VANCOUVER – Officials in Canada and the United States have agreed to keep the vast international border between the two countries closed for a least another month. Two recent surveys of Canadians indicate they overwhelmingly want that border to remain closed due to record high numbers of coronavirus infections in the U.S. In making […]
This is what fascism looks like. It spares no one Part of Trump’s reelection strategy is to scare the white suburbs, which polls show have soured on him, with “urban” (read: minority) violence. This is clear from his current campaign ads, which try to paint the gentlemanly Joe Biden as a bomb thrower. It […]
Forty-five hospitals in the southern U.S. state of Florida reported Monday having no intensive care beds available, as the surge in coronavirus cases in the United States puts a strain on the health care system. The state reported more than 12,000 new cases Sunday, its fifth day in a row of reporting more than 10,000. The Miami area […]
For the second time this week, the U.S. Supreme Court has tossed out a lower court injunction and cleared the way for the federal government to execute an inmate. In a series of orders early Thursday, the court vacated the injunction that stopped Wednesday’s planned execution of Wesley Ira Purkey. The lower court judge […]