The Czech Republic on Tuesday identified 4,457 new cases of COVID-19, the highest increase in a single day. This is the first time that more than 1,000,000 new cases have been reported in a single day in a Central European nation. Thirteen more coronavirus-related deaths were also reported on Tuesday. …
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An NJ federal judge has rejected a challenge to the Trump campaign’s state’s mail-in voting plans.
A New Jersey federal judge has reprimanded Trump’s campaign for trying to block the state’s new mail-in voting rules, including one that could count votes two days after election day even if they don’t have a postmark. On Tuesday, Judge Michael Ship rejected the campaign’s request for a preliminary injunction, …
Read More »Air leaks on the International Space Station are worse than previously thought
On Tuesday, September 29, the Russian State Space Corporation (Roscosmos) announced that astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) had found the source of a suspicious leak. The crew of the expedition – NASA astronaut and commander Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner – had been …
Read More »New England Patriots CB Stephen Gilmore tested positive for COVID-19
Another big name New England Patriots player has tested positive for COVID-19. Tom Palliser of the NFL Network reported Wednesday morning that the Defensive Player of the Year was positively tested in the test phase on Tuesday rather than ruled out, by sources familiar with the situation. Gilmore underwent additional …
Read More »A picture of Queen Victoria’s ex-slave Gaut’s daughter is being displayed for Black History Month
Written by Eon Muskuni, CNNLondon A painting of an African former slave who became the daughter of Queen Victoria has been unveiled at Osborne, on the shores of the former British monarch. The work, written by Hanna Uzor, is part of a series of portraits detailing the lives of previously …
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