https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/102053/05/1020530503_0:225:5364:3242_1200x675_80_0_0_e309ee1f34ae6f787e65c04bf7a3357c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010171080804386-ny-health-officials-shutdown-giant-10000-person-wedding-amid-covid-19/ Health officials in New York City announced the ban a few days before the planned wedding, which is expected to draw 10,000 guests in Brooklyn, New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Ducker signed a Section 16 order banning a wedding scheduled for Monday in Williamsburg, which violates restrictions on meetings. Although the wedding venue was planned to take place outside the red, orange, and yellow zones of the COVID-19 cluster under close supervision by city and state officials, the estimated size of the event prompted action by […]
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British hospitality venues will reportedly challenge the legality of the government restrictions imposed on the sector as London is about to announce new measures that are likely to affect the industry in Northern England. Lawyers representing more than 10 hospitality organizations, including such major associations as the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) and the British Beer and Pub Association, are expected to file a legal challenge to the latest round of anti-coronavirus restrictions with the Downing Street on Monday – the day when the government plans to outline new measures to slow down the rising infection rate, The Guardian reported. The […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has attacked President Donald Trump for supposedly goading Orthodox Jews into fighting his targeted shutdown orders with theatrical protests – and lawsuits – based on a prank call. Cuomo tore into the president during a call with reporters on Friday in which he defended the zoned economic shutdown orders imposed in several Covid-19 “hotspots” across the state earlier this week. Trump, Cuomo said, was a “divisive force” trying to “inflame divisions” among New Yorkers – especially Orthodox Jews. Also on rt.com Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews burn masks in uprising against Gov. Cuomo’s new anti-Covid synagogue occupancy restrictions […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Democrats latest COVID bill a political stunt as negotiators attempt to reach a relief agreement before the election. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Democrats latest COVID bill a political stunt as negotiators attempt to reach a relief agreement before the election. AP The Senate voted 84 — 10 to approve a short-term spending bill that would extend current funding levels through December 11. The legislation passed hours before current funding levels are set to expire at midnight. The legislation now heads to President Trump for his […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., released a stopgap spending bill Monday without farm aid favored by Republicans. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., released a stopgap spending bill Monday without farm aid favored by Republicans. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Republicans are rejecting a short-term spending bill released Monday after Democrats chose not to include federal farm assistance in the legislation which is meant to avert a government shutdown at the end of September. There has been bipartisan agreement for weeks on the need for a basic spending stopgap. The disagreement over […]
TORONTO (Sputnik) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday that he has asked Governor General Julie Payette to prorogue parliament until 23 September. Facing opposition backlash – the proroguing of parliament shuts down all parliamentary committees’ business – Trudeau said he is releasing all documentation requested earlier concerning the ongoing WE Charity scandal. “Today, I have asked the Governor General to prorogue parliament, which must happen before any government can present a throne speech”, Trudeau said. Trudeau said that he intends to use the next six weeks to craft a long-term coronavirus economic recovery plan with newly minted Finance […]
DAPL Shutdown? ‘We Have Not Yet Taken Any Steps’ By Kolby KickingWoman, Indian Country Today July 13, 2020 DAPL Shutdown? ‘We Have Not Yet Taken Any Steps’2020-07-132020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/dakota-access-pipeline-consrruction-e1594409145790.jpg200px200px Above photo: In this Oct. 5, 2016, photo, heavy equipment is seen at a site where sections of the Dakota Access pipeline were being buried near the town of St. Anthony in Morton County, N.D. Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File. Spokeswoman says Energy Transfer Partners believes a federal judge ‘exceeded his authority’ in ordering the company to stop the flow of oil. The owner of the Dakota Access oil pipeline is accepting shipments for next […]
Florida’s government has ordered all public schools to reopen for in-person instruction in the fall and laid out requirements schools must meet if they wish to provide remote learning. The Tallahassee Democrat reported Monday that the edict was issued by the state’s education commissioner, Richard Corcoran. Local health officials can override his decision based on the rate of new coronavirus cases in their counties. “All school boards and charter school governing boards must open brick and mortar schools in August at least five days per week for all students,” Corocoran said, according to the newspaper. We’ve reported for months that the China coronavirus […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105095/96/1050959647_0:306:3264:2142_1200x675_80_0_0_638b549ac4bc880f8c292b03226398a5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007061079811125-us-court-orders-shutdown-of-dakota-access-pipeline-by-august-5-pending-review-/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Dakota Access Pipeline must be shut down and emptied of oil by 5 August pending an additional environmental review, a US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Monday. “The Court will nonetheless require the oil to stop flowing and the pipeline to be emptied within 30 days from the date of this opinion and accompanying order,” US District Court Judge James Boasberg said. The 30-day period, which ends on 5 August, was suggested by the tribes and should provide enough time to cease operations in a “safe […]
Mike Padgham, chair of the Independent Care Homes Group (ICG), explains why many care and nursing homes in England and Wales were already on shaky ground, financially speaking, even before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Padgham runs four separate care homes as well as provides voluntary support and representation to other providers via the ICG. Sputnik: You have been warning of care and nursing homes “closing in the wake” of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why do you think that’s a real possibility? Michael Padgham: We have been warning for many years that due to chronic Government under-funding, the social care sector […]
Employees at Maven Media Brands, the U.S. digital-media publisher that owns outlets like Sports Illustrated and Maxim, are calling upon the company to cut ties with a Blue Lives Matter website in its portfolio. In an all-staff meeting on Friday, Maven announced that it will institute a 15-percent salary reduction across the organization as part of cost-saving measures as a result of the collapse of the digital advertising market following the spread of the coronavirus. While staffers were upset about the latest round of cuts, many raised another concern: The company’s continued affiliation with Defense Maven, a website also known as […]
Benjamin Dally and his daughters Emma (center) and Cleo are fostering Frisky the frog from a science classroom at PS 58 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Sarah Stacke for NPR hide caption toggle caption Sarah Stacke for NPR Benjamin Dally and his daughters Emma (center) and Cleo are fostering Frisky the frog from a science classroom at PS 58 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Sarah Stacke for NPR In the pandemic, families are taking on all kinds of unexpected roles. Here’s another one: zookeeper. When the New York City schools closed in March, my son’s teacher, Mary Pfeifer, sent an email to parents, asking who […]
Blockchain venture studio Thesis has put a pause on deposits into tBTC, its new platform meant to put BTC on Ethereum so BTC can be used in decentralized finance. The Thesis team cited a bug, but is not disclosing details until all funds have been safely withdrawn from this iteration of tBTC. Thesis is now helping early users withdraw any BTC that had been deposited. The project lead behind the new system, Thesis CEO Matt Luongo, sent the following statement to CoinDesk via a spokesperson: “While the tBTC dapp was being tested over the weekend in its alpha version, a couple […]
Jerry Morales owns Gerardo’s Casita, in Midland, Texas. The former mayor of Midland and past president of the Texas Restaurant Association has done anything and everything to keep his businesses alive over the past two months. John Burnett/NPR hide caption toggle caption John Burnett/NPR Jerry Morales owns Gerardo’s Casita, in Midland, Texas. The former mayor of Midland and past president of the Texas Restaurant Association has done anything and everything to keep his businesses alive over the past two months. John Burnett/NPR Restaurant doors are cautiously opening again in Texas, but nothing is quite the same with the continuing threat of […]
Twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called Michigan anti-shutdown protesters “domestic terrorists” for practicing their Second Amendment right to be armed. In a Friday tweet, the former First Lady linked to a Newsweek article about the protesters and said that “it cannot be tolerated.” “Armed men storming a legislature to disrupt its democratic proceedings is domestic terrorism. It cannot be tolerated,” Clinton wrote. Armed men storming a legislature to disrupt its democratic proceedings is domestic terrorism. It cannot be tolerated.https://t.co/NcCFgA5COE — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 15, 2020 TRENDING: BREAKING: Video Surfaces of Joe Scarborough Joking About Having Affair With Intern and […]
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures on Mother’s Day weekend. Advertisement – story continues below Bartiromo broke news this morning that cell phone records show there was a shutdown at the Wuhan Virology Lab in October of 2019. Cell phone data suggests the roads around the Wuhan lab was shut down for a number of days in October.This was around the same time of the expected viral release. This is a HUGE development! TRENDING: Brennan Lashes Out As President Trump Warns More Documents Exposing Spygate Cabal Will Be Coming Out Soon Senator Cotton also added there […]
The IHS Markit India Services Business Activity Index plummeted at a historic rate during April, posting a shocking 5.4 points in comparison with the previous month’s 49.3. A reading below 50 on the scale represents contraction. According to the IHS Markit report, last month’s reading was an “extreme decline” and “the most severe contraction in services output since records began in December 2005.” Commenting on the data, Joe Hayes, economist at IHS Markit, said: “The Indian services economy posted its worst ever month-on-month drop in business activity during April. The extreme slide in the headline index, which fell by over 40 […]