"We let our guards down. Please tell everybody to be careful. This is real, and if you get diagnosed, get help immediately," former Sen. Larry Dixon said.
By Wilson Wong A former Alabama state senator died of Covid-19 last week at age 78, officials said. The former senator, Larry Dixon, a Republican who was also a former executive director of the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, died Friday, the board said in a statement. Dr. David Thrasher, a pulmonologist in Montgomery who […]
By Chris Arnold, NPR With their savings running out, many Americans are being forced to use credit cards to pay for bills they can’t afford — even their rent. Housing experts and economists say this is a blinking-red warning light that without more relief from Congress, the economy is headed for even more serious trouble. There’s been […]
America president Donald Trump after elections. – Washington DC, United States, November 2020 (Shutterstock) By Lauren Martinchek, Medium Even weeks past the election, President Trump is still handling his loss of the 2020 election to Joe Biden exactly as not only people were predicting he would, but how he told us he would since before […]
The well-known story of Thanksgiving is an account of how the English pilgrims and Native Americans came together for a celebratory meal in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The true story behind Thanksgiving is a bloody one, and some people say it’s time to cancel the holiday altogether. Some people view the holiday as a reminder of the […]
By Áine Cain and Joey Hadden, Insider While celebrations may look different this year in light of the ongoing pandemic, typically Thanksgiving is a time for family, parades, lots of delicious food, and, oftentimes, intense travel snarls. American schoolchildren are usually taught that the tradition dates back to the pilgrims, English religious dissenters who helped […]
Alejandro Mayorkas, President Obama’s nominee to become deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. – July 25, 2013 (Shutterstock) By Michael Crowley, MSN WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. plans to name several top national security picks on Tuesday, his transition office said, including the first Latino […]
Protesters with signs at the Defend Democracy March after Biden is announced as President Elect – Los Angeles, CA / USA – November 7, 2020. (Shutterstock) By Aris Folley, MSN More than 100 former GOP senior national security officials who served under former Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, as well as […]
Bronze statue of Founding Fathers John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson kneeling in prayer by sculptor Stan Watts at Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge. – Valley Forge, PA – July, 3, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Gillian Brockell, MSN President Trump continued Friday to deny the results of the election, pressuring state officials in Michigan and […]
Anti-racism and Biden supporters stretched tarps across H St while awaiting results on election night. They say, “Trump lies all the time,” and “Remove Trump” – Washington, DC, USA – November 3, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Bella DePaulo, Chicago Tribune I spent the first two decades of my career as a social scientist studying liars and […]
Kamala Harris has what I like to call happy eyes. And those happy eyes culminated with the most joyous laugh heard around the world on Saturday, November 7, in a video posted to her social media. In that, she excitedly says, “We did it, we did it, Joe. You’re going to be the next President […]
