Tourism officials in New York City welcomed the news on Monday that restrictions on travel to the United States would be eased in November, a sign of hope for a city whose famed retail corridors and hotel and leisure sectors have been pummeled without international tourists during the pandemic. International visitors have been a critical […]
New York City will introduce weekly coronavirus testing at all public schools starting next week, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday, as officials try to strengthen safety protocols. The city’s powerful teachers’ union called on Sunday for the city to conduct weekly surveillance testing in schools, instead of the current policy of testing students […]
On Sept. 11, the family of Gabrielle Petito reported her missing to the North Port, Fla., police department. She seemed to have disappeared in the western United States during a cross-country trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, who returned to his home in North Port without Ms. Petito, 22, on Sept. 1. On Sunday human […]
Mr. O’Rourke has been calling Democratic leaders in Texas to tell them he is seriously considering challenging Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022. By J. David Goodman and Reid J. Epstein HOUSTON — Beto O’Rourke, the former El Paso congressman who became a darling of Democrats after nearly defeating Senator Ted Cruz in 2018, is inching […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – When the schools in Marietta, Georgia, opened their doors on Aug 3, the highly contagious Delta variant was sweeping across the South, and children were not being spared. By Aug 20, 51 students in the city’s small school district had tested positive for the coronavirus. Nearly 1,000 others had been flagged […]
A body found in Wyoming is believed to be that of missing Gabby Petito, US officials have said. The FBI said the body was found by law enforcement agents who had spent the past two days searching campgrounds. “Full forensic identification has not been completed to confirm 100% that we found Gabby, but her family […]
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – A combination of Mirati Therapeutics Inc’s genetic mutation-targeting adagrasib and older cancer drug Erbitux shrank tumours in 39 per cent of patients with advanced colorectal cancer treated in a small trial, the company said on Sunday (Sept 19). Chief Executive Officer Charles Baum told Reuters Mirati plans to meet with the […]
The last time Alabama politicians rewrote their state Constitution, back in 1901, their aspirations were explicitly racist: “to establish white supremacy in this state.” “The new Constitution eliminates the ignorant Negro vote and places the control of our government where God Almighty intended it should be — with the Anglo-Saxon race,” John Knox, the president […]
VANCOUVER (REUTERS) – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is in talks with Huawei and lawyers for its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou about an agreement that could allow her to return to China, the Globe and Mail reported on Friday (Sept 17), citing Canadian sources. Meng was arrested at Vancouver International Airport in […]
DEL RIO, UNITED STATES (AFP) – The United States said on Saturday (Sept 18) it would step up the number and capacity of so-called “removal flights” for thousands of migrants who flooded into the Texas border city of Del Rio, in a bid to alleviate a burgeoning crisis for President Joe Biden’s administration. The migrants […]