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The Supreme Court has thrown out the convictions of two officials with ties to then-Governor Chris Christie for causing traffic jams on the bridge connecting New York and New Jersey. NBC's Pete Williams has details.

After the release of BlackkKlansman , Netflix began aggressively pursuing that chance to house a Spike Lee Joint that it could call its own. The streaming giant and the film auteur appeared to be circling a deal February of last year for Jones’ Vietnam veteran drama, Da 5 Bloods, which had cemented the casting of…

Health officials are failing to provide evidence outlining the reasons why the UK government decided not to copy South Korea’s Covid-19 action plan – including mass testing – according to the Commons Science Committee chairman.
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Six adults and two children who were part of a group of 120 migrants rescued on Wednesday night, were landed in Malta on Thursday. They are the first migrants to be brought to Malta since the government informed the EU on April 9 that no migrants would be allowed in since harbours had been closed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to allow the eight in is understood to have been taken for humanitarian reasons. Some of the adults are the parents of the migrant children and one woman is pregnant. Читать дальше...

The number of coronavirus patients in Uttar Pradesh crossed the 3000-mark, with 73 fresh cases and two more deaths reported on Thursday, officials said. The death toll due to the disease has risen to 62 in the state. According to a health department bulletin, 67 of the 75 districts in the state have detected a total of 3,071 patients, of which 1250 recovered, while 1759 are undergoing treatment. On Thursday, Kanpur Nagar and Meerut reported one death each, it said. Agra reported 15 of the total 73 fresh cases... Читать дальше...

Over 1,000 migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh, stranded in the national capital for nearly 40 days due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, left for their state in a special Shramik train on Thursday. Health Minister Satyendra Jain said the government was in constant touch with all the states regarding sending the migrant labourers and other stranded people to their homes. A railway official said the second Shramik train carrying stranded migrant labourers will leave Delhi for Bihar on Friday. "First... Читать дальше...

Today was the deadline to renew the lockdown measures - but it's led to confusion over what people will not be able to do on Sunday that they will on Monday

SAN Miguel Corporation (SMC) completed construction of 10 emergency quarantine facilities it was building together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) around military camps nationwide, to accommodate Covid-19 patients with mild to no symptoms, and ease the strain on local hospitals. The quarantine facilities, which have 15 beds each for a combined capacity […]

Assam finance minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “We had an informal discussion with these states and we may increase the tax on liquor. Tomorrow we are having a cabinet meeting in Assam and a decision in this regard will be taken.”

750 persons from Maldives to be brought by Naval ship on May 10

I have been sailing and fishing on the Chesapeake Bay from the Annapolis area for over 38 years. Initially I raced and cruised a S2 7.9 sailboat and when the season opens I will be fishing and cruising my Albemarle 26.8 sport fisherman. Needless to say, after looking at theRead More

FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) has asked Churchill to immediately clear dues of Ghananian player Sadat Bukari...

A group of riders in Malabon City earned praises from Mayor Antolin ‘Lenlen’ Oreta and residents for offering their services like buying food or bringing packages for free. Joseph Legaspi, head of the Malabon Riders’ Association, created a Facebook page called Malabon City Bayanihan Rider Pabili. So far, 500 riders have joined. “The aim of our […]

Microsoft’s Surface cameras may now be among the best around, one of many premium touches in Microsoft’s new Surface lineup. So why don’t they have a physical privacy mechanism? Documented cases of hackers listening in on baby monitors has prompted some electronics manufacturers to build them in, from buttons that turned off the microphone in smart speakers, to shutters that slide over cameras. 

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The Justice Department's inspector general is reviewing the Trump administration's decision to keep the nation's immigration courts open while the coronavirus swept through the United States.

With any luck at all, Democrat Mark Kelly will soon start pulling away in the race for the senate seat from Arizona, and one less vermin will be in office.

The festering rent crisis shows that the United States has failed a basic test.

Russian specialists spent over 1.5 months providing aid against the coronavirus pandemic

After all these years, space shooters like Star Fox and Wing Commander stand out as classics. Publisher Deep Silver hopes to bring a similarly fast-paced, zero-G feeling to Xbox One and Xbox Series X. Chorus was revealed during Microsoft’s Xbox 20/20...

Iran is scrambling to buy millions of tonnes of wheat, corn and soybeans to shore up its reserves.

Fort Myers beach hotels were forced to close amid the coronavirus pandemic despite them being considered an essential business. With tourism way down the owners are doing everything they can to stay on their feet. (May 7)

Whittingham Meats has had to completely rethink its business model in a few weeks.

"I have felt not to get bullish on a vaccine until Fauci said, 'Get bullish,'" CNBC's Jim Cramer said, suggesting the White House advisor's positive comments on Moderna's potential coronavirus vaccine may be that bullish call.

Understanding debt is straightforward: it is the money the government borrows to finance expenses that exceed tax revenue