A hostess at an Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan was assaulted by three tourists from Texas after she asked to see their proof of vaccination on Thursday, the police said, four days after enforcement of the city’s vaccine mandate for indoor diners began. The altercation occurred after a hostess at the […]
The Biden administration’s push to make Covid-19 booster shots available to most fully vaccinated adults has been stymied for now by a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel’s recommendation that Pfizer boosters be made available only to those 65 and over and those at high risk of severe Covid. However, the roiling debate over whether […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – It began as a simple request that is becoming part of New York’s pandemic routine: A host at a popular Italian restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side asked three would-be customers for proof that they had been vaccinated as required for those seeking to dine indoors. But the encounter quickly escalated, […]
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – A California jury on Friday (Sept 17) found multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst guilty of murdering his best friend Susan Berman in 2000, the first homicide conviction for a man suspected of killing three people in three states over the past 39 years. Durst, 78 and frail, will likely die […]
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, who four days ago beat back a pandemic-fueled attempt to recall him, is “following all Covid protocols” with his family after two of his four children tested positive for the coronavirus. “The governor, the first partner and their two other children have since tested negative,” Erin Mellon, a […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Police warned of threats of violence at a planned Saturday (Sept 18) rally at the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters, and the National Guard put 100 troops on standby to provide support, after the building was breached during a Jan 6 riot. Hundreds of far-right demonstrators are expected in Washington for […]
LOS ANGELES — Robert A. Durst, the enigmatic real estate scion who evaded criminal suspicion for half his life only to become a national sensation after damaging admissions were aired in a 2015 documentary on HBO, was convicted on Friday in the execution-style murder of a close confidante more than 20 years ago. The verdict, […]
New Jersey has become the latest state to announce plans to divest from the company that owns Ben & Jerry’s over its decision to stop selling ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories. The state’s Division of Investment sent a letter this week to Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s whose American headquarters are in […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday (Sept 16) said France was a “vital partner” in the Indo-Pacific region and that Washington would continue to cooperate with Paris. His comments appeared aimed at calming French anger after the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom clinched a historic defence export contract […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis policeman convicted of the murder of George Floyd, pleaded not guilty on Thursday (Sept 16) in a separate case in which he is accused of striking a Black teenager with a flashlight and kneeling on his neck. Chauvin, 45, is serving a 22 and a half year […]