WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US Senate on Thursday (Oct 28) confirmed Ms Elizabeth Prelogar to serve as US solicitor-general, approving President Joe Biden’s pick to be his chief advocate before the US Supreme Court just days before it hears two major abortion and gun rights cases. The Senate voted 53-36 to approve Ms Prelogar, a […]
Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo has been charged with a misdemeanour relating to an alleged sex offence. Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the New York state courts, said a misdemeanour complaint has been filed against Cuomo in the state capital Albany. “As this is a sex crime, a redacted complaint will be available shortly,” […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A bipartisan group of US senators on Thursday (Oct 28) proposed an amendment to an annual defence policy Bill that would impose a diplomatic boycott of China’s Winter Olympics – less than 100 days away – amid accusations of rights abuses by Beijing. The amendment, led by Republican Senator Mitt Romney, mirrors […]
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been charged with a misdemeanor sex-crime complaint in Albany, the state’s capital, a courts spokesperson said Thursday. Cuomo resigned from office, which he held for over 10 years, in August following a probe that found he had sexually harassed 11 women. New York Attorney General Letitia James said […]
The gun Alec Baldwin fired on the set of Rust wasn’t thoroughly checked before it was given to him, according to legal documents, as a fundraiser for the cinematographer killed passed $227,000. Halyna Hutchins died when Baldwin fired the gun during a rehearsal last Thursday, while director Joel Souza was injured. Further details emerged at […]
President Joe Biden headed to Capitol Hill early Thursday morning to make one last plea with House Democrats for a dramatically scaled-back domestic policy package to the tune of $1.75 trillion, which he believes can pass the 50-50 Senate. Biden is expected to deliver remarks following his return to the White House detailing the revised […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – As corporations have churned out net-zero CO2 pledges, investors have so far had little hope of holding them to account. That’s about to change. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a widely respected framework for certifying corporate climate policies, is introducing a Net Zero Standard to provide an “independent assessment of […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Merck has granted a royalty-free license for its promising Covid-19 pill to a United Nations-backed nonprofit in a deal that would allow the drug to be manufactured and sold cheaply in the poorest nations, where vaccines for the coronavirus are in devastatingly short supply. The agreement with the Medicines Patent Pool, an […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A man’s claim to be the great-grandson of Sitting Bull has been confirmed using DNA taken from the Native American leader’s scalp lock – billed as the first time genetic evidence has corroborated a family relationship between a historic figure and a living descendant. The breakthrough was made possible by a new […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US billionaires would pay tax on unrealised gains from their assets to help finance President Joe Biden’s emerging social-policy and climate-change legislation, according to a proposal unveiled on Wednesday (Oct 27) by the top Senate Democrat for tax policy. The so-called billionaires tax, announced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, is […]