He braved the 85-foot plunge on the Cyclone roller coaster to celebrate the reopening of Coney Island. He stood with the actor Lin-Manuel Miranda in the middle of Times Square to announce that Broadway was coming back. He savored a Krispy Kreme doughnut — free for people who get vaccinated — on camera as if […]
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) — Three Wisconsin middle school teachers have resigned after they put together a lesson for sixth-graders asking them how they would punish slaves. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Wednesday that an investigation conducted by Axley Attorneys on behalf of the Sun Prairie Area School District found that the Patrick Marsh Middle […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US congressional committee voted on Wednesday (April 14) to advance to the whole House of Representatives a Bill on federal slavery reparation payments to African Americans, in a historic step on an issue gaining momentum during the nation’s reckoning on racial justice. The move represents the first-ever congressional vote on the […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US investment in research and development has reached its lowest level in decades while soaring in the rest of the world, the head of a US Senate committee warned at a hearing on proposed subsidies to the tech industry to help the United States better compete with China. Senate Commerce committee chair […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Keeping the middle seats vacant during a flight could reduce passengers’ exposure to airborne coronavirus by 23 per cent to 57 percent, researchers reported in a new study that modelled how aerosolised viral particles spread through a simulated airplane cabin. “Farther is always better in terms of exposure,” said Mr Byron […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – The annual awards dinner and ceremony held by the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) in Washington – often called “nerd prom” – has been cancelled for a second straight year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the organisation announced Wednesday (April 14). But the 117-year-old WHCA made it clear that the show – downscaled […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – The annual awards dinner and ceremony held by the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) in Washington – often called “nerd prom” – has been cancelled for a second straight year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the organisation announced Wednesday (April 14). But the 117-year-old WHCA made it clear that the show – downscaled […]
Mike Elliott is among many who celebrated his election as mayor of Brooklyn Center as the beginning of a new era, marking the first time one of Minnesota's most racially diverse places would be led by a person of color. Elliott, a Black man who had emigrated from Liberia as a child, was almost giddy […]
Scott Stringer’s deep experience in New York City politics has yet to translate into momentum in the mayor’s race. Could an endorsement from the Working Families Party help? The New York City mayoral race is one of the most consequential political contests in a generation, with immense challenges awaiting the winner. This is the second […]
Representative Kevin Brady of Texas, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, announced on Wednesday that he would retire from Congress at the end of this term after more than two decades in the House. Mr. Brady, who first won his seat in the state’s Eighth Congressional district in 1996, is the […]