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Conservationists Cry Foul After Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence Put at Risk
The New York Times - 4 Dec 2020 12:03
The Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence is considered a seminal example of 20th-century architecture. But the new American owner of the soccer team there says it no longer does its job.
Chicago architecture in 2020: In a year like no other, anxiety soared about the future of downtown Chicago, but so did new skyscrapers
Chicago Tribune - 4 Dec 2020 15:00
In architecture, 2020 was a year like no other. Anxiety soared about the future of downtown, but so did new skyscrapers.
Trump Was Never Very Popular, But How Will Americans View Him (And Biden) Now?
FiveThirtyEight - 4 Dec 2020 14:00
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our (mostly) weekly polling roundup. Poll(s) of the week On a very basic level, one big reason why President Trump lost reelection is that he wasn’t very popular. As of Nov. 3, his job approval...
Romain Grosjean made peace with belief he would die in Bahrain crash
The Guardian - 4 Dec 2020 20:24
French driver's F1 Haas split in two after 137mph crash 'I thought about Niki Lauda's crash, it couldn't finish like this' Romain Grosjean has delivered a powerful and moving account of his accident at the Bahrain Grand ...
Trump's 2017 travel ban may be linked to preterm births in women from targeted countries, study says
CNN - 4 Dec 2020 05:25
The 2017 travel ban imposed by the Trump administration on seven Muslim-majority countries may be associated with an increase in preterm births among women from those countries residing in the United States, according to...
Biden Says He Will Ask Americans to Wear Masks for 100 Days to Fight COVID-19 Spread
Time - 4 Dec 2020 05:18
The President-elect stopped just short of the nationwide mandate he's pushed before
UPS limits some large retailers to pace itself as pandemic shopping surge tests capacity
NY Daily News - 4 Dec 2020 04:00
United Parcel Service (UPS) is limiting shipping capacity for some large retailers as online shopping balloons in tandem with the coronavirus pandemic.
Schizophrenic woman who slit girl's throat cleared of murder charge
New York Post - 4 Dec 2020 17:12
A paranoid schizophrenic woman who slit the throat of a 7-year-old girl in a gruesome daytime attack on Mother’s Day has been found not guilty of murder due to her mental illness, according to reports. Prosecutors on F...
Times pays damages to advocacy group falsely linked to Reading killer
The Guardian - 4 Dec 2020 15:38
Newspaper apologises over article that suggested Cage was supporting Khairi Saadallah The Times has apologised to the advocacy organisation Cage and agreed to pay it £30,000 in damages for suggesting it was supporting a...
Fauci warns post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 peak hasn't happened yet: 'It is likely we'll see more of a surge'
The Week - 4 Dec 2020 15:20
As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci is warning "we're in a very precarious situation," even before the country experiences the "full brunt" of a post-Thanksgiving surge. Fauci, the...
House passes 'Tiger King' bill to outlaw private ownership of big cats
New York Post - 4 Dec 2020 08:58
A new bill passed by the US House of Representatives would outlaw private ownership of big cats -- potentially preventing any new “Tiger King” successors from emerging. The law, which was dubbed the “Tiger King” ...
Pfizer Scaled Back 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Production Targets From 100 Million to 50 Million Doses
Time - 4 Dec 2020 05:33
A Pfizer spokeswoman said that multiple factors slowed the company down, including the time it took to source large quantities of the raw materials needed.
Trump Associates Said to Have Been Scrutinized in Suspected Pardon Scheme
The New York Times - 4 Dec 2020 04:55
A billionaire from San Francisco sought clemency for a psychologist convicted of monetary crimes. The Republican donor Elliott Broidy and a lawyer who has also represented Jared Kushner were enlisted.
Charges against Kyle Rittenhouse upheld in court, case bound for trial
NY Daily News - 4 Dec 2020 04:29
Rittenhouse's preliminary hearing is now complete.
Morning earthquake rattles New Jersey and Pennsylvania
NY Daily News - 4 Dec 2020 04:29
A small earthquake rattled parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania Thursday morning.
Former FBI lawyer who altered email in Russia investigation seeks probation
USA Today - 4 Dec 2020 03:20
Kevin Clinesmith's attorneys say he made a "grievous mistake," but he did not mean to mislead investigators.
Investigation underway after two bodies found at Fort Bragg training area
NY Daily News - 4 Dec 2020 16:01
The discovery of two bodies at a training site in Fort Bragg has triggered an investigation at the North Carolina military base.
US jobs market recovery slows amid surge in Covid-19 cases
The Guardian - 4 Dec 2020 15:59
As Congress continues to argue over the size of a new stimulus package, unemployment fell to 6.7% The recovery in the US jobs market collapsed in November as cases of Covid-19 hit new records, government figures revealed...
Coronavirus updates: US sees deadliest day -- again; Biden asks for 100 days of masks; California has a new regional stay-at-home order
USA Today - 4 Dec 2020 15:57
California has a new regional stay-at-home order. US sees its deadliest day. And President-elect Biden says he'll ask Americans to wear masks for 100 days.
France security law incompatible with human rights, say UN experts
The Guardian - 4 Dec 2020 15:46
Special reporters take government to task over proposed legislation that would give police more power UN experts have urged France to completely revise a proposed new security law, deeming it "incompatible" with internat...
Germany to wipe Nazi traces from phonetic alphabet
BBC - 4 Dec 2020 15:39
The Nazis removed Jewish names from the German phonetic alphabet - now a reform is coming.
UK's R number estimated to be between 0.8 and 1.0 as infections shrink further
Sky News - 4 Dec 2020 15:32
The estimated R number for coronavirus is between 0.8 and 1.0 in the UK.