Art
Audiomack: Music Streaming and Sharing
Audiomack is a free music streaming and discovery platform that allows artists to share their music and fans to discover new artists, songs, albums, mixtapes, playlists and more. Full story
Education
Suspension reversed for student who shared photo of crowded school hallway
Schools begin reopening amid COVID-19 concerns Schools begin reopening amid COVID-19 concern... A high school student in Georgia was suspended after she posted a photo of the school's packed hallway when classes resumed this month. But that suspension has now been rescinded, CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL reports. North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia, faced national criticism over the viral photo that shows students shoulder-to-shoulder, ... Full story
Coronavirus: Face coverings advised in Republic of Ireland's secondary schools
Why stopping COVID at schools may not be as easy as taking temperatures
All New York schools meet state standard to open for in-person classes, Governor Cuomo says
Economics
AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanon’s economy, already sinking before the explosion that knocked out its main port, could now shrink by double the rate previously forecast for this year, making it even harder to secure the financing the country needs to get back on its feet. FILE PHOTO: A view shows the damage at the site of Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo. Economists say Tuesday’s blast, ... Full story
Exclusive: PDVSA changes oil deals to include shipping as sanctions bite - documents
'Bull everything' rally leaves investors wondering what to own
Glass half empty: Italy, France seek premium wine output cut as virus hits sales
Entertainment
Joe Akiki, 23, called his mother Tuesday afternoon to tell her he was about to start a 24-hour shift at his job as an electrician at Beirut’s port. Three hours later, he shared to a group chat a video of a fire at the port. Then he went silent. Three days later, he was still missing. His distraught mother pleaded on Lebanese TV for his return. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. “I will keep on waiting because I know that Joe Akiki is ... Full story
Health
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety employees reported facing “strong” external pressure from industry and raised alarms the agency does not always prioritize air safety, according to an independent survey seen by Reuters on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A Boeing 737 MAX airplane lands after a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S. June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Karen Ducey. The survey report gives ammunition to ... Full story
Law
U.S. officials find 'sophisticated' smuggling tunnel on Mexican border
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent stands by for security at a tunnel spur that went off into a different direction, during mapping of the "Baja Metro Tunnel", which CBP says is the longest illicit cross-border tunnel ever discovered along the Southwest border, in Otay Mesa, California, U.S. November 13, 2019. Picture taken November 13, 2019. U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Handout via REUTERS. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. ... Full story
New York attorney general sues to dissolve NRA
Living
A sweetheart deal: Germany to exempt unmarried couples from COVID-19 border controls
FILE PHOTO: A couple stands on a landing stage on river Main opposite to a hotel with its window lights illuminated in the shape of a heart after German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the nation on the consequences of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Frankfurt, Germany, March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo. BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will give a welcome break to the coronavirus lovelorn from Monday - easing ... Full story
Politics
Even before the pandemic, voting in the United States was too difficult and vulnerable to foreign manipulation. Our electoral system has been infected by systemic racism and efforts to block younger, poorer and non-White voters, which is why House Democrats passed H.R. 1 (the “For the People” Act) last year to remedy many of those infirmities. The bill included anti-corruption and campaign finance elements, but the core of it was to protect and ... Full story
Pelosi: Democrats want biggest possible number on coronavirus UI benefit
'Only God can help': forlorn families await Beirut blast missing
U.S. intelligence shows Russia is trying to "denigrate" Biden, while China prefers Trump lose
Sport
Canada's last intact Arctic ice shelf has collapsed
Arctic sees hottest recorded temperature Arctic sees hottest recorded temperature. The last fully intact ice shelf in Canada has collapsed into the Arctic Ocean. It took just a couple of days for the shelf to lose nearly half of its area, scientists said Friday, sending large ice islands out into the ocean. The 4,000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf, located at the edge of Ellesmere Island in the northern territory of Nunavut, collapsed at the end of ... Full story
Technology
NAIROBI — On Thursday, 12 days after a large cargo ship got stuck on a reef off the coast of Mauritius, an island nation in the southern Indian Ocean, its hull was punctured and hundreds of tons of its fuel began spilling into a pristine lagoon. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. By Friday afternoon, local environmental organizations estimated that at least a quarter of the ship’s nearly 4,000 tons of thick, black fuel oil had seeped into ... Full story
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