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VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused

11:38 pm October 3, 2020

New York: Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the U.S. borders, overruling the agency’s scientists who said there was no evidence the action would slow the coronavirus, according to two former health officials. The action has so far caused nearly 150,000 children […]

Alumni at Barrett’s undergrad school sign letter of concern

11:34 pm October 3, 2020

Memphis: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett graduated in 1994 with honours from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. But more than 1,500 alumni of the small liberal arts school have made it known they are not proud of their ties to the conservative lawyer and judge. Barrett graduated magna cum laude with an undergraduate degree in English. She was a […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Florida man who tried to get ballot for dead wife charged

11:31 pm October 3, 2020

Bradenton: Florida authorities say they’ve filed a voter fraud charge against a man who said he said he “wanted to test the system” when he tried to obtain a mail-in ballot for his deceased wife. Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Mike Bennett said he contacted the sheriff’s office after a review of voter rolls showed that Larry Wiggins’ wife had […]

Yoga and meditation symposium in US

2:29 pm October 3, 2020

Washington: The American Academy of Yoga and Meditation is launching a symposium on how yoga can prevent cardiovascular çomplication, the world’s most common killer disease. The ‘Ganges Mississippi Dialogue’ is being organized by a group of cardiologists led by Tennessee-based Dr. Indranill Basu Ray at the weekend. “The sudden global explosion of CVD (cardiovascular disease) […]

Recordings reveal confusion behind Breonna Taylor’s death

2:23 pm October 3, 2020

Louisville: The police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor described seeing only “shadowy mass” and said he didn’t recall firing the 16 bullets later matched to his gun. As she lay bleeding, Taylor’s boyfriend called his mother before dialling 911. And neighbours roused by the gunfire at Taylor’s apartment after midnight on March 13 only added to […]