The weekly rhythms of Catholic life have started to return at Our Lady of Lourdes in Harlem. The pews are packed on Sunday mornings, prayer groups meet after work and the collection plate is almost as full as it was before the coronavirus pandemic began. But parishioners are starting to worry about the virus again. […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The White House is hosting an event on Wednesday (Aug 25) that will bring together the largest US technology companies for a discussion about cybersecurity challenges following a raft of high-profile hacking incidents earlier this year, people familiar with the event told Reuters. It comes as Congress weighs new legislation concerning data […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The White House is hosting an event on Wednesday (Aug 25) that will bring together the largest US technology companies for a discussion about cybersecurity challenges following a raft of high-profile hacking incidents earlier this year, people familiar with the event told Reuters. It comes as Congress weighs new legislation concerning data […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Kathy C. Hochul, the first woman in history to lead New York, took the helm this week under extraordinary circumstances, as she replaced a disgraced governor and moved to confront staggering public health, educational and economic challenges across the state. Minutes after sketching out her vision in her initial address as […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – President Joe Biden is set to be briefed on the US intelligence community’s investigation into how Covid-19 started, with the report likely to disappoint in delivering clear answers about the deadly pandemic’s origin in China. Mr Biden in May ordered aides to work to resolve disputes among intelligence agencies examining rival theories […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Formal US approval of the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech SE Covid-19 vaccine will make it nearly impossible to successfully challenge mandates by employers, legal experts said. The decision by the Food and Drug Administration to give full approval to the vaccine is “seismic,” said Brian Dean Abramson, an author on vaccine law. He […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul, in her first day as governor of New York State, called on state health officials to impose a universal mask mandate in schools and said she wanted to institute Covid vaccine-or-test mandates for employees in schools. Ms. Hochul stopped short of formally implementing either requirement. In a televised address, she said that […]
She had broken one of R. Kelly’s rules, and as her punishment, the singer directed her to freshen up at a hotel, “put on something skimpy” and have sex with someone he called “Nephew,” the woman told jurors on Tuesday, her second day of testimony at Mr. Kelly’s trial. “He wanted me to please ‘Nephew’ […]
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after allegedly throwing her ex’s cat into a river during an argument which got out of hand. Christa Anne Thistle, 53, was accused of grabbing the cat, which was enclosed in a crate, and dropping it into water at Riverwood Park Campground in Oak Hill, […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — In the months since the siege at the U.S. Capitol in January, federal investigators have looked closely at the Proud Boys, a far-right nationalist group at the forefront of the riot. Agents have pried into the group’s encrypted messages, pored over video footage of their exploits and built criminal cases against at […]