Teachers unions across US demand stop to in-person learning amid rising coronavirus cases

Johns Hopkins University says more than 200,000 COVID-19 cases were reported in the US on Friday. That’s a record that doubles the 100,000 cases first reported on Nov. 4.

Somali-American model Halima Aden has announced that she is taking a step back from the fashion industry, saying the pandemic slowdown has allowed her to see instances when her desire to maintain a hijab was not properly respected.

Powerful wind gusts and possible tornadoes pose a “marginal risk” in southeastern states and the Midwest, the National Weather Service said Wednesday, and thunderstorms were expected to buffet parts of Louisiana. The storm activity comes amid a muted holiday season, with fewer than usual Americans on the road ahead of Thanksgiving due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Tonight, the American Music Awards came and went with appearances from stars like Billie Eilish, The Weeknd, and BTS. But despite winning some of the evening's top honors, Taylor Swift did not attend the award show in person.

"The Story" host Martha MacCallum tangled with American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten Thursday night over New York City's decision to close public schools to in-person instruction. City officials announced Wednesday that schools would be closed indefinitely starting Thursday after the seven-day average coronavirus infection rate for the five boroughs ticked above 3%.

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Sacha Baron Cohen has reignited his feud with Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg.The social media platform recently came under fire after it found that posts, in which Steve Bannon called for Dr Anthony Fauci's head to be put on a spike outside the White House, had not violated enough of its rules to warrant a suspension.Barack Obama says Trump's refusal to concede is not normalDr Fauci admits 200000 Americans may die of Covid in just the next four months aloneTrump supporters rally against

12 Years A Slave, which told the story of slavery in the country.Asked by Homeland’s David Harewood in the Guardian why British Black actors frequently have to go to the US “in order to further their careers”, McQueen responded by saying the UK industry “didn’t care enough”.“That’s it, really,” he said. “The people in positions of real power and influence higher up in the industry didn’t care enough.

Netflix has saved at least one of their original shows for another season – Space Force.

WarnerMedia is laying off employees today as part of its ongoing reorganization to cut costs amid the coronavirus pandemic and reorient its business around streaming. The cuts, which are expected to hit its North American business units, come after newly installed CEO Jason Kilar announced in August a comprehensive reorganization that would consolidate its content divisions under Warner Bros.

might be less Trump-friendly right now than it had been before the election, Tucker Carlson is continuing to try to undermine American democracy by supporting Trump’s election conspiracy theories.Tucker started out the Monday episode of his Fox News show with a 23-minute rant about how we have to take every baseless and bad-faith claim of voter fraud seriously and investigate everything related to the election that any Republican might dream up.“In case you haven’t noticed, it’s hard to trust

The U.S. was nearing 10 million coronavirus cases on Monday, amid a recent surge in infections that's been described as the third wave of COVID-19.

Kelly Clarkson is hitting back.

Janet W. Lee Within hours of the electoral race being called on Saturday morning, Americans around the country took to the streets to celebrate Joe Biden’s victory.

The award-winning team behind 2013's Philomena — Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope — are reuniting for another comedy-drama based on a true story, The Lost King, which will make its debut at the virtual American Film Market. Like Philomena, which landed four Oscar nominations, Frears will direct from a script co-written by Coogan and Pope, with Coogan set to co-star.