NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up

7:37 pm November 29, 2020

Atlanta: Bishop Reginald Jackson stepped to the microphone at a drive-in rally outside a church in southwest Atlanta as his voice carried over a loudspeaker and the radio to people gathered in, around and on top of cars that filled the parking lot. “Let’s keep Georgia blue,” Jackson said. “Let’s elect Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock to the United States Senate.” The presiding […]

Black firefighters in NC allege racism amid larger reckoning

11:05 pm November 28, 2020

Winston-Salem: They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone poured tobacco juice in her boots. It was too much for Timika Ingram to bear. “It caused me pain, sleepless nights, suffering, anxiety,” said Ingram, whose four […]

To court Latinos, Democrats have to expand strategy in 2022

10:39 pm November 28, 2020

Phoenix: President-elect Joe Biden‘s campaign credits its success in Arizona to the immigrant-rights and grassroots organisations that have been mobilising Latinos for nearly two decades. The fruits of their labor — in triple-digit heat, no less — paid off in this traditionally conservative state, where changing demographics and suburban voters turning out to oppose President Donald Trump also worked […]

Trump administration moves ahead on gutting bird protections

11:55 pm November 27, 2020

Washington: The Trump administration moved forward Friday on gutting a longstanding federal protection for the nation’s birds, over objections from former federal officials and many scientists that billions more birds will likely perish as a result. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published its take on the proposed rollback in the Federal Register. It’s a final step […]

US colleges mull new virus protocols for students’ return

11:23 pm November 27, 2020

Colchester: St. Michael’s College managed to keep coronavirus cases at bay for almost two months this fall with students tested upon arrival and once every three weeks. But in mid-October, cases at the small Vermont school started to climb. The outbreak was linked to an ice rink more than 40 miles (64 kilometers) away. The […]