American Daily Digest

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo sits during a news conference Monday, June 22, in Providence, Rhode Island. David Goldman/AP Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is rolling back reopening in the … Read More

Major Asian stock markets have declined amid investor concern about the status of U.S. stimulus spending and a trade agreement with Beijing By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer August 5, … Read More

BBC faces pensioner licence fee revolt as it sends out first letters today demanding £157.50 payments after millions lost their right to free viewing Older viewers are likely to start … Read More

At least 70 people are killed and thousands hurt as ‘welder’ at Beirut port sparks fire near warehouse where 2,700 TONS of highly explosive chemical ‘seized from a ship’ were … Read More

Beirut’s day of destruction: Explosion lays waste to Lebanese capital with dazed and bloodied survivors picking through the rubble in darkness, desperately hunting lost loved-ones The industrial port that provides … Read More

At least seven dead, more than 3 MILLION without power across the Northeast as Tropical Storm Isaias pummels New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania unleashing tornadoes and flooding The weather … Read More

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WASHINGTON — Frustrated Senate Republicans re-upped their complaints Tuesday that Democratic negotiators are taking too hard a line in talks on a sweeping coronavirus relief bill, but an afternoon negotiating … Read More

A former Google engineer who helped steer the company’s self-driving car project has been sentenced to 18 months in prison By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer August 5, 2020, 2:21 … Read More

At least 70 are killed and thousands hurt as fire at Beirut port detonates warehouse where 2,700 TONS of highly explosive chemical ‘rescued from sinking ship’ were being stored sparking … Read More