Explosion kills 2 steam pipe workers at veterans hospital
Two workers were killed in an explosion Friday while repairing a steam pipe in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut, officials said. Alfred Montoya Jr., director of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, said the men wer…
Census case that led to head count halt heads back to court
A month after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident, the case that propelled the ruling is heading back to a district court Friday, with advocacy groups and the Trump administration at odds…
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell fights to keep sexually charged testimony sealed
Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell, alleged co-conspirator in disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes, filed an objection late Thursday seeking to block release of a controversial, sexually charged deposition in a settled civil lawsuit.
A car stolen in Boca Raton was found in Pompano Beach. There was a body inside
One person is in custody after a dead body was found in a stolen car near a Pompano Beach apartment complex early Friday, deputies said.
DoorDash shows surge in revenue growth, profitable quarter in IPO filing
The move to go public by DoorDash, which competes with Uber Eats, GrubHub Inc and Postmates Inc, follows a surge in demand for food delivery services during the COVID-19 lockdowns earlier this year. In its IPO filing, DoorDash reported revenue of $1….
Vegetables lift U.S. producer prices; trend remains moderate
U.S. producer prices increased for a sixth straight month in October amid more expensive food and gasoline, but the trend remained moderate, supporting views of tame inflation given labor market slack and a resurgence in new coronavirus cases. The pro…
Microsoft says hackers backed by Russia and North Korea targeted COVID-19 vaccine makers
Microsoft has revealed that hackers backed by Russia and North Korea have targeted pharmaceutical companies involved in the COVID-19 vaccine development efforts. The technology giant said Friday that the attacks targeted seven companies in the U.S., …
Genocide claims in Nagorno-Karabakh make peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan unlikely, despite cease-fire
A Russian-brokered cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan this week halted fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory, where long-standing hostilities reerupted on Sept. 27. The deal leaves Azerbaijan, which was given Nagorno-Karabakh by …
Ireland eyes phased exit from COVID-19 curbs in time for Christmas
Ireland may take a staged approach to lifting COVID-19 restrictions from Dec. 1 in the run-up to Christmas to allow families to celebrate in a “meaningful way”, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Friday. A sharp fall in infection rates prompted Mar…
Preserving cultural and historic treasures in a changing climate may mean transforming them
With global travel curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are finding comfort in planning future trips. But imagine that you finally arrive in Venice and the “floating city” is flooded. Would you stay anyway, walking through St. Mark’s Squ…
UK COVID-19 R number falls to 1.0-1.2 in sign epidemic is slowing
The estimated reproduction “R” number of COVID-19 in Britain has fallen to 1.0-1.2 and might be below 1 in some parts of the country, the Government Office for Science said on Friday, a sign that the spread of the disease is slowing. Prime Minister Bo…
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