Story
Harris bursts through another barrier, becoming the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect
Kamala Harris, who on Saturday became America's first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect, represents a new face of political power after an election all about who wields power and how they use it.
Story
Harmony Public Schools Begins Open Enrollment For 2021-2022 School Year
HHARMONY PUBLIC SCused charter public school network in Texas, is campus. (To find a school near you, visit HarmonyTX. Beaumont, and the Rio Grande Valley. now accepting open enrollment applications for org/Schools.php). To learn more, visit:
Story
Impact Network National Poll of African American Registered Voters Reveals Former Vice President Joe Biden Provides a Better Quality of Life for the Black Community Compared to President Trump
The Impact Network conducted a national survey of registered African American voters about their views and feelings toward the presidential candidates (President Trump and Former Vice President Biden) in the 2020 election. The poll was fielded by Lucid, a research technology platform providing nationally representative samples of Americans.
Story
Chris Hollins: Defender of the Right to Vote
Proper preparation warrants productive possibilities. When Chris Hollins assumed the office of Harris County Clerk, after a 3-2 party vote of the Harris County Commissioners Court, he had three priorities in mind. His goal was to ensure that every resident of Harris County, regardless of party, race, creed, religion, or area of town in which they live, could vote in a safe, peaceful and convenient manner. Having shattered all previous Harris County voting turnout records, Hollins has blown even his own mind with Election 2020.
Story
Will Thanksgiving be a superspreading event? Look to Canada for answers
Three weeks after Canadians celebrated their Thanksgiving holiday, the country is seeing a national spike in cases.
Story
Nxivm leader belongs in pantheon of human evil
On October 27, I sat in US District Court in Brooklyn as Judge Nicholas Garaufis sentenced Nxivm cult founder Keith Raniere, 60, to 120 years in federal prison. It had been 16 months since a jury convicted him on seven counts that included racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, forced labor conspiracy and sex trafficking.
Story
DEA documents reveal elaborate undercover drug sting that nabbed two police officers accused of protecting cocaine transport
Court documents are revealing new details about the undercover drug sting that nabbed two South Florida police officers and three others.
Story
Disney layoffs continue as pandemic closures carry on
Layoffs continue for thousands of Disney workers, many of whom are already struggling to make ends meet.
Story
One person dead, several injured in Vienna 'terror attack'
At least one person has been killed and several injured, including a police officer, after multiple gunmen opened fire in central Vienna, Austrian authorities said. One of the gunmen was also shot and killed, they added.
Story
Here's how NASA fared under Trump
President Donald Trump ignited a months-long political battle in 2017 when he appointed Jim Bridenstine, a Republican congressman from Oklahoma, to run NASA.
Story
Why wasn't the UK public told about Prince William's Covid diagnosis?
Sunday night's news that Prince William tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year has raised questions as to why the British public was not told that the second-in-line to the throne had been ill during the pandemic.
Story
Trump suggests he might fire Fauci after election
President Donald Trump suggested to a Florida crowd he may fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after the election, escalating his feud with the nation's leading expert on infectious diseases and providing a window into a potential post-November 3 administration purge.
Story
Bad weather is one problem the 2020 election won't have
This year -- we can all agree -- has been nuts. Even the weather has followed suit.
Story
Federal judge considering GOP challenge to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Democratic-leaning Houston
A federal judge in Texas is considering a GOP-led challenge Monday seeking to invalidate nearly 127,000 drive-thru ballots cast in the Democratic-leaning Houston area.
Photo
Voters in cars line up at a drive-through mail ballot drop-off site at NRG Stadium on October 7, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Gov. Gregg Abbott …
Published on November 2, 2020
Story
Most Drive-thru Voting Locations to Close for Election Day in Houston
The Houston-area county at the center of a legal fight over drive-thru voting decided late Monday to close nine of the 10 polling places that the county had used as drive-thru voting locations.
Story
Archaeologists discover 300-year-old slave quarters that's almost entirely preserved
Archaeologist Julie Schablitsky knew her team was lucky. It's one thing to uncover an archaeological site that's 300 years old. It's a completely different matter when that site has remained almost entirely preserved.
Story
'We are breaking records all over the place' -- Why this Covid-19 surge is worse than the others
No one wants another shutdown. But Americans who don't wear masks and ignore social distancing are fueling that possibility, doctors say.
Photo
A medical staff member grabs a hand of a patient to reposition the bed in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical …
Published on November 2, 2020
Story
This Republican lawyer just totally exposed the Trump campaign's voter suppression efforts
The jig is up. At least according to Ben Ginsberg, the single most prominent Republican election lawyer in the country, who, in a scathing piece published Sunday by The Washington Post, called out President Donald Trump (and his legal team) for engaging in a widespread attempt to suppress votes in the 2020 election under the guise of sniffing out voter fraud.
