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Once-unsafe Streets Now Provide Pupils Refuge From Pandemic
A public school in Brooklyn is looking to show how classes can be moved outside to more safely facilitate inperson learning.
Damaged Venezuelan Oil Tanker Drawing International Concern
The sight of a huge oil tanker that has taken on water and is leaning to one side off a remote stretch of Venezuela's coast has triggered international calls for action.
Lawsuit: Whistleblower In VA Deaths Wrongfully Suspended
A man who says he alerted authorities to a string of suspicious patient deaths at a West Virginia veterans hospital has filed a lawsuit claiming he was wrongfully suspended because of his actions, a newspaper reported.
Venice Opens "miraculous" Film Festival, But Veterans Lament
The beachfront terrace at the Excelsior Hotel, usually hopping with movie industry VIPs and minor celebrities, is pleasantly quiet. The red carpet has a threemeterhigh (tenfoot)wall blocking the publics view. Veteran filmgoers walk away dejected after bei...
Uzbekistan Stages Outdoor Exams For 1.4 Million University Applicants
Tens of thousands of youngsters headed to sports arenas across Uzbekistan on Wednesday to sit university entrance exams in the open air due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Haven't Seen a Supreme Court Judge So Firm, Unshakeable as Arun Mishra: AG Venugopal
Addressing the court through video conferencing, the outgoing judge Justice Arun Mishra urged the legal fraternity to "analyse (his) every judgment but do not give them this colour or that colour.
Intel Releases New Laptop Chips To Confront Rising Rivals
Intel Corp on Wednesday unveiled "Tiger Lake," the 11th generation version of its flagship chip for laptops.
More Than 200 Migrants Stuck In Gran Canaria Dockside Camp
Spain's coast guard rescued three boatloads of migrants from waters off Gran Canaria on Wednesday, bringing them ashore to join another 150 people forced to camp on the dockside as officials struggle to cope with a monthslong migratory surge.
Pakistan Directs American Blogger Cynthia Ritchie to Leave Country Within 15 Days
The petitioner, Chaudhry Iftikhar Ahmed, in the petition said that Ritchie is a foreign national and she has stayed in Pakistan without a valid visa.
'Skeptical:' Ernst Suggests COVID Numbers Are Inflated
Echoing a discredited conspiracy theory, vulnerable Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is suggesting government statistics on coronavirus infections and deaths have been inflated.
Biden Raises Over $360 Million In August, Shattering Record
Former Vice President Joe Biden raised $364 million for his election effort in August, a recordshattering sum that will give the Democrat ample resources to compete in the final two months of the campaign.
Sonu Sood Sends Smartphones to Students, Kangana Ranaut Slams Karan Johar
Actor Sonu Sood sent smartphones to students in Maharashtra to attend online classes. This and more in today's entertainment wrap.
AIIMS Report Can't Decide Whether It Was Murder or Suicide: Subramanian Swamy
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy took to Twitter to to express his view after learning that the some police officials have been "briefing" the media that the AIIMS report would decide if it was a case of murder or suicide.
Germany Says Putin Critic Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok
A critic of President Vladmir Putin who fell into a coma in Russia and is being treated in Berlin was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent, a German government spokesman said on Wednesday.
Jacqueline Fernandez's Unfiltered Selfie Celebrates Freckles
Jacqueline Fernandez is keeping it real and has shared an unfiltered selfie on Instagram. In her new pictures, Jacqueline is sans make-up.
Lawsuit Filed To Keep Kanye West Off Virginia Ballot
A law firm with ties to prominent Democrats has filed a lawsuit attempting to keep rapper Kanye West off presidential ballots in Virginia.