Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A U.S. judge on Monday voided parts of a Trump administration rule that restricted paid sick leave and emergency family leave for potentially millions of workers affected by the coronavirus. Ruling in a case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Microsoft Corporation says that it will continue discussions about acquiring the popular short-video app TikTok from Chinese internet giant ByteDance. Microsoft added that it’s aiming to conclude the negotiations by Sept. 15. The company said it would ensure that all private data of TikTok’s American users is transferred to […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Afghan security forces laid siege to a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in the eastern city of Jalalabad early in the week. The militants’ overnight assault led to a mass jailbreak, leaving at least 29 people dead. More than 300 prisoners were missing according to a government spokesperson. […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to regain its hurricane strength on Monday as it moves up the East Coast of the United States and could make landfall in North Carolina or South Carolina by Monday night. According to the National Weather Association, the forecast path showed the storm would […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon, landed in the Gulf of Mexico. The two returned after a two-month voyage that was NASA’s first crewed mission from home soil in nine years. The successful splash-down, the first […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Monday its first 5G-enabled phones, Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5, will be available this fall at a starting price of $499. The company also cut the starting price for its smartphone lineup with a non-5G version of 4a priced at $349, looking to […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video meeting on Monday with the Taliban’s chief negotiator, Mullah Baradar Akhund, to discuss the state of the Afghanistan peace process, an insurgent spokesman said. The discussions included the issue of Taliban prisoners whose release by the Afghan government the insurgents […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, on Monday said states with high coronavirus case counts should reconsider imposing lockdown restrictions, emphasizing the need to get cases to a low baseline before the fall flu season. In some states with moderate case counts, experts are seeing […]
