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Bill To End Mandatory Jail Time For Assaults On Police Fails
Virginia lawmakers on Tuesday killed legislation that called for eliminating mandatory jail time for assaulting a police officer, a bill that drew heated opposition from Republicans who said it would send the wrong message at a time when law enforcement h...
As U.S. Surpasses 200,000 COVID-19 Deaths, Wisconsin Sounds Alarm Over Surges In Cases
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Tuesday declared a new public health emergency and extended a face mask mandate into November to fight a coronavirus flareup, as the number of people who have died across the United States since the pandemic began passed 2...
U.S. House Democratic Leaders Hope For Tuesday Vote On Bill To Avoid Shutdown
Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives said they hoped to have a vote later Tuesday on a stopgap government funding bill, after putting the legislation on hold earlier in the day while debating whether to include farm aid sought by Presid...
Wisconsin Sounds Alarm After Surge In COVID-19 Cases As Nation Surpasses 200,000 Deaths
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared a new public health emergency and extended a face coverings mandate into November to fight a flareup of coronavirus cases, as the United States surpassed the grim milestone of 200,000 COVID19 deaths on Tuesday.
Facebook: Fake Pages From China Tried To Disrupt US Politics
Facebook says it has removed a small network of fake accounts and pages that originated in China and focused on disrupting political activity in the U.S. and several other countries.
Delhi Pollution Control Committee Seals 16 Units For Violating Norms
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has sealed 16 units in Mandoli industrial areas for using non-PNG fuel and operating without consent since August 1, officials told a Supreme Court-mandated pollution control body on Tuesday. The DPCC conduc...
Israeli Kibbutz Tweaks Its Name To Honor Ginsburg
An Israeli kibbutz has changed its name to honor the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in a weeklong tribute to the Jewish American judge.
Court, COVID, Race Are Topics For First Trump-Biden Debate
President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will face off on the Supreme Court, the coronavirus pandemic and race and violence in the nation's cities next week when they meet for their first presidential debate.
Woman Strangles Husband to Death, Hides Body at Home for a Day Before Telling Police in Rajasthan
Primary investigation reveals that the couple had a dispute and used to have heated arguments often.
CDC Asks Americans To Avoid Trick-or-treating, Indoor Halloween Parties
Americans should avoid doortodoor trickortreating, attending crowded and indoor parties, and wearing costume masks this Halloween to prevent the spread of COVID19, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
OPINON | Covid-19 Crisis Presents Unique Opportunity for Policy Makers to Initiate Bold Reforms
COVID-19 has taught us the importance of decentralisation. Power and decision-making concentrated in a region or only one institution would definitely be the wrong way ahead.
Trump Supreme Court Gains Steam As Romney Backs Election-year Senate Vote
President Donald Trump's push to widen the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority received a boost on Tuesday as a longtime rival, Republican Senator Mitt Romney, said the Senate should move forward with a vote on his replacement for liberal Justice R...
State Auditor: UC Wrongly Admitted Well-connected Students
A California state audit has found that the University of California wrongly admitted at least 64 wealthy students over the past six years as favors to donors, family, and friends."
Karnataka House Committee Seeks More Privileges For Legislators
Providing lounge facility at Delhi airport, hassle-free arrangement at toll collection centres on national highways, darshan and lodging facility at Tirupati, are some of the recommendations made by an house panel, tabled in the Karnataka Legislative As...
Lok Sabha Passes Three Labour Codes for 'Healthy Environment to Workers' Amid Boycott by Opposition
Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar said the government has taken several steps for employees such as increase in maternity leave period to 26 weeks, allowing women to work in mines sector and pension scheme for small traders.
Trooper Who Faced Firing In Black Man's Death Dies In Crash
A Louisiana state trooper has died following a single-vehicle highway crash that happened just hours after he learned he would be fired for his role last year in the in-custody death of a Black man.