Nevada Supreme Court panel won't reconsider โDances With Wolvesโ actor Nathan Chasing Horse case
A panel of Nevada Supreme Court justices wonโt reconsider former โDances With Wolvesโ actor Nathan Chasing Horseโs request to dismiss an indictment that accuses him of leading a cult, taking underage wives and sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls.
Average new US virus cases below 100K for 1st time in months
Coronavirus cases are continuing to decline in the U.S. after a winter surge. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say the seven-day average of new coronavirus cases in the country dropped below 100,000 on Friday, Feb. 12 for the first time since November 4. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)ATLANTA โ Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months, but experts cautioned Sunday that infections remain high and precautions to slow the pandemic must remain in place. That average dropped below 100,000 on Friday for the first time since Nov. 4. โWe are still at about 100,000 cases a day.
EXPLAINER: Why ballot-counting in Nevada is dragging on
Observers, in foreground, chat as election workers work in a tabulation room at the Clark County Election Department in North Las Vegas, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. THE GENESISThe Legislature passed a bill in August to send all active voters mail-in ballots in hopes of curbing, or at least not fueling, the spread of the coronavirus. The vast majority of those untallied ballots are in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas and its populous surrounding suburbs. THE PROCESSMost still-to-be counted ballots arrived by mail, and are first processed through a machine that verifies signatures. Processing mail-in ballots takes longer, but โwe havenโt had any hiccups, we havenโt had any delays,โ said spokeswoman Bethany Drysdale.
Increasingly normal: Guns seen outside vote-counting centers
The armed protesters have shown up at the vote-counting centers in response to groundless accusations from President Donald Trump that the Democrats are trying to steal the election. In Detroit, dozens of Trump supporters returned to the streets Friday outside the cityโs convention center, where election workers counted ballots. Armed demonstrators have protested COVID-19 lockdowns at the state capitols of Wisconsin and Minnesota and outside small businesses in Texas. Groups of armed men walked repeatedly through downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, insisting they were just out for exercise. In Michigan, armed demonstrators angry about COVID-19 restrictions went into the state Capitol building earlier this year, standing in the Senate gallery and looking down on lawmakers.