The growing Republican antagonism toward voting by mail comes even as the Trump campaign is launching a major absentee-ballot program in every competitive state, according to multiple campaign advisers — a delicate balancing act, considering what one strategist described as the president’s “imprecision” on the subject.“It’s very concerning for Republicans,” said a top party operative,…
(CNN)A man was shot dead while walking and holding his 6-year-old daughter's hand in the Bronx, police said. The New York Police Department (NYPD) on Monday released surveillance footage of the sho…
The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. has sent a letter officially notifying the United Nations that it is leaving the World Health Organization, starting…
To provide some semblance of the campus experience during a pandemic, colleges say large chunks of the student body will have to stay away and study remotely for all or part of the year.Harvard University said it would allow only 40 percent of its undergraduates to be on campus at a time — mainly freshmen…
Former acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney has a blunt assessment of President Trump's chances in November’s presidential election, saying the president should hope it doesn't turn into "a referendum" on himself.“If the president can go back to drawing those contrasts between him and [former Vice President] Joe Biden — that becomes a race…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…