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Gov. Cuomo Gets Emmy for 'Leadership' During Pandemic, Twitter Reacts
Andrew Cuomo will be receiving an Emmy Award for his coronavirus briefings, but brothers Peter and Daniel Arbeeny joined "Fox & Friends Weekend" to reminisce on his doomed decision to fill nursing homes with COVID-19 patients. Cuomo follows in the footsteps of Oprah Winfrey , Steven Spielberg , and Al Gore, who are among past recipients. The pandemic peaked in early-to-mid April, when ove... [Full Article...]
Donald Trump Skips G20 Coronavirus Meeting To Play Golf
President Donald Trump posed for pictures at his Sterling, Virginia Golf Club on Saturday. He resented reports that he had blown up part of the G20 summit to play golf. "I look forward to working with you for a long time", he told the leaders Viewer . The president also reportedly claimed that the two vaccines that have showed promising signs this week, one from Moderna and the other by ... [Full Article...]
Woman shoved onto tracks just before train arrives
She fell in between two train tracks and narrowly missed the train's impact as it passed over early morning Thursday. Surveillance video shows the suspect waiting and then suddenly push the woman, 40, onto the tracks in front of the oncoming train. [Full Article...]
CBBC Newsround: Microplastics found in snow close to summit of Mount Everest
In this Backstory, Elvin et al. describe the "symphony of logistics" it takes to conduct science on the world's tallest mountain . Given how far and wide microplastics have spread, both on land and in water, the discovery is not particularly surprising, although it's still shocking. [Full Article...]
Israel's Netanyahu welcomes end of travel ban on ex-spy Pollard
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the lifting of the restrictions on Jonathan Pollard in a statement released after the conclusion of the Sabbath on Saturday evening. The Trump administration also has recognized that Israel's capital is Jerusalem. Pollard's attorneys say the 66-year-old plans move to Israel. A five-year travel ban was placed on him as well as parole conditions includi... [Full Article...]
Spokesman: Trump’s eldest son tests positive for coronavirus
Donald Trump Jr .'s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, tested positive for the coronavirus this summer. The US President spent three days in-patient at the Walter Reed military hospital where he was treated with a cocktail of experimental drugs while Melania Trump stayed at the White House and recovered. [Full Article...]
Israeli army says Gaza militants fired a rocket at Israel
Earlier in the day. the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said that a red alert was activated in the city of Ashkelon, noting that details were under investigation. A tweet reads: "Following the report of a warning, one launch was identified from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory". Israel has since maintained a crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip, to isolate Hamas. [Full Article...]
Trump Leaves G-20 Virtual Summit Before COVID Conference
As the event unfolded, Mr. Trump was among the almost 20,000 world leaders who appeared in a video conference, voiced by the White House. The outgoing POTUS joined other world leaders for the summit via video-link from The White House yesterday (Saturday); however, shortly after opening remarks began at 8am, he began tweeting about his continuing efforts to overturn the result of the election. [Full Article...]