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 […]
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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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]