The study is based on some assumptions under different scenarios. It suggests that if 95% of Americans wore masks in public it could drastically reduce the amount of COVID-19 deaths by February. - 3 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 4:45pm -
Most of the federal contracts with companies involved in the crash program to make COVID-19 vaccines haven't been made public. The lack of disclosure raises questions about accountability. - 4 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 3:16pm -
Walker was a pioneer in Austin's country music scene in the 1970s. His most famous song, "Mr. Bojangles," went on to inspire countless covers. - 5 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 2:10pm -
The approach the two candidates are taking in this final leg of the campaign mirrors the divergent narratives they're trying to convey about the pandemic and the choice voters face this fall. - 7 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 12:43pm -
Afghanistan's interior ministry said at least 57 others were wounded in the bombing outside of an education center in a heavily Shiite neighborhood in Kabul. - 9 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 10:19am -
President Andrzej Duda, who says he's experiencing no symptoms, will self-isolate. Duda has apologized to those he came into contact with, who will need to go into quarantine. - 10 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 9:47am -
Many of us are baking our way through the pandemic. See how two broke artists opened a bakery with the help of Instagram and a toaster oven. - 7 mins ago 24 Oct 20, 7:21pm -
The wave is most acute in the Midwest and Mountain West. The U.S. set a single-day record of 82,154 new cases on Friday. Here’s the latest. - 7 mins ago 24 Oct 20, 7:21pm -
Barack Obama joined a drive-in rally in Miami, where he delivered one of his most visceral and high-decibel attacks on President Trump. Here’s the latest. - 7 mins ago 24 Oct 20, 7:21pm -
Khabib Nurmagomedov, who is undefeated, faces Justin Gaethje for the lightweight championship in a bout that showcases the drama and story lines of 2020. - 44 mins ago 24 Oct 20, 6:44pm -
Mr. Lee was convicted — and pardoned — twice for white-collar crimes, in a sign of the ills in South Korea’s relationship with its business dynasties. - 46 mins ago 24 Oct 20, 6:42pm -
Lexi Underwood, the impressive newcomer who delivered her own acting performance to remember next to Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon’s masterful ones in Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere, is the latest young Black star to be tapped by Disney to play a modern-day princess. Read more... - 8 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 11:30am -
On the heels of the last presidential debate—in which Trump flippantly dismissed his administration’s cruel and inhumane decision to separate immigrant children from their parents for the crime of being non-white and seeking asylum in America—there are now reports that Immigration and Customs… - 9 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 10:00am -
As we get closer to Election Day, more reports of planned, executed, and nearly-executed violence at the hands of white supremacists keep barrelling in. Deeply insecure white people with weapons have been targeting everyone from Black church-goers and the governor of Michigan, to even their police e… - 11 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 8:05am -
In the midst of this year’s massive, nationwide Black Lives Matter demonstrations, Black bookstores have enjoyed a short-term boost in sales they hope to turn into a longer-term renaissance.Read more... - 12 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 7:00am -
A sale on Le Creuset stoneware, kettles, cast iron and Razer Tactical laptop backpacks lead Saturday’s best deals.Read more... - 13 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 6:36am -
A “Boogaloo Boy” has been charged for firing a gun and helping set fire to a Minneapolis police precinct during the initial George Floyd protests. Read more... - 1 day ago 23 Oct 20, 4:30pm -
Offset went live on Instagram on Saturday to chronicle a confrontation with police in Beverly Hill. He was allegedly arrested.... View ArticleThe post Offset arrested following confrontation with police filmed on Instagram Live appeared first on TheGrio. - 2 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 5:33pm -
President Donald Trump swept into office nearly four years ago as an outsider who promised to get things done quickly... View ArticleThe post Four years in, Trump has plenty of unfinished business appeared first on TheGrio. - 4 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 3:20pm -
The First Daughter, Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, said they may sue an anti-Donald Trump Republican coalition. The... View ArticleThe post Trump-Kushner might sue The Lincoln Project for ‘defamatory’ ads appeared first on TheGrio. - 4 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 3:02pm -
The second season of Verzuz is set to begin on November 19 at 5pm PT/8pm ET and viewers are invited... View ArticleThe post Jeezy and T.I. set to battle in Verzuz Season 2 opener appeared first on TheGrio. - 5 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 2:29pm -
Suspended receiver Antonio Brown has agreed to return to the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a one-year deal,... View ArticleThe post Antonio Brown agrees to 1-year deal with Bucs appeared first on TheGrio. - 6 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 1:58pm -
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) TV reboot of Blade, the story of a Black vampire slayer, will be getting the... View ArticleThe post Marvel’s Blade TV reboot will have all Black writing team appeared first on TheGrio. - 6 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 1:31pm -
The senator from New Jersey talks about Donald Trump, race, and the Supreme Court—and says he thinks he’s “taking up space” in the president’s head. - 1 day ago 23 Oct 20, 11:30am -
If enough of these women cast a ballot in North Carolina, they could help elect the first-ever Latino legislator to the state assembly, flip a Senate seat, and deny Trump a second term. - 3 days ago 22 Oct 20, 7:15am -
The president of the United States poses a threat to our collective existence. The choice voters face is spectacularly obvious. - 3 days ago 22 Oct 20, 3:00am -
President Trump's reelection campaign seemingly ignored previously agreed upon health guidelines at its Sept. 30 rally in Duluth, Minn., just two days before the president was diagnosed with COVID-19, according to d... - 3 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 4:56pm -
President Trump privately told donors at a Nashville, Tenn., fundraiser on Thursday that he thinks it will be "very tough" for Republicans to keep their majority in the Senate, adding that he would not support certa... - 4 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 3:31pm -
President Trump is set to hold a campaign rally on Saturday in Waukesha, Wis.The rally is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. EDT.Watch the live video above. - 4 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 3:00pm -
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said on Saturday that she will vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday, despite objections to taking up the nomination before the Nov. 3 election. - 7 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 12:19pm -
Friday’s tally of 78,752 and counting comes as many states break their records for new infections and see surging hospitalizations. - 16 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 3:57am -
An interview with Voto Latino’s María Teresa Kumar on what the big issues are (and aren’t), why Gen Z matters so much and why Kamala Harris could be Biden’s secret weapon. - 8 days ago 17 Oct 20, 4:00am -
“It is fair and accurate to state that President Trump has weaponized the Department of Justice,” the president’s former attorney said in an interview. - 10 days ago 14 Oct 20, 4:08pm -
The Labor Department said Trish Scalia “is experiencing mild symptoms but doing well,” while the secretary has tested negative. - 11 days ago 13 Oct 20, 7:39pm -
The senator, who died in 2018, said in 2008 that his “father was often at sea, and the job of raising my brother, sister and me would fall to my mother alone.” - 12 days ago 12 Oct 20, 12:57pm -
With their penchant for social media and memes, young people are interacting with a new and dangerous internet space. - 14 days ago 11 Oct 20, 2:00am -
An alphabet soup of federal agencies - including the Treasury Department - will return $3.3 million that was docked from the program that cares for firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians sickened by exposure to the toxic rubble of the Twin Towers. - 6 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 1:47pm -
Trump and Kushner on Friday threatened to sue The Lincoln Project, a Republican group that is using Times Square billboards to taunt them over the COVID-19 death toll. - 7 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 12:36pm -
When 10 a.m. rolled around, hundreds burst into wild cheers and applause as the Campos Community Center at E. 13th St. and Avenue C opened its doors to lines of voters who circled the center and snaked all the way to Avenue B in the East Village. - 10 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 9:19am -
Trump is the first sitting president in recent years to vote alone as First Lady Melania Trump is still recovering at home from her bout with coronavirus. - 11 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 8:58am -
The senator from New Jersey talks about Donald Trump, race, and the Supreme Court—and says he thinks he’s “taking up space” in the president’s head. - 1 day ago 23 Oct 20, 11:30am -
If enough of these women cast a ballot in North Carolina, they could help elect the first-ever Latino legislator to the state assembly, flip a Senate seat, and deny Trump a second term. - 3 days ago 22 Oct 20, 7:15am -
The president of the United States poses a threat to our collective existence. The choice voters face is spectacularly obvious. - 3 days ago 22 Oct 20, 3:00am -
New York voters waited in long lines on the first day of early voting in their state. Voters also flooded polling sites in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Alabama and elsewhere. - 2 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 5:03pm -
Biden pledged that he will avoid the partisan blaming of Donald Trump, even as Trump supporters heckled him at an event in Pennsylvania on Saturday. - 4 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 3:26pm -
The Republican senator said she opposes an election-year Supreme Court appointment, but she's voting to confirm Barrett anyway. - 6 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 1:10pm -
Donald Trump rallied in a town that canceled its beloved pumpkin festival because of the coronavirus. The biggest crowd Kamala Harris saw was a long line of voters.View Entire Post › - 3 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 10:46pm -
Voting rights groups have asked officials in Jefferson County to give voters who received now-defunct information a way to make sure their ballots aren’t rejected.View Entire Post › - 4 mins ago 24 Oct 20, 7:25pm -
“A lot of people are one illness or injury away from bankruptcy,” Democratic Senate candidate MJ Hegar said.View Entire Post › - 11 mins ago 24 Oct 20, 7:18pm -
Two researchers claim that a single number they call the “political stress indicator” can warn when societies are at risk of erupting into violence. It’s spiking in the US, just like it did before the Civil War.View Entire Post › - 5 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 2:46pm -
Viral photos show McConnell picking up a face mask, revealing his right hand to be much darker than the rest of his body, as well as a bandaged thumb.View Entire Post › - 10 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 9:25am -
The suit alleges that election officials in Clark County are restricting Republican election observers' ability to "meaningfully observe" the counting of ballots.View Entire Post › - 22 hours ago 23 Oct 20, 9:04pm -
Protesters demonstrate against a new abortion policy in Warsaw, Poland on October 23, 2020. | Piotr Lapinski/NurPhoto/Getty Images A near-total ban on abortion has sparked protests across the country. Poland’s highest court on Thursday banned abortions due to fetal defects, a ruling that furthe… - 4 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 3:00pm -
Trevor Williams, the father of Tafara Williams, marches with demonstrators in Waukegan, Illinois, on October 22, to protest the police shooting of his daughter and her boyfriend. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Stinnette died from his wounds and Williams is recovering in the hospital. The FBI is inves… - 5 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 2:45pm -
A nurse in Pennsylvania administers a Covid-19 test at a drive-through facility. | Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Images There were about 10,000 more new cases Friday than the previous same-day high on July 16. The United States broke its record for the highest number of confirmed… - 8 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 11:19am -
A voter in Philadelphia returns their mail-in ballot. | Mark Makela/Getty Images It’s a blow for Republicans who challenged the state’s guidance that different-looking signatures shouldn’t be disqualifying. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Friday that mail-in ballots cann… - 11 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 8:50am -
The Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to remdesivir for Covid-19 treatment. It’s the first drug to receive this designation. | Fadel Dawood/Picture Alliance via Getty Images Researchers are concerned the FDA’s first full approval of a Covid-19 drug doesn’t have enough resea… - 11 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 8:30am -
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 18, 2020. The economy is still recovering from a catastrophic spring. | Michael Nagle/Xinhua/Getty Images Economic data will likely show record-breaking growth. But the economy hasn’t recovered. Five days before Election Day,… - 11 hours ago 24 Oct 20, 8:30am -
A judge said the Calgary police officers lacked "empathy towards a fellow human being" when they refused to give treatment to the man, who was bleeding and in pain. - 1 day ago 23 Oct 20, 1:39pm -
Residents of Neskantaga First Nation haven't been able to bathe or flush their toilets for nearly a week, prompting a mass evacuation. - 1 day ago 23 Oct 20, 8:32am -
The mysterious treasure hunt—for everything from the Ark of the Covenant to Shakespeare’s manuscripts—continues to baffle audiences around the world. But what if it’s all a cover-up? - 2 days ago 23 Oct 20, 4:30am -
The usually quiet string of fishing villages in southwest Nova Scotia are fraught with tension and fear as anti-Indigenous violence over the lucrative lobster fishery has come to a head. - 2 days ago 22 Oct 20, 9:26am -