WASHINGTON — A top federal pandemic official warned last June that Emergent BioSolutions, the government contractor that last month threw out millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines because of contamination, lacked enough trained staff and had a record of problems with quality control. A copy of the official’s assessment, obtained by The New York Times, […]
Phyllis L. Marchand, the former mayor of Princeton., N.J., who became the public face of a deer-culling program that brought about vociferous protest, ethical debate and widespread press coverage, died on March 25 at her home in Princeton. She was 81. Her daughter Deborah Marchand said the cause was lymphoma. Ms. Marchand was a public […]
A former Northeastern University track-and-field coach was arrested in connection with a scheme to trick female athletes into sending him nude or seminude photos, federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday. The former coach, Steve Waithe, 28, of Chicago, was charged with one count of cyberstalking and one count of wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for […]
A former Northeastern University track-and-field coach was arrested in connection with a scheme to trick female athletes into sending him nude or seminude photos, federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday. The former coach, Steve Waithe, 28, of Chicago, was charged with one count of cyberstalking and one count of wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for […]
A former Northeastern University track-and-field coach was arrested in connection with a scheme to trick female athletes into sending him nude or seminude photos, federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday. The former coach, Steve Waithe, 28, of Chicago, was charged with one count of cyberstalking and one count of wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for […]
Tiger Woods was driving at “excessive speed” when he crashed his car in Los Angeles in February, police have said. The golfer‘s vehicle was travelling at upwards of 87mph in a 45mph zone, according to the LA county sheriff’s office. He was driving at 75mph when he careered into a tree, having possibly hit the […]
By Marie Fazio The phrase “proportional force” or “proportional use of force” has been mentioned several times during the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer who has been charged with the death of George Floyd. So what is it exactly? Proportional force is the idea that the force that a police officer is […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — America’s founding fathers got a reprieve Tuesday in San Francisco, when the city’s scandal-plagued school board formally suspended a plan to rename 44 schools as part of a racial reckoning that critics said went too far. The city’s Board of Education, which convened on Zoom, voted unanimously to reverse its much-criticized […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — America’s founding fathers got a reprieve Tuesday in San Francisco, when the city’s scandal-plagued school board formally suspended a plan to rename 44 schools as part of a racial reckoning that critics said went too far. The city’s Board of Education, which convened on Zoom, voted unanimously to reverse its much-criticized […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer killed last week when a man armed with a knife rammed his car into two officers at a barricade outside the Capitol does not appear to have been stabbed, slashed or shot, a police official told The Associated Press on Monday. Officer William “Billy” Evans, an 18-year veteran […]