WASHINGTON (NYTIMES, REUTERS) – United State President Joe Biden on Thursday (Feb 4) delivered his first major foreign policy speech since taking office, reversing several policies under the Donald Trump administration. Here’s a look at the key points of his address that was intended to send a clear message to the world that America is […]
Hunter Biden is publishing a memoir about his struggles with addiction and drug abuse — from his first sips of alcohol as a child, when he was dealing with the aftermath of family tragedy, to his crack-cocaine use. The book, titled “Beautiful Things,” is scheduled to be published in the United States on April 6 […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – President Joe Biden’s nominee for Commerce Secretary, Ms Gina Raimondo, said she knows of “no reason” why Huawei Technologies Co, ZTE Corp and other Chinese companies shouldn’t remain on a restricted trade list. Ms Raimondo, in written questions from Senate Republicans, was asked about the two companies, as well as Semiconductor Manufacturing […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The backdrop of flowers, teapot and United States flag said it all: Mrs Jill Biden will be no Mrs Melania Trump as America’s new First Lady. Where Mr Donald Trump’s ex-model wife cut a flashy but often distant figure, Mrs Biden’s appearance at a Zoom “virtual tea” party on Wednesday (Feb 3) with […]
The Biden administration has just launched a review into domestic terrorism in the wake of the siege on the Capitol. A number of groups are being looked at, including the Proud Boys. Canada recently designated it as a terrorist entity, in part for its alleged role in the 6 January riot. Online, there’s also been […]
A 95-year-old care home resident murdered a maintenance worker after falsely accusing him of theft, police say. Okey Payne is accused of killing Ricardo Medina-Rojas at Legacy Assisted Living in Lafayette, Colorado, shortly after the man arrived at work on Wednesday morning. Payne is accused of confronting Medina-Rojas, who was in his 40s, about the […]
Wednesday: The state’s vaccine system continues to be fraught with problems. Here’s what to know. By Jill Cowan Good morning. As virus cases and hospitalizations drop and increasing attention turns to the state’s vaccine rollout, California officials are attempting a fine balancing act between speeding up the process and ensuring that vulnerable populations aren’t shut […]
In New York City, despite its many major hospitals and research institutions, only about 55 coronavirus cases a day on average last month were sequenced and screened for more contagious variants. That amounted to just 1 percent of the city’s new cases, a rate far below the 10 percent that some experts say is needed […]
‘Old Indiana,’ from the album ‘The Way I Heard It’ McCLURG, Mo. — In an abandoned general store along a nearly deserted country road, Alvie Dooms, 90, and Gordon McCann, 89, played rhythm guitar. Nearly a dozen more musicians, many of them also older adults, joined in on fiddle, mandolin, banjo and upright bass. Their […]
Three people on a movie set were hospitalized in critical condition with burns after an explosion near Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon sparked a small wildfire, the authorities said. Fire crews used two helicopters to extinguish the blaze, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which said the fire had been contained after scorching […]