Category: News


What’s new on Zoom: A paid ticketing tool called OnZoom


Zoom, the video meeting service, is adding tools to sell tickets to online classes, concerts and the like on a new offshoot it calls OnZoom.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/10/14/zoom-onzoom-sell-tickets-online-classes-concerts/5938814002/

You’re a big state to me’: Trump pitches rural voters at Iowa campaign rally


Facing tightening polls with less than three weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump sought to appeal to rural voters at a campaign rally in Iowa, a state he won handily just four years ago.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/14/trump-holds-iowa-campaign-rally-state-faces-uptick-covid-19-cases/3652124001/

Covid-19: Talks continue over new restrictions for parts of England


Talks are continuing between the government and local leaders over the expansion of the strictest coronavirus restrictions to more parts of England.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54548522

Why some onions were too sexy for Facebook


There are regular onions, and then there are onions too sexy for Facebook, a Canadian seed and garden supply store recently discovered.

https://www.bbc.com/news/54467384

COVID-19 and health care have dominated the debates. But what about other key issues?


The coronavirus pandemic is at the top of mind for many voters, and it has been one of the main topics at both the first presidential debate and the only vice presidential debate this year.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/08/2020-debates-gun-immigration-marijuana-not-being-discussed/5922437002/

Moderator Susan Page hopes Mike Pence-Kamala Harris vice presidential debate was helpful for voters: ‘That was the point’


USA TODAY’s Washington Bureau chief, presided over Wednesday’s vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris in Salt Lake City. Leading up to the debate, Page said she sought ways to create a different kind of conversation.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/08/vice-presidential-debate-susan-page-moderating-mike-pence-kamala-harris/5920147002/

‘Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking:’ Takeaways from the VP debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris


It was almost a given that Wednesday’s debate in Salt Lake City between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris would be less chaotic than the slugfest in Cleveland between President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/08/vp-debate-what-you-missed-mike-pence-kamala-harris-faceoff/5896940002/

VP debate 2020: Pence and Harris clash on coronavirus pandemic


A live TV debate between the candidates for vice-president ahead of next month’s US election has seen fierce clashes over the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54459078