Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont signed legislation on Monday that requires all registered voters in the state to receive mail-in ballots, an expansion of voting rights that counters a movement among Republicans in other states to restrict them. Mr. Scott, a Republican, signed the bill nearly four weeks after the Vermont General Assembly approved the […]
On many weekdays this time of the year, the Aqua Azul, a 120-foot, four-level private yacht, would be wafting down the Hudson River, past the Statue of Liberty, as United Nations ambassadors marking the arrival or departure of a fellow delegate gorged on platters of spit-roast pork stuffed with dried fruit. On weekends in some […]
Two people have been arrested in a road-rage shooting on a freeway in Orange County, Calif., last month in which a 6-year-old boy was killed while his mother was driving him to school, the authorities announced on Sunday. Eriz Marcus Anthony, 24, and Lee Wynne, 23, are expected to be charged with the murder of […]
Two people have been arrested in a road-rage shooting on a freeway in Orange County, Calif., last month in which a 6-year-old boy was killed while his mother was driving him to school, the authorities announced on Sunday. Eriz Marcus Anthony, 24, and Lee Wynne, 23, are expected to be charged with the murder of […]
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have said they are “delighted” after the Sussexes announced the birth of their baby daughter – Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Prince Harry and Meghan announced that the infant, a first sibling for Archie, was born on Friday in California. Lili is named after her great-grandmother the Queen – who […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Vice President Kamala Harris’s plane was forced to land soon after take-off on Sunday (June 6) due to a technical problem on her way to Guatemala for her first international trip. “I’m good. I’m good,” Harris told reporters, giving a thumbs-up after exiting the plane when it returned to Joint Base […]
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have welcomed their second child – a baby daughter named Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Harry and Meghan announced that the infant, a first sibling for Archie, was born on Friday in California. Lili is named after her great-grandmother the Queen – who was affectionately nicknamed Lilibet by her family […]
The next mayor will inherit an economy devastated by the pandemic. Here’s how eight of the leading candidates for mayor of New York say they would help the city recover: Eric Adams We will focus on our small businesses to get our small businesses up and operating again. We will look after those over a […]
Respect for the United Nations in Haiti was “forever destroyed” by the cholera epidemic that ravaged the impoverished country after the 2010 earthquake, the leader of the global organization during that period said in a new book. Ban Ki-moon, the South Korean statesman who was the United Nations secretary general from 2007 to 2016, also […]
A man is facing aggravated child abuse charges after throwing his two-month-old baby at a police officer at the end of a high-speed car chase. For 40 minutes, John Henry James III sped through the streets of Vero Beach in Florida, at times smashing into the patrol car in pursuit, swerving around roadblocks, careering over […]