The announcement came after two fatal shootings on Wednesday that sparked heavy traffic in the downtown area and resulted in damage to property and potential shoplifters, authorities said. The first came Wednesday afternoon, when one man shot another man. Later that evening, the suspected shooter shot himself dead as the …
Read More »Exclusive: France outlines reforms for crisis-ridden Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined political and financial reforms needed by Lebanese politicians to unlock foreign aid and save the country from multiple crises, including an economic meltdown, according to a Reuters document. A member of the French military wears a face mask as he stands …
Read More »University of Cambridge strives for autumn trials of coronavirus vaccine to UK funding
FILE PHOTO: An almost empty street is seen outside Cambridge University, as the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease continues, Cambridge, UK, 1 April 2020. REUTERS / Andrew Couldridge LONDON (Reuters) – The University of Cambridge is set to begin clinical trials in the autumn of its possible coronavirus vaccine after …
Read More »The assassin of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman refused release for the 11th time
Mark David Chapman, 65, faces up to 20 years in prison for shooting and murdering Lennon, one of the Beatles’s and a solo artist in his own right. A spokesman for the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision told CNN that Chapman had his 11th hearing before …
Read More »Trump says he has saved 51 million jobs in pandemic. Economists, US officials say otherwise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Standing in front of half a dozen American flags at a press conference at his country club in Bedminster, New Jersey, President Donald Trump announced what has become a central part of his November re-election argument: the treatment of his administration of the economic downturn of the …
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