ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Besieged by sexual harassment allegations, a somber New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo apologized Wednesday, saying he “learned an important lesson” about his own behavior around women, but he said he intended to remain in office. “I now understand that I acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable,” Cuomo said […]
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The police force that guards the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it has obtained intelligence pointing to a possible plot by a militia group to breach the building on Thursday, an alleged plan with echoes of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. A U.S. Capitol Police statement did not name […]
TORONTO — The man who used his rental van as a weapon on a busy Toronto sidewalk in 2018, killing 10 people and badly injuring 16, in the city’s worst mass killing, was found guilty of murder and attempted murder by an Ontario judge on Wednesday. Rejecting the novel argument that his autism spectrum disorder […]
Wednesday: The answer to that, and other questions you may have about California’s reopening. Also: A deadly crash near the border. By Jill Cowan (This article is part of the California Today newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox.) Good morning. Coronavirus cases have continued to recede. President Biden said that there […]
Throngs of people languishing without appointments are cold-calling pharmacies and driving from clinic to clinic, hunting for an extra dose. By Jack Healy After weeks of waiting, Judy Franke’s vaccine breakthrough came when her phone rang at 8 p.m. one freezing February night. There were rumors of extra doses at the Minneapolis convention center. Ms. […]
The association between the Boy Scouts of America and Norman Rockwell spanned more than six decades, yielding dozens of commissioned coming-of-age portraits that evoke virtue, bravery and Americana. But now faced with tens of thousands of sex-abuse claims, the debt-saddled organization is poised to do the unthinkable: Sell its collection of Rockwell’s art. In a […]
WASHINGTON – There is no doubt that the Donald Trump supporters who attacked the US Capitol on Jan 6 included violent extremists, in some instances racially motivated, who “advocate for the superiority of the white race,” FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate hearing on Tuesday (March 2). His testimony, while not revelatory, was significant […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday (March 2) lifted a state mask mandate and said he was authorising businesses restricted because of the coronavirus pandemic to open “100 per cent”. “For nearly half a year, most businesses have been open either 75 per cent or 50 per cent and during that time, […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A China-linked cyberespionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software, the company and outside researchers said on Tuesday (March 2) – an example of how commonly used programs can be exploited to cast a wide net online. In a blog post, Microsoft said […]
As coronavirus cases fall, states are rescinding mask mandates and reopening businesses and schools, prompting people to emerge after months of isolation despite uncertainty about the pandemic’s future. By Julie Bosman and Lucy Tompkins Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas announced on Tuesday that he was abandoning the state’s face mask requirement imposed amid the coronavirus […]