraft sampling asteroid for return By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press After almost two years circling an ancient asteroid hundreds of millions of miles away, a NASA spacecraft this week will attempt to descend to the treacherous, boulder-packed surface and snatch a handful of rubble. Continue reading