At this time of year, hordes of advertising executives often come to agreements on yachts on the French Riviera or at meetings in Manhattan, and they don’t feel at home worried about their future. But the industry, heavily hit by the coronavirus pandemic, has seen its glamorous mid-year calendar transform …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday announced new restrictions against members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), declaring that the United States has banned visas for CCP members affiliated with the obstruction of Hong Kong’s autonomy. “President Trump promised to punish Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials responsible for eviscerating …

As they make reopening plans, many districts take into account the special needs of some students. In Seattle, where schools announced this week that their goal was to provide at least two days per week of in-person instruction to elementary students and one day to middle and high school students, …

By Maggie Brown, WRAL cross-platform producer Raleigh, NC – ReOpenNC, an organization initially formed to protest Governor Roy Cooper’s stay-at-home order, rallied against the mask mandate that will soon begin in downtown Raleigh on Friday morning. The statewide mandate takes effect at 5 p.m. Exceptions are made for anyone with …

Paleontologists have identified a giant wombat-like marsupial that lived 25 million years ago (oligocene epoch) in what is now Australia. Named Mukupirna nambensisThe prehistoric creature was at least five times larger than living wombats and so different that researchers had to create a new family to accommodate it. An artist’s …