Media News

• President returns to Algeria, reports recovery from COVID-19

  Algeria’s president says he has returned to his country after two months away and is still recovering from COVID-19

  World News

  December 29, 2020
• Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defense bill

  President Donald Trump is lashing out at congressional Republicans after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defense policy bill

  Congress

  December 29, 2020
• US Park Service says New Mexico tasing case is under review

  The National Park Service says it's investigating an incident in which a visitor was tased by a ranger at Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico

  Business News

  December 29, 2020
• A record 39 holiday songs dominate Billboard Hot 100 chart

  Tis the season to be jolly: A record 39 holiday songs have dominated this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, including nine holiday tunes in the Top 10

  Entertainment News

  December 29, 2020
• The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store

  Apple-Movies-Top-10 for week ending 12/27/20

  Entertainment News

  December 29, 2020
• Egypt court sentences ex-student to 3 years in #MeToo case

  An Egyptian court has convicted a former student at an elite university of sexual misconduct charges and sentenced him to three years in prison

  Media News

  December 29, 2020
• ’60 Minutes’ keeps on the news and is rewarded by viewers

  One of television's hottest shows is also among its oldest

  Entertainment News

  December 29, 2020
• Targeted killings of journalists surged in 2020, group says

  The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders has tallied a grim total of at least 50 journalists killed in connection with their work in 2020

  World News

  December 29, 2020
• China sentences lawyer who reported on outbreak to 4 years

  A Chinese court has sentenced a former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison on charges of “picking fights and provoking trouble."

  World News

  December 28, 2020
• Mexico might allow private firms to buy, distribute vaccines

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he is not opposed to private companies buying coronavirus vaccines to distribute to patients who want to pay for the shots

  World News

  December 28, 2020
• House votes to override Trump’s veto of defense bill

  The Democratic-controlled House has voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill

  Defense

  December 28, 2020
• From Zoom to Quibi, the tech winners and losers of 2020

  We streamed, we Zoomed, we ordered groceries and houseplants online, we created virtual villages while navigating laptop shortages to work and learn from home

  Government News

  December 28, 2020
• Rights groups decry Ethiopia’s arrest of Reuters journalist

  Rights groups are protesting the Ethiopian government’s arrest of journalists, saying it indicates the erosion of press freedom in the country

  World News

  December 28, 2020
• Still The King: James wins AP Male Athlete of Year award

  LeBron James’ on-court performance this year was spectacular again

  Sports News

  December 26, 2020