transcript N.Y.C. Mayoral Hopefuls Celebrate Victory With Supporters While the final results of the New York City mayor’s race are still unknown, three top mayoral hopefuls celebrated victory at the polls on Tuesday night. The top three candidates are Eric Adams, Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley. “We know there’s going to be twos and threes […]
A zoo branded the ‘worst in Britain’ was found to be failing on a range of issues after inspectors visited earlier this year, new files show. Borth Wild Animal Kingdom in West Wales was ordered to make ‘urgent’ changes after being found to be keeping wolf dogs showing signs of ‘stress’ and to have inadequate […]
By Jazmine Hughes No matter the primary results tonight, the mood at Dianne Morales’s election party was festive and celebratory: it also functioned as the candidate’s birthday party. (She turned 54 on Monday.) Supporters and staff gathered at The Corners in Bedford-Stuyvesant, her neighborhood bar, and feasted on mac and cheese, fried chicken and ribs, […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The US Justice Department will counter hacking and other illegal activity by the Chinese government while being careful to avoid negatively stereotyping Asian Americans and citizens of China, Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Tuesday (June 22). Mr Garland described a delicate balancing act that the department is taking with regard to […]
This is the Coronavirus Briefing, an informed guide to the pandemic. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. The White House publicly acknowledged that the U.S. is likely to miss President Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal. The virus is ravaging Colombia, where the death toll surpassed 100,000. In the Philippines, President Rodrigo […]
This is the Coronavirus Briefing, an informed guide to the pandemic. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. The White House publicly acknowledged that the U.S. is likely to miss President Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal. The virus is ravaging Colombia, where the death toll surpassed 100,000. In the Philippines, President Rodrigo […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The administration of President Joe Biden on Tuesday (June 22) conceded it won’t meet its goal of administering one or more doses of a Covid vaccine to 70 per cent of US adults by July 4. “We think it’ll take a few extra weeks to get to 70 per cent of all […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – As the Covid-19 pandemic recedes dramatically in the West, Europe is opening its doors to Americans – but the reverse is not holding true, with the United States not budging on restrictions imposed 15 months ago. President Joe Biden has hailed progress on vaccination, with a goal of reaching 70 per cent […]
Consuewella Africa, whose two young daughters were among 11 victims of a police siege in West Philadelphia in 1985 that began when officers tried to arrest four members of the revolutionary group MOVE and ended after the police dropped a bomb on its fortified commune, died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. She was 67. Her death […]
Adele Mayers was getting on the subway in Queens on Monday and on her way to work when she met one of the mayoral candidates she was considering ranking first on her ballot: Kathryn Garcia. Ms. Mayers, 38, told Ms. Garcia she still had research to do, particularly with regard to education and the uptick […]