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Getty Or will tanking TV ratings trends drop annual NBC event under 20 million viewers for first time since the ’90s? Thanksgiving is going to be weird this year, but at least we still have some traditions. Of course, even those, like watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ahead of…

It’s been almost a fortnight since Joe Biden secured the necessary number of Electoral College votes to officially append the title “president-elect” to his name. But this reality has not yet been fully accepted by President Donald Trump and his most steadfast enablers, and so talk of coups d’état continues to…

Right now, cities and states across the country are being forced into crippling budget cuts. As tax revenues fall in the pandemic-induced recession, officials are shrinking public payrolls and slashing services. Even the traditionally Republican American Enterprise Institute has come to warn about the risks to the economy from these…

Yasten Holding, the parent company of popular Chinese makeup brand Perfect Diary, went public Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), becoming the first Chinese beauty group listed on the U.S. stock market, and shares surged 75% on the first day of its listing.  On Oct. 31, Yasten submitted…

The Kaduna State Government has issued query to four kingmakers of Zazzau Emirate Council for failing to attend a coronation meeting summoned by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Ja’afaru Sani, in his office.SaharaReporters gathered that the purported meeting was in preparation for the presentation of staff…

Shepherd Bushiri, a popular African preacher, has been unconditionally released by a magistrate court in Lilongwe, Malawi.This follows Bushiri and his wife’s re-arrest after they jumped bail in South Africa where they are wanted to face $6.6m fraud allegations. The duo had fled South Africa in a private jet belonging…

The euphoria from Joe Biden’s long-count victory is like the last leaf clinging to a late-autumn tree. Before that stubborn final leaf withers on the branch, here is a hopeful—yet realistic—scenario for Biden’s first year or so in the White House.In much the same way that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was…

We have so many numbers to describe how awful things are. Since February, the United States has conducted 170,315,721 Covid-19 tests, identified 11,603,800 cases, and tallied 250,300 deaths. In April, the unemployment rate hit a record 14.7 percent. Since the start of the pandemic, six million hungry Americans have enrolled in SNAP. These numbers are…

Skip to main content HomeCoronavirus Updates2020 Election ResultsElectionsNationWorldPoliticsFactcheckEducationInvestigationsHealthWeatherRace in AmericaImpeachmentJust the FAQsTracking 2020Register to VoteVoter GuideNew York City's mayor says he's shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus. It's a painful about-face for one of the first big U.S. school systems to bring students back…

New York City's public school system will close for in-person learning beginning Thursday after coronavirus positivity rates in the city topped 3%, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.Why it matters: The city, which is staring down a second coronavirus wave after being the world's epicenter for the pandemic earlier this…