[aggregation-styles] New York Times Almost alone in the Western world, Sweden refused to impose a coronavirus lockdown last spring, as the country’s leading health officials argued that limited restrictions were sufficient and would better protect the country against economic collapse. It was an approach that transformed Sweden into an unlikely...

[aggregation-styles] Politico The Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Wednesday that the prior night’s face-off between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden showed the need for “additional structure” to the format “to ensure a more orderly discussion.” It added that it would announce the new measures shortly....

[aggregation-styles] Al Jazeera - Fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia entered a fourth day on Wednesday in the biggest eruption of the decades-old conflict since a 1994 ceasefire. - Armenia said three civilians had been killed in Martakert, a town located in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, as a result of...

[aggregation-styles] AA Iran’s foreign ministry on Tuesday denied reports about transferring weapons and military equipment to Armenia. Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Iran is carefully examining the goods that pass through its borders. “Iran will not allow any kind of weapon and ammunition transfer,” he told a press conference in...

[aggregation-styles] The Guardian Local leaders in Pittsburgh posed topless for a social media campaign to raise awareness about “naked ballots,” or mail-in ballots returned without being placed into secrecy envelopes. Two county council members and a state representative-elect used images of mail-in ballots strategically placed to cover their chests. Text...

[aggregation-styles] The Daily Wire Fox News host Chris Wallace, a registered Democrat, faced intense backlash on Tuesday night for what was widely deemed as bias in the debate in the favor of Democrat Joe Biden and against Republican President Donald Trump. One of the issues that Wallace was called out...

[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to join the Supreme Court, once represented an affiliate of an Iranian exile group as it challenged its State Department designation as a foreign terrorist organization. Barrett disclosed her legal work for the group, which she undertook while employed...

[aggregation-styles] Reuters France’s president on Tuesday called for an international mission under the auspices of the United Nations to visit China’s Xinjiang due to concerns over the Muslim Uighur minority. U.N. experts and activists say at least a million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are held in detention centres in...

[aggregation-styles] Pro Builder Nationally, home prices advanced by 4.8% annually this past July. Just a month before in June, prices rose by 4.3%, according to CNBC. These numbers come from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index which produces a 10-City Composite and 20-City Composite. But for the largest...

[aggregation-styles] Pro Builder Realtor.com warns of a housing crisis on the horizon for 10 US cities with the highest number of delinquent FHA loans. In August, nearly 17.4% of the 8 million FHA-backed mortgages were delinquent while 11.2% of these mortgages were seriously delinquent. FHA mortgages are aimed at borrowers...