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Biden Reframes Goal on Reopening of Elementary Schools
President Joe Biden is promising a majority of elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office.
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Trump, Biden Go at It — From a Distance — in Town Halls
President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden squared off, in a way, in dueling televised town halls that showcased striking differences in temperament, views on racial justice and approaches to a pandemic that has reshaped the nation.
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NBC Faces Backlash After Agreeing to Trump Town Hall
NBC News says it’ll host President Donald Trump for a town hall-styled event on Thursday, after the president submitted to a coronavirus test administered by the National Institutes of Health. The network’s decision received a strong backlash on social media, where a call to boycott NBC trended on Twitter.
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Trump, Biden Prepare for Dueling Town Halls Tonight
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will take part in dueling televised town halls Thursday evening, instead of a previously scheduled debate. Trump dropped out of the debate after organizers attempted to switch to a virtual format when he was diagnosed with COVID-19.
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NBC News to Host Town Hall With President Trump in Miami
NBC 6’s Steve Litz has more on what to expect when the President makes another stop in South Florida with just weeks before election day.
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Biden Virtual Town Hall Marks New Normal for Campaigning
Joe Biden’s foray into virtual campaigning has gotten off to a rocky start
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Trump Defends His Rhetoric in 1st TV Town Hall of 2020
President Donald Trump defended his administration’s response to the coronavirus and his confrontational style of name-calling political opponents as he fielded questions from the public in his first TV town hall of the 2020 election cycle.
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Google Fires Four Staffers After Protest, Accusing Them of Data Security Breaches
Google has terminated four employees for allegedly sharing sensitive information after weeks of internal dissent related to the mistrust of leadership. At least one of the employees was at the center of recent worker protests in San Francisco. In a memo sent to staffers on Monday, three members of Google’s Security and Investigations Team wrote that the four workers were...
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Prince George's Leaders Pray for Police Chief Amid Calls for Resignation
Ministers and community members came together to show support for Prince George’s County Police Chief Hank Stawinski amidst calls for his resignation. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.
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2 Years After Disastrous Flood, Florence Scares Small Town
One woman left town. Another prays her house might somehow be spared again. And one man will just wait and watch and hope the water doesn’t rise. Few places in South Carolina are more worried about the possibility of disastrous inland flooding from Hurricane Florence’s heavy rain than Nichols. When Hurricane Matthew dumped a foot (30 centimeters) of rain on...
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Benedict Cumberbatch to Bring ‘Letters Live' to NYC
Benedict Cumberbatch is back to reading passionate emotional letters onstage, this time in New York City. The British actor was one of many celebs who have taken part over the years in “Letters Live,” which originated from London. Stars are given letters with highly emotional material to read, and they don’t know what they’re going to be reading until moments...
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Mark Ruffalo Leads Counter-Event to Trump State of the Union
Celebrities and activists have taken part in an evening of speeches and music in Manhattan billed as “The People’s State of the Union.”
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All 1,694 Residents of CT Town Becoming Scottish Landowners
Residents of the rural town of Scotland, Connecticut, are becoming lords and ladies in the United Kingdom country of the same name.
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Charlottesville, Jusice Department to Host ‘Community Recovery' Town Hall
Charlottesville residents are getting a chance to talk with city officials about a white nationalist rally earlier this month that devolved into deadly violence. The city is hosting what it calls a “community recovery town hall” on Sunday, after it had been rescheduled from Thursday, in collaboration with the Community Relations Services of the Department of Justice. Officials will provide...
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Gary Johnson Can't Name His Favorite Foreign Leader During MSNBC Town Hall
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson went on the offensive over foreign policy Wednesday night, but not before drawing a blank on the names of just about every foreign leader alive today. Even Johnson had to admit he was making a gaffe as he tried and failed to answer Chris Matthews’ question on who his favorite foreign leader is, holding his...
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Excited Fans, Angry Protesters Greet Indian PM Narendra Modi at Facebook
Tight security, protests and Bolllywood beats greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Facebook’s Silicon Valley headquarters Sunday, where hundreds of members from the indian community showed up to catch a glimpse of the leader of the wold’s largest democracy.