Butler School District (BSD) 53, which runs public schools in Oak Brook (Illinois); has said no to the request of Hindus of keeping schools closed on Diwali, the most popular of their festivals, starting 2021. Dr. Paul O'Malley, BSD 53 Superintendent, in an email to distinguished Hindu ...
The US Postal Service (USPS) is "fully capable" of delivering election mail "securely and on time", Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said....
Former World No.1 Kim Clijsters has withdrawn from the ongoing Western & Southern Open....
The UN has welcomed the points of agreement on a ceasefire and elections in Libya....
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has forecast up to 205,000 coronavirus deaths in the country by September 12....
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the US surpassed 5.6 million on Friday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University....
US President Donald Trump has urged universities to reopen their campuses, despite reports of Covid-19 cluster outbreaks among students across the country....
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has rejected some Democrats' call to vote on a stand-alone legislation to extend enhanced federal unemployment insurance benefits that expired in July, as it would undermine negotiations on the next Covid-19 relief package....
Seventy-three former Republican national security officials have endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, adding they will vote for him in the November 3 election ...
The number of initial jobless claims in the US topped the 1 million mark last week, casting shadow on the recovery of the labour market ravaged by the Covid-19 crisis....
