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About 40 unidentified people armed with metal bars and using fireworks as projectiles tried to storm a police station in the Paris suburbs on Saturday night, officials said. 'Violent attack last night on the police station of Champigny with mortar shots and various projectiles. No police officer was injured,' the Paris police headquarters said on Twitter on Sunday. The police posted a video showing a barrage of fireworks going off in the direction of the police station in Champigny-sur-Marne, about nine miles southeast of central Paris.  The assailants tried to force entry into the station, but failed to do so. About 40 unidentified people armed with metal bars and using fireworks as projectiles tried to storm a police station in the Paris suburbs on Saturday night The police posted a video showing a barrage of fireworks going off in the direction of the police station in Champigny-sur-Marne Nobody was arrested, but images showed smashed windows at the station and damaged car

Amy Coney Barrett will praise her mentor, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and tell senators that courts 'should not try' to make policy in her opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday  Amy Coney Barrett will praise her mentor, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and tell senators courts 'should not try' to make policy during her opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A transcript of the remarks Barrett intends to deliver the first day of her confirmation hearing on Monday was released to the media on Sunday. Barrett, 48, will speak to the Republican-led panel about how Scalia, whom she clerked for after law school, shaped not only her philosophies about the law, but also about family. 'Justice Scalia taught me more than just law,' her statement reads. 'He was devoted to his family, resolute in his beliefs, and fearless of criticism.' 'As I embarked on my own legal career, I resolved to maintain that same pers

Peta Credlin has unleashed another extraordinary attack on Daniel Andrews and accused him of a cover up over the botched hotel quarantine program that sparked Victoria's deadly second wave.   Former Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott's former chief-of-staff took Victoria's Labor Premier to task in a heated exchange during his daily coronavirus press briefing on Friday. Credlin demanded to know why phone records were not tendered to the hotel quarantine inquiry which could settle once and for all whose decision it was to use private security guards instead of ADF personnel.    In her weekly News Corp column, Credlin went one further and challenged Mr Andrews to not only release his own phone records but that of his key ministers and staff including his chief-of-staff Lissie Ratcliff.  Peta Credlin (pictured on Friday) had some tough questions for Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews in her first press conference as a member of the media Credlin challenged Mr Andrews to not only

Gov. Andrew Cuomo quoted Hebrew to urge New York’s Orthodox Jewish residents to refrain from hosting large gatherings in the wake of an uptick in coronavirus cases on Sunday. 'I say to my friends in the Hasidic community: The Hebrew faith teaches us, pikuach nefesh, which means "save a life," and under the Hebrew teachings ... participation in a religious ceremony can be excused for a matter of health and life and safety,' he said in a press call. Cuomo’s plea comes as New York City and the state have seen a surge in COVID-19 cases in large Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn and Queens.  Also on Sunday Cuomo announced that the COVID-19 positivity rate is 5.7 percent in cluster sites. Statewide, the positive rate is 0.84 percent excluding hot spots.  On Sunday Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke Hebrew urging Orthodox Jewish residents to follow the teaching of pikuach nefesh, which means 'save a life,' and avoid large gatherings Police officers watch the Orthodox Jewi

Millions of elderly women are being denied life-saving breast cancer checks on the NHS due to the coronavirus pandemic. Health chiefs have barred women over the age of 70 from requesting screening if they are worried about their risk of the disease. GPs have even been ordered to remove all posters and leaflets promoting the service. The ban, initially introduced over the summer, has been extended for the foreseeable future while screening clinics catch up with the backlog of checks on younger women. Health chiefs have barred women over the age of 70 from requesting breast cancer screening on the NHS due to backlog caused by the coronavirus pandemic (stock photo) These have been resumed recently as services have returned to normal. But the Government has been unable to put a date on the return of screening for older women.  The issue adds to growing concern about the indirect impact of the pandemic on non-Covid health. Official predictions suggest nearly 75,000 people will die over the

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has forecast 233,000 COVID-19 deaths by the end of this month with up to 6,800 new fatalities in the last week of October alone.  In a report on its website the CDC writes: 'This week's national ensemble forecast indicates an uncertain trend in new COVID-19 deaths reported over the next four weeks and predicts that 2,800 to 6,800 new deaths will likely be reported during the week ending October 31, 2020.  'The national ensemble predicts that a total of 224,000 to 233,000 COVID-19 deaths will be reported by this date.' The CDC's national ensemble forecast uses 41 different independent models to create its own prediction. More than 7.7 million Americans have already tested positive for the virus; the death toll stands at 214,573.  More than 7.7 million Americans have already tested positive for the virus; the death toll stands at 214,573 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has forecast: 'This week