Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The U.S. political convention, a presidential campaign ritual dating to the 1830s, is being reinvented on the fly after being short-circuited by the coronavirus pandemic – much like much of the world as we now know it. Here is a look at how the Democratic and Republican conventions will […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Protesters in Ivory Coast set fire to a bus in Abidjan on Friday after deadly protests earlier in the week against President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to seek a third term, and organizers elsewhere vowed further action against his bid to stand again. These deadly protests resulted in the deaths […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Former FBI lawyer, Kevin Clinesmith, is set to plead guilty of changing an email that was used for renewing FISA court permissions for wiretapping Donald Trump’s campaign adviser back in 2017. This comes as U.S. Attorney General John Durham continues digging to determine the origins and basis of the […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] In an interview with the New York Post President Donald Trump said that he is planning on giving his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination on the White House lawn, citing easier security setup, the coronavirus, and lower costs as reasons for the location. “I’ll probably be giving my […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Ahead of a presidential election that could see up to half of U.S. voters cast their ballots by mail, the U.S. Postal Service is warning some states that they need to provide more time for those votes to be counted. The Postal Service has told at least four states […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Friday that McKesson Corp would be the central distributor for future coronavirus vaccines, sending the U.S. drug distributor’s shares up more than 3%. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is executing an existing contract option with McKesson […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A California judge on Monday granted the state’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking Uber and Lyft from classifying their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. Uber and Lyft had been accused of violating Assembly Bill 5, a new state law requiring companies to classify workers as employees […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A supposed new dinosaur species, named Vectaerovenator inopinatus, discovered by the University of Southampton seems to belong to the same group as the Tyrannosaurus rex. Four bones recovered last year from an isle off England known as the Isle of Wight, were found on three separate occasions and delivered […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it would no longer provide data when it was requested from Hong Kong authorities. This move follows the enforcement of China’s new national security law in Hong Kong. This now means Google will effectively treat Hong Kong the same as mainland China in such dealings. […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A fire broke out in Lake Hughes, located near Los Angeles, on Wednesday. The California Fire Department is still working on containing the blaze, some of which have ignited areas that have not caught fire since 1968. There is currently no known cause of the now-dubbed Lake Fire. California […]
