An inmate faces the death penalty after he allegedly broke out of jail before raping and murdering a female prison worker. Curtis Watson will appear in court later today charged with killing prison administrator Debra Johnson on August 7 2019, after allegedly escaping from the Tennessee Department of Corrections on a tractor. Watson, who was […]
TARRYTOWN (AFP) – The Westminster Dog Show crowned a Pekingese named Wasabi its “Best in Show” on Sunday (May 13), in the culmination of a reworked pandemic edition of the competition missing its usual pooch-loving crowds. Normally held in February, the show was delayed and moved from its home in the heart of New York […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The White House said on Sunday ahead of Monday’s (June 14) Nato summit that alliance leaders would launch an “ambitious” set of initiatives to ensure it continues providing security through 2030 and beyond. It said the 30 member countries would agree to revise Nato’s “Strategic Concept” to guide its “approach to the […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for the Tokyo Olympics at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday (June 12), highlighting the necessity of imposing public health measures ensuring the safety of those involved. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which were postponed last year due to the global […]
More than two million travelers passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday, the first time since March 2020 that such a milestone had been reached, according to the Transportation Security Administration. “The growing number of travelers demonstrates this country’s resilience and the high level of confidence in Covid-19 countermeasures,” Darby LaJoye, a T.S.A. official, […]
First came the shocking discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops. Then it was compounded this week when a motorist used a black pickup truck to target a Muslim family in London, Ontario, killing four members of the family and seriously injuring one by […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Streaming your favourite hour-long television show is the environmental equivalent of boiling a kettle for six minutes or popping four bags of popcorn in the microwave, according to an industry-backed study from climate group Carbon Trust. The findings are encouraging to researchers – and good news for streamers such as Netflix, […]
President Joe Biden is set to host German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House on July 15. The meeting will affirm ‘the deep bilateral ties’, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday. Biden and Merkel ‘will discuss their commitment to close cooperation on a range of common challenges, including ending the Covid-19 […]
[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Friday. Early voting begins tomorrow. Check your polling site here. Weather: Today, mixed clouds and sun, with a scattered shower and a high in the mid-70s. Much the same over the weekend. Alternate-side parking: In effect until June 19 (Juneteenth). The bright flashes, […]
The wife of caged Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ has pleaded guilty in a US court over her role in helping her husband run the feared Sinaloa cartel of smugglers. Wearing a green jumpsuit and white face mask, Emma Coronel Aispuro appeared for a court hearing before Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington DC. She pleaded […]