TrendingAdvertisementPresident Donald Trump arrives to participate in an event held to introduce a plan to help prevent suicide among U.S. veterans, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Photo by Michael Reynolds/UPI |U.S. President on Wednesday signed a bill into law to punish China over its treatment of its Uyghur citizens on the same day his former national security advisor claimed Trump told Chinese President that he supported their internment camps where some 1 million of the Muslim-minority population have been detained.The overwhelmingly passed both...…TrendingAdvertisementPresident Donald Trump arrives to participate in an event held to introduce a plan to help prevent suicide among U.S. veterans, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Photo by Michael Reynolds/UPI |U.S. President on Wednesday signed a bill into law to punish China over its treatment of its Uyghur citizens on the same day his former national security advisor claimed Trump told Chinese President that he supported their internment camps where some 1 million of the Muslim-minority population have been detained.The overwhelmingly passed both...WW…

TrendingAdvertisementFederal prosecutors have charged a South Florida rapper of conspiring with others to steal tens of millions of dollars in federal relief funds meant to aid small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Justice Department in said Diamond Blue Smith, 36, a member of the music group Pretty Ricky, and Tonye C. Johnson, 28, of Flourtown, Pa., have been charged in federal criminal complaints unsealed Tuesday for wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.AdvertisementThe complaints said the pair were charged in a scheme involving 11 other...…TrendingAdvertisementFederal prosecutors have charged a South Florida rapper of conspiring with others to steal tens of millions of dollars in federal relief funds meant to aid small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Justice Department in said Diamond Blue Smith, 36, a member of the music group Pretty Ricky, and Tonye C. Johnson, 28, of Flourtown, Pa., have been charged in federal criminal complaints unsealed Tuesday for wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.AdvertisementThe complaints said the pair were charged in a scheme involving 11 other...WW…

TrendingAdvertisementBlue Bell Creameries is penalized more than $17 million in connection to a listeria outbreak in 2015. UPI/Gary C. Caskey |Blue Bell Creameries has been ordered to pay more than $17 million in penalties for shipping products connected to a listeria outbreak in 2015.The Justice Department announced Thursday that the Brenham, Texas,-based ice cream maker was sentenced to pay $17.25 million by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin after pleading guilty in May to two misdemeanor counts of distributing adulterated ice cream products. The penalty was consistent with the...…TrendingAdvertisementBlue Bell Creameries is penalized more than $17 million in connection to a listeria outbreak in 2015. UPI/Gary C. Caskey |Blue Bell Creameries has been ordered to pay more than $17 million in penalties for shipping products connected to a listeria outbreak in 2015.The Justice Department announced Thursday that the Brenham, Texas,-based ice cream maker was sentenced to pay $17.25 million by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin after pleading guilty in May to two misdemeanor counts of distributing adulterated ice cream products. The penalty was consistent with the...WW…

TrendingAdvertisementResidents inspect the damage of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday. Photo by Ahmad Terro/UPI |Lebanese security forces and protesters clashed in Beirut as demonstrators took to the streets in anger as the death toll from Tuesday's devastating explosion continued to climb.Officials said the death toll from the blast that damaged several city blocks in downtown Beirut has climbed to at least 157 but it is expected to further rise as search-and-rescue operations continue, reported.AdvertisementThe blast near the Beirut port was the equivalent of a...…TrendingAdvertisementResidents inspect the damage of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday. Photo by Ahmad Terro/UPI |Lebanese security forces and protesters clashed in Beirut as demonstrators took to the streets in anger as the death toll from Tuesday's devastating explosion continued to climb.Officials said the death toll from the blast that damaged several city blocks in downtown Beirut has climbed to at least 157 but it is expected to further rise as search-and-rescue operations continue, reported.AdvertisementThe blast near the Beirut port was the equivalent of a...WW…

TrendingAdvertisementDr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said he is "sadden" that the issue of masks has become political as it is one of their strongest weapons against COVID-19. Pool Photo by Saul Loeb/UPI |The United States could have the coronavirus pandemic "under control" in a matter of weeks if only everyone would start wearing masks, said , director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stating the evidence is in that they work to stop the virus' spread.During Tuesday with the Journal of the American Medical Association,...…TrendingAdvertisementDr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said he is "sadden" that the issue of masks has become political as it is one of their strongest weapons against COVID-19. Pool Photo by Saul Loeb/UPI |The United States could have the coronavirus pandemic "under control" in a matter of weeks if only everyone would start wearing masks, said , director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stating the evidence is in that they work to stop the virus' spread.During Tuesday with the Journal of the American Medical Association,...WW…

TrendingAdvertisementCDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said that the change in reporting practice will not deprive his organization from coronavirus data. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI |The National Governors Association called on the Trump administration on Thursday to delay implementing a new measure requiring hospitals to report their coronavirus statistics directly to the Department of Health and Human Services rather than to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as they had been doing."The administration has stated that they plan to utilize this data to better allocate...…TrendingAdvertisementCDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said that the change in reporting practice will not deprive his organization from coronavirus data. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI |The National Governors Association called on the Trump administration on Thursday to delay implementing a new measure requiring hospitals to report their coronavirus statistics directly to the Department of Health and Human Services rather than to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as they had been doing."The administration has stated that they plan to utilize this data to better allocate...WW…

TrendingAdvertisementTwo days after President announced he was pulling the United States from the World Health Organization, the U.N. body's chief pleaded through tears for international unity in the face of the coronavirus, stating the WHO will launch an independent panel to investigate its response to the pandemic."How is it difficult for humans to unite and fight a common enemy that is killing people indiscriminately?" asked an emotional WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday during a briefing. "Are we unable to distinguish or identify the common enemy? Can't we...…TrendingAdvertisementTwo days after President announced he was pulling the United States from the World Health Organization, the U.N. body's chief pleaded through tears for international unity in the face of the coronavirus, stating the WHO will launch an independent panel to investigate its response to the pandemic."How is it difficult for humans to unite and fight a common enemy that is killing people indiscriminately?" asked an emotional WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday during a briefing. "Are we unable to distinguish or identify the common enemy? Can't we...WW…

TrendingAdvertisementA few students leave school as the threat level of coronavirus has been officially lowered and a few schools open in Beijing on Monday. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI |Countries in Oceania moved to ease coronavirus restrictions on Monday as China's city of Wuhan announced a new cluster of infections, raising worries of a resurgence at ground zero of the pandemic.Chinese health officials on Monday 17 new cases of the coronavirus, five of which were recorded in Wuhan where the disease first emerged late last year before spreading the world over.AdvertisementOf the new...…TrendingAdvertisementA few students leave school as the threat level of coronavirus has been officially lowered and a few schools open in Beijing on Monday. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI |Countries in Oceania moved to ease coronavirus restrictions on Monday as China's city of Wuhan announced a new cluster of infections, raising worries of a resurgence at ground zero of the pandemic.Chinese health officials on Monday 17 new cases of the coronavirus, five of which were recorded in Wuhan where the disease first emerged late last year before spreading the world over.AdvertisementOf the new...WW…

TrendingAdvertisementAn Afghan child looks on as a health worker administers polio vaccine on the second day of a vaccination campaign in Kabul on March 15, 2010. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/UPI |The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has said it is pausing all immunization campaigns for the next six months to prevent further spread of and make available resources to fight the pandemic."The COVID-19 pandemic response requires worldwide solidarity and an urgent global effort," the global organization working to eradicate the life-threatening poliovirus said in on Thursday. "The Global Polio...…TrendingAdvertisementAn Afghan child looks on as a health worker administers polio vaccine on the second day of a vaccination campaign in Kabul on March 15, 2010. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/UPI |The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has said it is pausing all immunization campaigns for the next six months to prevent further spread of and make available resources to fight the pandemic."The COVID-19 pandemic response requires worldwide solidarity and an urgent global effort," the global organization working to eradicate the life-threatening poliovirus said in on Thursday. "The Global Polio...WW…

TrendingAdvertisementThe Trump administration on Wednesday blacklisted seven Cuban companies including the financial institution that handles U.S. remittances to the communist nation.Secretary of State announced the seven Cuban military-controlled companies were added to the Cuba Restricted List, barring Americans from doing business them.AdvertisementAmong those blackballed Wednesday include Fincimex, which Western Union uses to send remittances from Americans to their Cuban families.Pompeo said it was included with the six other entities to "help address the regime's attempts to control...…TrendingAdvertisementThe Trump administration on Wednesday blacklisted seven Cuban companies including the financial institution that handles U.S. remittances to the communist nation.Secretary of State announced the seven Cuban military-controlled companies were added to the Cuba Restricted List, barring Americans from doing business them.AdvertisementAmong those blackballed Wednesday include Fincimex, which Western Union uses to send remittances from Americans to their Cuban families.Pompeo said it was included with the six other entities to "help address the regime's attempts to control...WW…