Disney Lays Off 28,000 Workers, 67% Are Part-Time Employees

The Walt Disney Company's theme parks, resorts and cruises have been devastated by COVID-19. Disney announced it is laying off the workers from its Parks, Experiences and Products division.
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NYC To Send New Ballots To Nearly 100,000 Voters After Printing Error

The error comes as voting by mail is set to expand significantly due to the pandemic and as President Trump has frequently made false claims that the practice will lead to widespread electoral fraud.
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Anita Hill On Sexual Harassment In Hollywood And Beyond

Anita Hill, chair of the Hollywood Commission, discusses a new report's findings on sexual harassment in the industry. She also discusses Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation battle and Joe Biden.
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Democrats unveil slimmed-down $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal

House Democrats on Monday night unveiled a scaled-down $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid package in an attempt to revive long-stalled talks with the Trump administration on the measure. The package, $1.2 billion less than the version that passed the lower chamber in May, would include a second round of $1,200 checks to most Americans and bring...
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3 dead in Northern California wine country wildfires as thousands flee

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California’s wine country was on fire again Monday as strong winds fanned flames in the already scorched region, destroying homes and prompting orders for nearly 70,000 people to evacuated. Meanwhile, three people died in a separate fire further north in the state. In Sonoma County, residents of the Oakmont Gardens...
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Roosevelt Island Corp. boss backs off threat to evict cat sanctuaries

The claws are back in. The head of the scandal-scarred state agency that runs Roosevelt Island has backed off an extraordinary threat to evict the operator of a beloved group of cat sanctuaries in a kitty conflict over rent. The about-face comes after The Post reported that the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. for the first...
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A Crisis Within A Crisis: Food Insecurity And COVID-19

Hunger is one of the most urgent — yet hidden — crises facing the nation. In this special episode of All Things Considered, a look at how food insecurity has been exacerbated by the coronavirus.
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Paradox-Free Time Travel Is Theoretically Possible, Researchers Say

In the peer-reviewed journal article, University of Queensland physicists say time is essentially self-healing. Changes in the past wouldn't necessarily cause a universe-ending paradox. Phew.
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U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It Was Set To Start

The decision grants TikTok a short-term reprieve, but the wildly popular app's fate still faces an extraordinary amount of uncertainty.
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California passes law to house transgender inmates by gender identity

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Saturday requiring California to house transgender inmates in prisons based on their gender identity — but only if the state does not have “management or security concerns.” The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation houses men and women in separate facilities. Transgender inmates are often...
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San Fransisco passes work-from-home plan to fight climate change

Working from home may become a post-pandemic way of life in one California community. San Francisco Bay area officials approved a plan last week requiring large, office-based businesses to have employees work from home three days a week in a bid to fight climate change, according to a report. The decision, by the Metropolitan Transportation...
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‘Ghost Frog’ not seen for 80 years rediscovered in Chile

A mysterious ghost frog that hadn’t been seen in 80 years has resurfaced in the Chilean Atacama Desert. Scientists found the diminutive Hall’s water frog, named for the American researcher and collector Frank Gregory Hall who discovered the species in 1935, in a tiny hot spring oasis near Ollagüe, Chile, according to Reuters. The discovery,...
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UK Covid-19 cases and deaths: how the UK is coping with a second wave

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Cadets among 22 people killed in Ukraine military plane crash

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Princess Eugenie is pregnant with her first child

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Pac-12 Reversal: Football To Start In November

The conference will play a seven-game season with the championship slated for December. The Big Ten made a similar decision earlier this month. Both say players will receive daily Covid-19 tests.
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'It's Still Breonna Taylor For Me': Taylor Family Plans Friday Press Conference

Tamika Palmer, Taylor's mother, broke her silence in an Instagram post on Thursday. "It's still Breonna Taylor for me," Palmer wrote. The family will respond to the grand jury's decision on Friday.
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Report: Satellite Images Reveal Suspected Detention Sites In China's Xinjiang Region

The centers have apparently been built and expanded since 2019, even as Chinese officials claimed most of the ethnic Uighurs and others sent to the facilities had "returned to society."
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Outside The Focus Of Major Parties, Black Pittsburghers Vow To Get Out The Vote

Both the Trump and Biden campaigns are competing for voters in key swing states like Pennsylvania. But is either of the major parties trying to engage Black voters in cities like Pittsburgh?
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Fewer Students Are Going To Community College, Despite High Unemployment

Often during a recession, enrollment in community colleges goes up. The first numbers for this fall show a decline — down nearly 8% compared with last year.
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Trump Accuses FDA Of Playing Politics With COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines

Referring to a report that the FDA plans to tighten requirements for a vaccine, Trump said, "That sounds like a political move."
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Rep. Matt Gaetz: Bloomberg may face criminal probe for paying felons’ fines

Rep. Matt Gaetz warned billionaire Michael Bloomberg that he may be facing a criminal probe for paying the outstanding fines and fees of 32,000 convicted felons in Florida so they could regain their right to vote ahead of the November election. Speaking to Fox News’ “Hannity” Tuesday evening, Gaetz (R-Fla.) said that he had spoken...
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House passes bill banning race-based hairstyle discrimination

The House on Monday passed a bill that would ban discrimination that stems from race-based hairstyles. The legislation, called the CROWN Act, would apply in part to situations in employment, housing and federally funded programs. Rep. Ilhan Omar celebrated the bill’s passage in a Monday tweet. “For far too long, Black women have been penalized...
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Seattle City Council overrides mayor’s veto on policing cuts

SEATTLE — Seattle will reduce the police department’s budget and reallocate some money to community programs after the City Council voted Tuesday evening to override Mayor Jenny Durkan’s vetoes of adjustments to this year’s budget. The council’s proposals approved last month were supported by demonstrators who have marched in the city for months following the...
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New bills would reopen NY comedy clubs closed during COVID-19 pandemic

It’s time to laugh again. Comedy clubs ordered closed in March during the peak of the coronavirus outbreak haven’t been allowed to reopen — while restaurants and bowling alleys got the OK to to resume operations, albeit with rules limiting capacity to prevent the spread of the killer bug. But bills introduced by Sen. Michael...
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John Lennon’s killer reportedly apologizes to Yoko Ono for ‘despicable’ act

Mark David Chapman, who killed John Lennon in 1980, has apologized to the famed singer’s wife Yoko Ono — describing his crime as “despicable” and saying he “deserves” the death penalty, according to a report. The 65-year-old — who was denied parole on Aug. 19 — gunned the 40-year-old Beatles star down as he and...
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Graham says GOP-controlled Senate has enough votes to confirm SCOTUS nominee

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday night said his party has enough votes to confirm a new Supreme Court justice before the November election. “We’ve got the votes to confirm Justice Ginsburg’s replacement before the election,” Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “We’re going to move forward in...
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China, WHO could have helped prevent COVID-19 pandemic: congressional report

The coronavirus pandemic might have been prevented if not for Chinese cover-ups in the early days of the outbreak and the World Health Organization “parroting” Beijing propaganda, according to a damning audit from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The 96-page report — obtained by The Post ahead of its planned Monday release — says the...
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Woman spread coronavirus to 15 people on international flight

A single sickened airplane passenger spread coronavirus to 15 other people aboard a flight from London to Vietnam, according to a newly published study. The passenger, identified as a 27-year-old businesswoman from Vietnam, had a sore throat and cough before boarding the March 1 flight and tested positive for coronavirus four days later, the study...
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Trump accuses Democrats of criticizing coronavirus vaccine for political purposes

President Trump on Sunday night said his Democratic opponents have been criticizing the speedy timeframe of a potential US coronavirus vaccine as a political move to harm him before the election. “They want to denigrate it,” the president said in a Fox News interview that aired Sunday night explaining the reaction from Democrats and some...
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Thousands of Thai protesters call for royal reform in biggest gathering since 2014 coup

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US has restored UN sanctions on Iran, says Pompeo

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Poison ricin found in letter addressed to Trump and sent to White House

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UK Covid-19 cases and deaths: how the UK is coping with a second wave

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Protection officer travelling with Dominic Raab leaves gun on plane

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court judge and liberal icon dies aged 87

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Trump tells Wisconsin voters Biden will ‘absolutely eradicate’ state’s economy

President Trump on Wednesday night told Wisconsin voters that Joe Biden “would absolutely eradicate your state’s economy” if he wins the election in November. The president predicted at a rally in the city of Mosinee that four more years of a Trump presidency would bring a “quick return to record prosperity.” Before the coronavirus pandemic,...
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Democratic voters toss Joe Biden softballs during CNN town hall

Joe Biden was tossed softball questions from mostly all Democratic voters at a 75-minute CNN town hall on Thursday night in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, two nights after President Trump was hammered by uncommitted voters in Philadelphia. The septuagenarian candidate was asked such questions as how he would keep American workplaces safe during the...
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Officials call COVID-19 the ‘largest mass fatality incident in modern NYC history’

The number of deaths reported to the New York City Chief Medical Examiner’s Office more than doubled amid the coronavirus pandemic — described as “the largest mass fatality incident in modern NYC history” in the mayor’s new management report released Thursday. The number of deaths reported to OCME skyrocketed from 30,964 in fiscal year 2019...
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NCAA Says College Basketball Season Can Start The Day Before Thanksgiving

The NCAA Division I Council voted to push the start date back two weeks from Nov. 10, saying most of its schools will have ended in-person classes for the fall semester by then, reducing exposures.
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After Complaints, Trump Administration Agrees To In-Person Election Threat Briefings

The nation's top intelligence official caused a stir last month when he canceled face-to-face updates for Congress. The Senate and House intelligence committees say he's agreed to resume them.
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Omaha Grand Jury Indicts Bar Owner Over Fatal Shooting Of Black Protester In May

Jake Gardner faces four charges, including manslaughter. While local officials initially ruled he had acted in self-defense, a special prosecutor said on Tuesday that new evidence suggested otherwise.
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The Majority Of Children Who Die From COVID-19 Are Children Of Color

According to data reported to the CDC, 121 children died from COVID-19 between February and July of this year. And 78% of the children who died were Hispanic, Black or Native American.
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Google Says It Doesn't Monopolize Digital Ad Market. Senators Don't Buy It

Senators pressed the tech giant on the scope and scale of its digital advertising business. Republicans repeated long-running allegations of conservative bias.
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Pennsylvania Officials Stand By Pandemic Response After Judge Rules Against Orders

The governor and health secretary want residents to guard against the virus as a federal judge calls stay-at-home and business closure orders — since lifted — unconstitutional.
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Trump warns Iran of counterattack after reports of plot against US ambassador

President Trump on Monday night warned Iran of a counterattack “1,000 times greater in magnitude” after reports the Iranian government may have hatched an assassination plot against a US ambassador to avenge the killing of Qassem Soleimani. “According to press reports, Iran may be planning an assassination, or other attack, against the United States in...
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New Jersey sets US sports betting monthly record at $668 million

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey gamblers set a nationwide record for the most money bet on sports in a single month, plunking down almost $668 million in August on events including resurgent baseball, basketball and hockey seasons that had been interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, figures released Monday showed. That smashed the previous record...
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Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman tried to silence Nxivm victims, prosecutors say

Prosecutors on Monday divulged the great lengths Seagram’s liquor heiress Clare Bronfman went to silence victims and critics of the Nxivm sex-slave cult, including by sending them “threatening letters” and siccing her team of lawyers and private investigators on them. Former members of a Nxivm sub-cult called DOS — in which women were branded with...
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YouTuber livestreams himself taking poop on Nancy Pelosi’s driveway

No Justice! No Pee? A YouTube star appeared to relieve himself on the driveway of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco residence during a livestream on Saturday. The video, titled “Poopalosi,” had garnered more than 19,000 views Sunday night. In the footage, a man who identifies himself as “Armando” walks through the streets of San Francisco...
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Trump says Biden is too lazy to stand up to ‘crazy socialists’

President Trump called Joe Biden “unfit” during a rally outside of Las Vegas on Sunday night, claiming the former vice president is beholden to “crazy socialists.” “Biden is too lazy to stand up to the crazy socialists and never will, will never have the strength,” Trump told the crowd of thousands packed inside a manufacturing...
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