Published On: December 27, 2020 11:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2020 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):
Published On: December 27, 2020 05:38 PM NPT By: Associated Press
After three years on the streets, Tiecha Vannoy and her boyfriend Chris Foss plan to weather the pandemic this winter in a small white “pod” with electricity, heat and enough room for two.
Published On: December 27, 2020 03:36 PM NPT By: Associated Press
It’s been a while since visitors to Greece sought out souvenirs in Athens’ oldest neighborhood. The winding streets of Plaka, laid out long before the city imported a grid system, are lined with closed stores behind aluminum shutters.
Published On: December 27, 2020 01:36 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec 27: Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.
Published On: December 27, 2020 09:20 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec 27: Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.
Published On: December 27, 2020 07:27 AM NPT By: Associated Press
TORONTO, Dec 27: Officials in Canada’s most populous province have confirmed the first two known Canadian cases of of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in the United Kingdom.
Published On: December 25, 2020 06:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Leslie West, an iconic guitarist-vocalist who was behind several ’70s rock anthems including “Mississippi Queen” with the popular band Mountain, has died. He was 75.
Published On: December 25, 2020 03:41 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Wearing hard hats and protective suits, members of the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral sang inside the medieval Paris landmark for the first time since last year’s devastating fire for a special Christmas Eve concert.
Published On: December 25, 2020 03:38 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in California has found a new owner in billionaire businessman Ron Burkle.
Published On: December 25, 2020 01:31 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec 25: With rich countries snapping up supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, some parts of the world may have to rely on Chinese-developed shots to try to conquer the outbreak. The question: Will they work?
Published On: December 25, 2020 11:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
Deep in the lush valleys of northern Iran, where the Alborz Mountains crumble toward the sea, Ali Rahimi takes up his grisly work.
Published On: December 25, 2020 09:54 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec 25: South Korea has reported its largest daily increase in coronavirus infections on Christmas Day, as the prime minister pleaded for vigilance to arrest a viral surge that has worsened hospitalization and deaths.
Published On: December 25, 2020 09:20 AM NPT By: Associated Press
For nine nights culminating on Christmas Eve, the oldest street in Los Angeles typically comes alive with a festive re-enactment of the nativity story, as children playing Mary and Joseph go door to door seeking shelter where she can give birth to Jesus.
Published On: December 24, 2020 06:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
“Cheer” star Jerry Harris has pleaded not guilty to federal child pornography charges and allegations that he solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and convinced teenage boys to send him obscene photographs and videos of themselves.
Published On: December 24, 2020 04:22 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday.
Published On: December 24, 2020 03:19 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Soprano Rebecca Luker, a three-time Tony nominated actor who starred in some of the biggest Broadway hits of the past three decades, died Wednesday. She was 59.
Published On: December 24, 2020 11:48 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec 24: For a second night in a row, President Donald Trump issued a round of pardons and commutations in the final weeks of his presidency, giving full pardons to his former campaign chairman, his son-in-law’s father and another of his allies convicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
Published On: December 23, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
A Hindu activist is calling on luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton to pull a yoga mat made partly from cowhide leather, calling it “hugely insensitive.”
Published On: December 23, 2020 06:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
When Pedro Pascal started to think about his “Wonder Woman 1984” villain Max Lord, one name came to mind: Gordon Gekko. Who better to model his power suit-wearing striver on than the embodiment of 1980s greed and callousness?
Published On: December 23, 2020 04:35 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SRINAGAR, India, Dec 23: An alliance of political parties opposed to India’s policies in Kashmir has won a majority of seats in local elections, the first since New Delhi revoked the disputed region’s semiautonomous status and took direct control last year.