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Daily Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. rise back toward the record level set in April.

ByadminNovember 29, 2020

2020-11-29 05:46:30 {widget1} On April 15, 2,752 people across the United States were reported to have died from Covid-19, more than on any day before or since. Now daily deaths are rising sharply and fast approaching that dreadful count again. On Wednesday, 2,300 deaths

Utah Monolith Mysteriously Disappears From Desert

ByadminNovember 29, 2020

2020-11-29 05:26:38 {widget1} As mysteriously as it arrived, a metal monolith that was discovered last week by Utah public safety workers is now gone, officials said on Saturday. The three-sided metal structure was removed on Friday evening “by an unknown party” from the

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E.U. Border Agency Accused of Covering Up Migrant Pushback in Greece

ByadminNovember 29, 2020

2020-11-26 18:53:36 {widget1} BRUSSELS — Mounting evidence indicates that the European Union’s border agency has been complicit in Greece’s illegal practice of pushing back migrants to Turkey, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with

Biden Aides’ Ties to Consulting and Investment Firms Pose Ethics Test

ByadminNovember 29, 2020

2020-11-29 04:28:34 {widget1} WASHINGTON — One firm helps companies navigate global risks and the political and procedural ins and outs of Washington. The other is an investment fund with a particular interest in military contractors. But the consulting firm, WestExec

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Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond

ByadminNovember 29, 2020

2020-11-29 02:11:21 {widget1} The raid alone was brazen enough. A team of Israeli commandos with high-powered torches blasted their way into a vault of a heavily guarded warehouse deep in Iran and made off before dawn with 5,000 pages of top secret papers on the country’s

How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas

ByadminNovember 29, 2020

2020-11-29 01:00:43 {widget1} Natalie Young had quit her job as a chef on the Las Vegas Strip just a few months before she was introduced to Mr. Hsieh by a friend who ran a coffee shop in downtown Las Vegas. She recalled on Saturday that he had once asked her, “What size

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Guns, Drugs and Viral Content: Welcome to Cartel TikTok

ByadminNovember 29, 2020

2020-11-28 16:52:44 {widget1} MEXICO CITY — Tiger cubs and semiautomatic weapons. Piles of cash and armored cars. Fields of poppies watered to the sound of ballads glorifying Mexican drug cartel culture. This is the world of Cartel TikTok, a genre of videos depicting drug

A Cat Is Said to Be Joining the Bidens in the White House

ByadminNovember 29, 2020

2020-11-29 00:53:58 {widget1} When he was running for president, Joseph R. Biden Jr. said it was time for a pet to be put back in the White House. First it was announced that Champ and Major, the German shepherds belonging to the president-elect and future first lady Jill

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Israel’s Pick to Head Holocaust Memorial Stirs International Uproar

ByadminNovember 28, 2020

2020-11-28 21:30:47 {widget1} JERUSALEM – For years his name has been synonymous with bigotry and right-wing extremism. So when Israel's conservative-led government nominated Effie Eitam as chairman of Yad Vashem, the country's official Holocaust memorial and

In Key States, Republicans Were Critical in Resisting Trump’s Election Narrative

ByadminNovember 28, 2020

2020-11-28 22:04:50 {widget1} But they nonetheless refuted Mr. Trump, issuing a statement shortly after leaving the White House, affirming that they had seen no evidence that the election outcome would change and that the winner of the popular vote would stand. But the Trump