WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US retail sales rose more than expected in June as consumers bought high-priced items like motor vehicles and went out to dinner, but a resurgence in new COVID cases- 19 is impacting the budding recovery, keeping 32 million Americans unemployed benefits. Economists attributed the second consecutive monthly …
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Taiwan conducted a major live-fire military exercise on Thursday with its air, sea and land forces, President Tsai Ing-wen said, showing the island’s determination to defend itself. The exercises, called “Han Kuang”, are Taiwan’s main annual military exercises. But this year they came when China intensified its military and naval …
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Former New York Police Commissioner Howard Safir on Thursday blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio for protesters who attacked the officers. “I met with all the community leaders to tell them where they could protest, how we would protect them peacefully, and there was no riot, there was no violence, but …
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Sprayer, bloated welts, citronella. It is mosquito season. And in a typical year, the Delaware County Health Department in Ohio would put up more than 90 mosquito traps per week – black tubs of standing water with nets designed to catch small insects. But this year, due to COVID-19, the …
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The Middle East Athletic Conference has suspended all fall sports indefinitely due to the current coronavirus pandemic, but has not determined whether fall schedules will carry over to the spring semester of 2021, the league announced Thursday. The MEAC has not ruled out playing soccer and other sports in the …
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