After four suicides, a community board is calling on the operators of the Hudson Yards development to install barriers at the Vessel sculpture or close its walkways to the public permanently. (Aug. 26)
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Trump may seek alternative RNC convention host
President Donald Trump is weighing his options after threatening to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina in August. Two Republican governors have offered up their states as alternatives. (May 27)
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Conway defends Trump’s use of Twitter
White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway says President Donald Trump is the most “prolific user” of Twitter and should not be fact checked. (May 27)
Calif. churches face ‘new paradigm’ when reopening
California has released new guidelines that allow houses of worship to reopen while minimizing the spread of coronavirus. But some churches are in no rush to resume in-person services that require masks, social distancing and frequent cleaning. (May 27…
Today in History for May 27th
Golden Gate Bridge opens to the public; U.N. Tribunal indicts Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic; the British Navy sinks Nazi Germany’s battleship Bismarck; Actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed. (May 27)
Crews battle facility fire in Stockton, Calif.
Fire fighters were called out to a 3-alarm blaze at a tomato processing plant in Stockton, California Tuesday morning. Flames and plumes of heavy black smoke could be seen rising from the facility. (May 26)
On This Day: 26 May 1907
John Wayne was born (May 26).
Death and denial in Brazil’s Amazon capital
Manaus is one of Brazil’s hardest-hit cities. The country has more than 23,000 virus deaths. But due to insufficient testing many are quick to rule out the possibility that COVID-19 claimed their loved ones, meaning the toll is a vast undercount. (May …
Today in History for May 26th
Highlights of this day in history: Allied troops begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France; President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial ends with his acquittal; Actor John Wayne; Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie marry. (May …
People pack into DC war memorials despite pandemic
Despite the risks surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, plenty of people still paid their respects to fallen soldiers by visiting war memorials in Washington DC during the holiday weekend. (May 25)