Joe Biden has used the UK as a bad example of how the Indian Covid variant can ‘spread rapidly’ through the population as he begs un-vaccinated Americans to get their jabs. The president issued the stark warning to the US – where only 42% of the population have been fully vaccinated – on Tuesday as […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – The New York Times asked a court on Tuesday (June 8) to unseal legal filings by the US Justice Department that would reveal how prosecutors persuaded a court to cloak secrecy over an order to seize the e-mail records of four Times reporters and then to prevent Times executives from speaking about […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State lawmakers passed legislation on Tuesday intended to allow civil lawsuits to be brought against firearm manufacturers and dealers, an attempt to circumvent the broad immunity gun companies currently enjoy under federal law. The bill, passed by the Democratic-controlled State Legislature, is the first of its kind in the nation […]
Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia Democratic candidate for governor, and the voting organization she leads are beginning a monthlong advocacy campaign to rally young voters of color to support the For the People Act, an expansive federal elections bill. The effort, called Hot Call Summer, will be anchored in a texting campaign, in which the […]
A man who paddled out to set a world record of completing a 2,400-mile kayak trip in 64 days had to be rescued after just 70 miles at sea. Cyril Derreumaux, 44, got caught in a violent storm and had to call it quits after only five days. Derreumaux departed Sausalito in the San Francisco […]
MEXICO CITY (AFP) – US Vice-President Kamala Harris said she held “candid” and productive talks with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on migration Tuesday (June 8), hailing a new era in relations. The two leaders witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between their countries on cooperation in aid and development in Central […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has eased travel recommendations for more than 110 countries and territories, including Japan just ahead of the Olympics. The CDC’s new ratings were first reported by Reuters and posted on a CDC website on Monday, include 61 nations that were lowered from its […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Pfizer said on Tuesday (June 8) it will begin testing its Covid-19 vaccine in a larger group of children under age 12 after selecting a lower dose of the shot in an earlier stage of the trial. The study will enroll up to 4,500 children at more than 90 clinical sites […]
Millions of Americans may be leaping into a summer of newly unmasked normalcy. But inside Mandy Lin’s apartment in Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood, the lockdown drags on. Her 9-year-old son is struggling through the last lessons of fourth grade on a laptop while many of his classmates are back in school. His grandmother stays inside all […]
A woman allegedly poisoned and killed her friend with eye drops after stealing nearly $300,000 from her. Jessy Kurczewski, 37, is accused of murdering her friend and making it seem like her death was a suicide. Kurczewski called police on October 3, 2019, and said her unnamed friend was not breathing in her home in […]