American politics often baffles outsiders but on the eve of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, it really has never been weirder. Politicians promoting a delusional conspiracy claiming America is in the grips of a child-trafficking liberal cabal backed by the deep state are now sitting in the US Congress. And Mr Trump‘s grand fiction that […]
The Chicago Teachers Union has reached a tentative agreement with Mayor Lori Lightfoot to reopen the city’s schools for in-person classes, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. If it is finalized, the agreement would avert a strike that had threatened to disrupt instruction for students in the nation’s third largest district. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An avalanche killed four skiers and injured four others Saturday in a popular recreation area, making it one of the deadliest avalanches in Utah history, authorities said. The Unified Police Department told local media that it was alerted to the avalanche about 11:40 a.m. after receiving a faint distress call […]
Inmates at a St. Louis jail set fires, caused flooding, broke out fourth-floor windows and tossed a stationary bike, chairs and mattresses outside Saturday in the latest disturbance over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions that have limited visits and stalled court proceedings, officials said. Dozens of law enforcement officers worked for hours before […]
The women were targeted because they needed help with child custody cases or criminal charges, prosecutors said. Some had struggled with drug use or were survivors of sexual abuse. But once Chad M. Salsman had guided the women into his private law office, ostensibly to discuss their cases, he forced them onto his desk and […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The poor now target the poor in Haiti. Many fear leaving their homes, buying groceries or paying a bus fare — acts that can draw the attention of gangs out to kidnap anyone with cash, no matter how little. Many schools shut their doors this month not over Covid-19, but to protect […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – One year after his first impeachment, former president Donald Trump finds himself the subject of an unprecedented second trial beginning on Tuesday (Feb 9) in the Senate, whose members must determine whether he incited a deadly assault on the US Capitol. The 100 senators will also step into controversial, uncharted territory when […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas, who last week became the first Latino and immigrant to hold the post, has reaffirmed his resolve to fight domestic terrorism, one of the greatest threats to the United States. Mr Mayorkas, who served as deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security under president Barack […]
President Biden said on Friday that he would bar his predecessor, former President Donald J. Trump, from receiving the intelligence briefings traditionally conducted for former presidents, saying he could not be trusted because of his “erratic behavior” even before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The move marked the first time that a former […]
The idea makes sense, so much so that at least two governors, a national union leader and President Biden are behind it: extend this school year into the summer to help students make up for some of the learning they lost during a year of mostly remote school. By summer, more teachers will be vaccinated […]