An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, authorities said. It was the third attack in two months in France.
While a record number of Black women and LGTBQ candidates are running in this U.S. election cycle, gains still need to be made in order to reach reflective representation, advocates say.
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated an increase in mail-in and early voting and has led to talk of an election "season" of vote counting — a development that has chagrined U.S. President Donald Trump. But states have always taken days or weeks to certify results.
A fast-moving Hurricane Zeta barrelled northeast Thursday morning after ripping through Louisiana and Mississippi where storm-weary residents were advised to stay indoors overnight while officials assessed the havoc the storm had wrought.
A former leader of Hong Kong pro-independence group Studentlocalism was charged on Thursday with secession, money laundering and conspiracy to publish seditious material, the latest person to be targeted under a new national security law.
