Nursing homes, one of the most restricted settings in America during the pandemic, are allowing visitors again. But opening the doors has brought new complications. By Sarah Mervosh Every day for a year, Kathy James peered through the window at her mother’s assisted living facility outside Chicago and dreamed of the day they would be […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Police have arrested a man suspected of attacking an elderly Asian woman in New York City and charged him with felony assault as a hate crime, the police department said on Twitter. The Washington Post reported that a separate police statement named the suspect as Brandon Elliot, 38, and said he […]
An effort by former President Donald J. Trump’s campaign to silence a former campaign worker who claimed she was the target of abusive treatment and sexual harassment by another member of Trump’s campaign was effectively voided on Tuesday by a federal court judge in New York. Judge Paul G. Gardephe nullified a confidentiality agreement signed […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Two US Capitol Police veterans who were on duty during the Jan 6 riot sued Donald Trump accusing the former president of inciting the violent mob that injured scores of officers. The complaint filed Tuesday (March 30) follows earlier suits by two Democratic members of Congress who also blamed Trump for stoking […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Joe Biden’s rescue dog Major nipped an individual on White House grounds, a spokesman said on Tuesday (March 30), the second such incident involving the younger of Biden’s two German Shepherds. Earlier this month, Major bit a security staff member, according to media reports. The incident caused a “minor injury,” […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The United States highlighted a deteriorating picture for human rights across the world on Tuesday (March 30), calling out China’s repression of Uighurs and Russia’s targeting of political dissidents, among other abuses. The State Department released reports on the rights situation last year in nearly 200 countries, which are required annually by […]
The sudden departure of the military leaders came a day after President Jair Bolsonaro fired his defense minister and reshaped his cabinet. By Ernesto Londoño RIO DE JANEIRO — The three commanders of Brazil’s Armed Forces resigned jointly on Tuesday, a day after President Jair Bolsonaro fired his defense minister as part of a big […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The Biden administration on Tuesday (March 30) announced a set of measures responding to rising anti-Asian violence, including deploying US$49.5 million (S$66 million) from Covid-19 relief funds for US community programmes that help victims. White House officials said in a statement that the Department of Justice is also focusing on a rising […]
A coalition of civil rights groups led by the N.A.A.C.P. have filed a federal lawsuit against Georgia officials charging that a new law severely curtailing ballot access represents “intentional discrimination” against the state’s Black voters. The suit, dated March 28 and filed in the Northern District Court of Georgia, is the third case brought since […]
The New York Police Department’s hate crimes task force said it was searching for a man who kicked a 65-year-old woman, stomped on her and made anti-Asian statements toward her on a sidewalk. By Neil Vigdor A man kicked a 65-year-old woman to the ground in broad daylight on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk on Monday, […]