NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA COLUMN AT DEMOCRATIC ACCENT SIGNIFIES THE NEWS STORIES, ARTICLES AND OPINION FROM AMERICAN CONTINENT. IT MOSTLY COMPRISES THE LATEST GEOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND OTHER PROMINENT NATIONS IN THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

High court rules challenge to Trump census plan is premature

10:13 pm December 18, 2020

Washington: The Supreme Court has dismissed as premature a challenge to President Donald Trump‘s plan to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot states seats in the . But the court’s decision Friday is not a final ruling on the matter and it’s not clear whether Trump will […]

Video: Deputy runs over fleeing Black man in Kansas field

11:41 pm December 17, 2020

Belle Plaine: The dashcam video captured a horrific scene: a Kansas sheriff’s deputy in a patrol truck mowing down a Black man who was running, shirtless, across a field in the summer darkness after fleeing a traffic stop. Lionel Womack — a 35-year-old former police detective from Kansas City, Kansas — alleges in a excessive force lawsuit […]

Cayman Islands jails US college student in coronavirus case

11:38 pm December 17, 2020

Washington: AUS college student and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands for violating strict COVID-19 measures following a recent ruling that will be appealed, their attorney said Thursday. Skylar Mack, 18, of Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, of the Cayman Islands, have been in prison since Tuesday, when the ruling was issued. They […]

2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US ships out

Canada getting 168K Moderna vaccine doses before year end

11:56 pm December 15, 2020

Toronto: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canada is contracted to receive up to 168,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before the end of December, pending approval by Canada’s health regulator. Trudeau said deliveries could begin within 48 hours of regulatory approval and health officials said they expect to approve use of the Moderna vaccine soon. Canadians began receiving vaccine shots […]

US vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nears

8:41 pm December 15, 2020

Washington: Hundreds more US hospitals geared up to vaccinate their workers Tuesday as federal regulators issued a positive review of a second COVID-19 vaccine needed to boost the nation’s largest vaccination campaign. The Food and Drug Administration said its preliminary analysis confirmed the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of […]