In New York, rivals cross paths, and bump elbows.

Vice President Mike Pence traded an elbow bump with the Democratic nominee for president, Joseph R. Biden Jr., Friday morning when the two attended a ceremony in Lower Manhattan marking the Sept. 11 attacks. The two men, both wearing masks, were photographed with their elbows touching, a greeting aimed at …...Read More

China and India agree troops will 'quickly disengage' after standoff

India and China have agreed that their troops should 'quickly disengage' from a tense border standoff that has lasted months. The two countries' foreign ministers agreed to maintain proper distance and ease tensions in the Ladakh region where the two nuclear armed nations in June had their deadliest clash in …...Read More

Semi-truck causes fatal 11-vehicle crash on Sacramento highway

One father was killed and three people were hospitalized this week after a massive semi-truck caused an 11-vehicle collision along a California highway. The California Highway Patrol on Tuesday confirmed that a horrendous crash had taken place at 5:40pm on Interstate 5 in south Sacramento. It would result in the …...Read More

Star Wars actress Felicity Jones takes newborn baby for walk

Felicity Jones has given birth to her first child with husband Charles Guard, MailOnline can exclusively reveal. The 36-year-old Star Wars actress was pictured on Friday for the first time since welcoming her bundle of joy, as she took the baby out for a walk in London. Pushing her precious …...Read More

Man wrestled to ground 'trying to abduct' girl, 4 in South Africa

A man who tried to snatch a four-year-old girl in front of her mother at a South African restaurant was wrestled down to the ground. Shocking footage shows the 24-year-old man grab the girl by her neck in front of her horrified mother. The man tried to take her at …...Read More

Palestinians Rejected Tax Money to Slap Israel. It’s Not Israel That’s Hurting.

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Furious that Israel was about to annex large swaths of the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, took the painful step in June of refusing to accept taxes collected by Israel that account for more than 60 percent of the authority’s budget. Then last …...Read More

Tory councillor attends Zoom virtual meeting while driving LORRY

A senior experienced councillor who joined a virtual council meeting while driving a lorry has been blasted for putting himself and other road users in a 'dangerous situation'. Councillor David Brown - who held the tourism, arts and culture brief on Boston Borough Council - appeared at the cabinet meeting …...Read More

As Antifa Rumors Spread in Oregon, Residents Defied Evacuation Orders

MOLALLA, Ore. — Ralph Mitchell’s neighbors were fleeing. Ash rained from the sky. And outside Mr. Mitchell’s natural-medicine business, a police cruiser announced on loudspeaker: “This has been declared a life-threatening fire emergency. You need to evacuate the city.” Mr. Mitchell was having none of it. He was staying. “There’s …...Read More

A Favorite Teacher Lost

This is the Coronavirus Schools Briefing, a guide to the seismic changes in U.S. education that are taking place during the pandemic. Sign up here to get the newsletter in your inbox. Image Demetria “Demi” Bannister. Credit... Richland School District 2, via Associated Press Demetria Bannister, known as Demi, a …...Read More

Dated 1920, a Postcard Finally Gets Delivered

It’s not clear where the postcard has been during the intervening decades, or why it took so long to reach the address. Letters from years or decades past do sometimes turn up in people’s mailboxes, though a spokesman for the Postal Service said it was rarely because they became lost …...Read More