Friday: We asked experts to assign a letter grade to the state’s vaccine rollout. Here’s what they said. By Jill Cowan Good morning. On Thursday morning, Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled up his T-shirt sleeve and got vaccinated, marking the start of what he has described as the final stretch of an epic race to inoculate […]
The Biden administration has pledged a $2 trillion investment in the nation’s infrastructure. With century-old water systems and schools vulnerable to earthquakes, there is no shortage of need. The Brent Spence Bridge on the Ohio-Kentucky border near Cincinnati.Credit…Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times Supported by By Rick Rojas Engineers say that when infrastructure works, […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US First Lady Jill Biden pranked reporters and staff flying back from a trip with her on Thursday (April 1), disguising herself as a flight attendant to pass out ice cream bars for April Fool’s. Staff, Secret Service and press were treated to dessert by a woman with short black hair, a […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Microsoft Corp said on Thursday (April 1) that it has mitigated an issue with its Microsoft 365 services and features, including workplace messaging app Teams and Azure, after many users were unable to access them. “We have confirmed that the underlying DNS outage has been mitigated. Currently we’re validating the recovery […]
Judge Paul G. Feinman, the first openly gay jurist to serve on New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, died on Wednesday at a Manhattan hospital. He was 61. The cause was acute myeloid leukemia, his husband, Robert Ostergaard, said. Judge Feinman had been treated for the disease when he was appointed to […]
ORANGE, Calif. — A gunman opened fire at a Southern California real estate office on Wednesday, killing four people, including a 9-year-old boy who the authorities said appeared to have died in his mother’s arms as she tried to shield him from the gunfire. The shooting was likely related to a “business and personal relationship […]
By Marie Fazio and Tim Arango Courteney Ross, a former girlfriend of George Floyd, was called on by the prosecution to testify on Thursday. Ms. Ross told local news outlets last year that she had met Mr. Floyd at the Salvation Army. He had begun working as a security guard at the Salvation Army’s Harbor […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Pfizer and BioNTech said on Thursday (April 1) their Covid-19 vaccine is around 91 per cent effective at preventing the disease, citing updated trial data that included participants inoculated for up to six months. The shot was also 100 per cent effective in preventing illness among trial participants in South Africa, […]
One survivor who got her vaccine, Eva Rose, 96, said the last year has been “lousy,” but added: “I am still here, thank God.” By Liam Stack A year spent hiding at home from the coronavirus has given Anne Bertolino, 96, a lot of time to dwell on the past: the anti-Semitic abuse she suffered […]
Four people, including a child, were killed in a shooting at an office building in Orange County, Calif., on Wednesday night, the authorities said, marking a deadly end to a month consumed by a series of high-profile cases of gun violence. The encounter happened around 5:30 p.m. in Orange, Calif., about 30 miles southeast of […]