Brittany Commisso, the executive assistant who accused Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of groping her in the Executive Mansion and filed a criminal complaint against him, forcefully rebutted the governor’s claims that she initiated or welcomed physical contact between them, in an interview that aired on Monday. “I would never on my own get up and […]
When a 7-year-old in Utah tested positive for the coronavirus, his mother vented her frustration on social media. Low vaccination rates in her state are to blame, she says. By Amanda Morris On the July evening that he was diagnosed with Covid-19, 7-year-old Ethan Chandra lay in bed with a high fever next to his […]
It is the completeness of the destruction in this small town that hits you first. We’d seen the images and we’d spoken to some of the evacuees, but only by being here is it possible to absorb the enormity of it all. There is almost nothing left. Greenville, California: population 1,000; swept away in the […]
A mum has been left ‘broken’ after all five of her children aged under 10 died in a devastating fire on her birthday. Sabrina Dunigan, 34, battled to rescue her children after reportedly leaving them alone to give someone a lift – then returning to find her home ablaze. The tragedy happened at a flat […]
A prisoner murdered his cellmate after discovering he raped his younger sister, a court heard. Shane Goldsby, 26, has had almost 25 years added to his sentence for killing convicted child molester, Robert Munger, 70. Goldsby ended up sharing a cell with Munger at Airway Heights Corrections Center in Washington, US. He […]
AUSTIN, TEXAS (BLOOMBERG) – With ICU beds down to a single digit, Austin sounded the alarm on Saturday (Aug 7), using its emergency alert system to let residents in the Texas capital city know that the local state of the pandemic is “dire”. The Austin area – with a population of almost 2.4 million people […]
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — In Haiti, investigators continue to search for the mastermind behind the hiring of more than 20 former Colombian soldiers for a mission that ended in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, plunging the already troubled island nation into crisis. But 1,000 miles away, in Colombia, the arrest of 18 of those veterans […]
Two summers ago, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo stared into a camera, signed a bill and made a promise to the women of New York. “Let’s actually change things,” he said, underscoring each word of resolve with a chop of his hands as he approved sweeping new protections against sexual harassment. The next day, he resumed […]
QUINCY, CALIFORNIA (REUTERS) – At least eight people were missing on Saturday (Aug 7) as one of the worst wildfires in the nation scorched through Northern California communities, forest and tinder dry scrub in the Sierra Nevada mountains, destroying a historic gold rush town. Even as the calmer, less windy weather gave firefighters a break […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The US Senate on Saturday (Aug 7) begins working through a round of proposed amendments to a US$550 billion (S$745.20 billion) infrastructure package in one last drive to finalise the massive public works plan. Senators have more procedural votes before moving forward, but the legislation appears to be on track to pass […]