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Weakened Eta drenches Honduras; could reach Florida

8:41 pm November 5, 2020

TEGUCIGALPA: The rain-heavy remains of Hurricane Eta flooded homes in Honduras on Thursday as the death toll across Central America rose to at least eight. Forecasters said the once-mighty storm was expected to regather form and head toward Cuba and Florida by early next week. The storm that hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane […]

Wisconsin presidential recount in 4th day, with few changes

EXPLAINER: What’s 270? The math game behind the US election

6:37 pm November 3, 2020

Washington: What’s all this hubbub about 270? It’s not about the 270 whales stranded this fall on Australia’s island state of Tasmania. It’s not about congestion on Interstate 270 feeding commuters into Washington, D.C. It’s about who’s going to sit in the White House for the next four years. IT”S THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE Nearly 2.9 […]

Trump indicates gearing up for legal battle against prolonged vote count

6:03 pm November 2, 2020

Fayetteville (US): US President Donald Trump has denied that he is planning to prematurely declare victory after the presidential polls are over on Tuesday and hinted that he is gearing up for a legal battle against a vote count that stretched past Election Day. “No, no that was a false report,” Trump told reporters on […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

60 charged in USD 300M phone scam targeting elderly victims

11:26 pm October 28, 2020

Minneapolis: Sixty people have been charged in a widespread magazine telemarketing scam that authorities say netted USD 300 million from more than 150,000 elderly and vulnerable people nationwide, the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota announced Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald called the scam the largest elder fraud scheme in the country. MacDonald said the 60 defendants face […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

‘I voted for a guy named Trump,’ president says

11:48 pm October 24, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump has cast his ballot Saturday morning in West Palm Beach, Florida, and he tells reporters afterwards: “I voted for a guy named Trump.” West Palm Beach is near his private Mar-a-Lago club. He used to vote in New York but changed his residency to Florida last year. There were several hundred supporters gathered […]