California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Thursday that 33 people in California have tested positive for coronavirus, with officials monitoring more than 8,400 people for the virus. Newsom said during a press conference that five people who tested positive have since moved out of the state as officials deal with the spreading virus. One of […]
A shooting at the Molson Coors Beverage Co., in Milwaukee, Wis., has left “multiple people” dead, including the shooter, the mayor of the city said Wednesday. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that at least seven people are dead, including the suspected gunman, according to its sources. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said several people had died, […]
Wall Street plunged for a second straight day on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing down 877 points after U.S. health officials warned that the spread of coronavirus to America was not a matter of “if” but “when.” The Dow’s fall follows a tumultuous Monday, which saw the blue-chip index spiral rapidly downward […]
Fears of a global pandemic continue to grow as coronavirus cases spike in several countries, including Italy, South Korea and Iran and the U.S. stock market nosedived early Monday. A staggering 50 people died in the Iranian city of Qom from the new coronavirus in the month of February, Iran’s semiofficial ILNA news agency reported […]
Former Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty by a Manhattan jury Monday of two of five charges relating to sexual assaults and faces as many as 25 years in prison. He was found guilty of a criminal sex act for assaulting production assistant Mimi Haleyi at his apartment in 2006 and third-degree rape […]
Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Monday to renewed charges accusing him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself last year in Chicago. The former “Empire” actor appeared in court Monday on new charges alleging that he lied to police about being the victim of an attack in Chicago last year. A somber-looking Smollett, 37, […]
A worsening coronavirus outbreak reportedly could threaten shortages of about 150 prescription drugs, several of them with no alternatives. China’s role in supplying the ingredients used in medications means that decreased Chinese production capability amid the outbreaks could threaten supplies of the drugs, which include antibiotics, generics, and branded drugs, two sources familiar with a […]
On a Wednesday afternoon in mid-December, a Chinese woman entered the grounds of President Donald Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida through a service entrance and snapped photos on her cellphone. “Who is Mar-a-Lago?” she said in court following her arrest. Eight days later, a Chinese student walked around a perimeter fence at a U.S. […]
LAS VEGAS — Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) rivals are sounding the alarm over his growing strength and warning that he could effectively secure the presidential nomination on Super Tuesday if Democrats don’t quickly align behind an alternative. The clock is ticking fast toward March 3, when about one-third of all delegates will be allocated after […]
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s number of newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus has doubled in just 24 hours, to a total of 204 cases. The majority are from the southeastern city of Daegu and are followers of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a religious sect. Throughout the country, public fear is escalating […]
Democrats may face an uphill battle in Wisconsin when the party’s eventual nominee goes up against President Trump in November, a new poll suggests, while other battlegrounds state of Pennsylvania and Michigan are shaping up to be more friendly territory. A Quinnipiac University Poll survey released on Thursday shows Trump trouncing six Democratic presidential contenders […]
