Il Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has been unable to name its traditional word of the year for 2020, instead exploring how far and how quickly the language has developed this year.
Actor Dave Bautista offers $20,000 in case of manatee scraped with word ‘TRUMP’
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There is already a reward for information leading to the person or people responsible for writing "BRISCOLA" on a manatee in Florida, but actor Dave Bautista is taking it a step further. Il "Guardians of the Galaxy" ...
Coronavirus will knock more than a year off average US life expectancy, reperti di studio
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The coronavirus pandemic is not only having an immediate impact in terms of the deaths of thousands of Americans, it's also taking more than a year off the average US life expectancy. A new study published in the P...
Biden intends to name Jaime Harrison as his pick for DNC chair
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President-elect Joe Biden intends to name Jaime Harrison, the former South Carolina Democratic Party chair and 2020 Candidato al Senato, to be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, Democrats familiar wit...
Manatee harassment under investigation after the word ‘Trump’ was found on an animal’s back
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A reward is on offer for information that helps authorities find and prosecute whoever wrote "briscola" on a manatee's back. The manatee was discovered Sunday in Florida's Homosassa River with the President's name in ...
2020 è stato uno degli anni più mortali mai registrati per le forze dell'ordine
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2020 è stato uno degli anni più mortali della storia per le forze dell'ordine, secondo un gruppo che tiene traccia delle morti degli ufficiali in servizio. Un rapporto diffuso lunedì dai funzionari delle forze dell'ordine nazionali Mem ...
Moderna thinks its vaccine will protect against the coronavirus for at least a year
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Biotechnology company Moderna believes its vaccine should protect people against Covid-19 for at least a year, a top official told investors Monday. "Our expectation is that the vaccination should last you at least ...
The benefits of approaching this year like a total newbie
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Midway through his mission to learn chess, Tom Vanderbilt found himself facing off against an 8-year-old child. Vanderbilt had a successful writing career, a college degree and decades of real-world experience. Th ...
A Congressman got on his knees to pick up trash left after the deadly Capitol riot
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rappresentante. Andy Kim says he was devastated to see the smashed furniture, broken American flags, cigarette butts and other debris left behind by the pro-Trump mob that ran wild in the US Capitol. So he found a trash bag, g...
Pompeo meeting with Biden’s secretary of state pick for first time
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Washington Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting with Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be his successor, for the first time on Friday. Blinken and Pompeo were originally slated to meet in mi...
A year after Wuhan, China locks down another city of 11 million people to contain a coronavirus flare-up
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China has locked down a city of 11 million people in its northern province of Hebei, in an effort to contain the country's worst coronavirus flare-up in months. Residents of Shijiazhuang, a provincial capital close ...
The vaccine rollout and civil unrest is keeping the National Guard busy after an ‘unprecedented’ 2020
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The US National Guard was so busy last year with "unprecedented" domestic deployments -- helping with Covid-19, civil unrest and natural disasters -- it referred to 2020 as Year of the Guard. Finora, this year is no...
Biden presenterà giovedì Merrick Garland come procuratore generale e altri candidati chiave per la giustizia
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Il presidente eletto Joe Biden presenterà il giudice della corte d'appello federale Merrick Garland come sua scelta per il procuratore generale e altri candidati chiave per la giustizia in un evento a Wilmington, Delaware, giovedì pomeriggio, accordo...