WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US Transportation Department (USDOT) warned it could limit flights by carriers based in Hong Kong after the Asian financial hub imposed quarantine rules that have impacted US cargo carrier FedEx Corp. USDOT issued an order on Tuesday (March 16) requiring Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways Limited to file flight schedules for […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US Transportation Department (USDOT) warned it could limit flights by carriers based in Hong Kong after the Asian financial hub imposed quarantine rules that have impacted US cargo carrier FedEx Corp. USDOT issued an order on Tuesday (March 16) requiring Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways Limited to file flight schedules for […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Joe Biden urged migrants not to come to the United States on Tuesday (March 16), as criticism mounted over a surge in people arriving at the southern border with Mexico – including thousands of unaccompanied children. “Yes I can say quite clearly don’t come over… Don’t leave your town or […]
A 7-year-old was among those killed. A man found hiding in a friend’s attic by a SWAT team is expected to face murder and robbery charges, officials said. By Azi Paybarah An Indianapolis man was accused of fatally shooting four people over the weekend after arguing with his girlfriend because he wanted a portion of […]
ACWORTH, Ga — Eight people were shot to death at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area on Tuesday evening, the authorities said, adding that a suspect was in custody. All but one of the people killed were women and six of them were Asian, according to law enforcement officials. The gunman, identified as Robert […]
Eight immigrants were killed on Monday afternoon when a pickup truck they were riding in crashed head-on into another pickup during a police chase in southwestern Texas, the authorities said on Tuesday amid a deepening humanitarian crisis along the Mexican border. The accident occurred on U.S. Highway 277 about 30 miles north of the border […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Russian President Vladimir Putin likely directed an effort by Moscow to try to swing the 2020 US presidential election to Donald Trump, according to an American intelligence report released on Tuesday (March 16) that linked the Kremlin and allies of the former president. The 15-page report, released by the Office of the […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Joe Biden will hold his first formal press conference since taking office next week, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday (March 16). Biden, who was sworn in on Jan 20, has broken with precedent by waiting so long to hold a full question and answer session with journalists. […]
[Race/Related is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox.] In 1717, a prominent Jesuit priest handed over a sprawling Maryland plantation controlled by his Catholic order to a new owner. Amid the hogs and milk cows, candlesticks and chalices were 15 enslaved men, women and children. The Jesuits […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The head of the US Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday (March 15) he will indefinitely extend a “zero tolerance policy” on unruly air passengers first imposed in January, after hundreds of reported incidents. FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said in a statement he will extend the policy, which had been due to […]