When Cloyd Steiger was placed on administrative leave from the Washington Attorney General’s Office for causing a public scene over a waitress’s Black Lives Matter pin, it wasn’t the first time his conduct had been called into question. Steiger, a homicide investigator, was placed on leave Sept. 8 after Reese Vincent, a waitress at the …
Voters won’t use the health of the U.S. economy as a measuring stick when they decide whether to extend Donald Trump’s presidency six weeks from now, according to an expert who studies politics and government in the critical swing state of Ohio. Unemployment rates in swing states have thrown the usual political calculations overboard. Millions …
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Don’t get too used to working from home. Business leaders believe telework won’t be the new normal, according to a new survey. The Paycor survey of 600 leaders of small- and medium-sized businesses found most employees have been working from home a significant amount of time during the coronavirus pandemic. But only 3% of business …
President Donald Trump’s potential Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett’s faith could be a focal point of her confirmation hearing if she’s nominated. Trump will announce his nominee Saturday at the White House, about a week after liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer. The possible selection of Barrett has …
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Gina Zevallos uprooted her life two years ago, as a new graduate, to settle in the French city of Angers. Her decision to return home hangs in the balance, as the 2020 U.S. presidential election nears and President Donald Trump seeks re-election. As an undergraduate in California in 2016, Zevallos worked for a law firm …
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Visitors to the Bronx Zoo in New York might meet Leo the snow leopard, but they will hardly know he came all the way from Pakistan. “I raised him like a child,” said Kamaluddin Rummi, an official of the wildlife department in the Gilgit-Baltistan area. “He used to sleep in my bed. He went to …
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Winter in the Southern hemisphere. That’s the relatively cold season in Cape Town, but it also offers some of the best times for many outdoor activities. Winter, from May to August, is when storms between Antarctica and Cape Town kick up the biggest waves. Gale force winds sometimes blow for …
The Way We Live Now: Cape Town’s Winter Weather Howls and Delights, but There’s No Snow Read More »
Chinese intelligence agencies appear to have repeatedly penetrated their U.S. counterparts in the past 20 years, and the spying has led to federal prosecutions and lengthy prison terms for American who were involved. Officials from the Justice and State departments and the FBI have warned with increasing alarm about China’s espionage capabilities more recently focusing …
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Dolores Huerta, founder and president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF) and co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW), has been a cornerstone of American social change for decades and is a venerated icon to Latinos, feminists and labor union members. She is the subject of Mexican-American corridos folk songs and murals. Streets, schools and …
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Dos ánforas invaluables de origen ibérico/prerromano del siglo 4 a.C. se recuperaron cerca de una concurrida playa en la Costa Blanca, en el este España. Un buzo encontró las vasijas, una casi completa y la otra en fragmentos, a diez pies (tres metros) de la playa, e inmediatamente notificó a la policía local y a …
La Costa Turística Española entrega ánforas antiguas invaluables Read More »