Several prominent Republicans told CNN that Trump needs to change course quickly, even though they readily acknowledge that he has never been prone to following that advice. “He’s good with the base,” Whip John Thune, a Senate Majority Republican, a Republican from South Dakota, said Wednesday. “But all the people …
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NAIROBI, Kenya – The second worst Ebola outbreak in history has ended, the World Health Organization said Thursday, after nearly two years and 2,280 deaths. Efforts to combat the outbreak in eastern Congo were hampered by mistrust of community members, disputes between government officials, attacks on health-care facilities and the …
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The Tulsa Athletic soccer team announced Wednesday that it will replace the national anthem with Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” for the remainder of its home games. “After carefully reviewing the lyrics and meaning of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’, including the third verse that mentions’ No refuge could save …
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Billie Eilish can’t see much on her Instagram account these days. The Grammy-winning star, who has nearly 65 million followers on the social media platform, seems to have stopped following all the accounts he previously watched over. As of Thursday morning, she has a follower count of “0”. It’s unclear …
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits in the United States declined just last week, and the economy contracted in the first three months of the year, evidence of continued economic damage caused by the viral pandemic. The economy, which contracted 5% in the January-March quarter, …
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