A former chaplain for the Boy Scouts in Rhode Island was sentenced on Thursday to 40 years in prison after pleading no contest to charges that he sexually assaulted six young men, the authorities said — the latest reckoning for a national scouting movement beleaguered by sex-abuse claims. The ex-chaplain, James Glawson, 76, of Exeter, […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Johnson & Johnson will deliver about 2 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine when it receives an emergency use authorisation in the US, according to a Government Accountability Office report published Thursday (Jan 28). The figure revealed in a footnote to the government audit is the clearest indication yet of the initial […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – The United States on Thursday (Jan 28) called for the immediate withdrawal of Russian and Turkish forces from Libya, after a deadline for them to leave was ignored. This appeal marked a firmer expression of US policy toward oil-rich Libya under the new administration of President Joe Biden. “We […]
GAINESVILLE, Ga, (AP) — A liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant killed six people Thursday, with multiple others taken to the hospital, officials said. At least three of those injured at the Foundation Food Group plant in Gainesville were reported in critical condition. Poultry plants rely on refrigeration systems that can include […]
The hordes came running and the snow-white raptor became the latest celebrity bird of Manhattan. By Andy Newman In the winter of 1890, a snowy owl was spotted in New York City’s Central Park, part of what a contemporary account called an “unusual abundance” along the East Coast of the large, strikingly beautiful predators that […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – General Motors Co. is promising to go green by making all of its global operations and vehicles carbon neutral by 2040, including selling only zero-emission models by 2035. The pledge is a bold embrace by the automaker of emission-reduction goals set by California. The state is one of the largest markets for […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on “the current state of the stock market,” incoming chairman Sherrod Brown said on Thursday (Jan 28), as a growing number of lawmakers criticised moves to curb Reddit-fuelled trades in companies like GameStop. “People on Wall Street only care about the rules when they’re […]
Donald Trump has posed for his first photo since leaving the White House, with the former president insisting he’s more popular than ever. Mr Trump was pictured smiling next to House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy at his Mar-a-Lago beach club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday. The two men had a meeting […]
This is the Coronavirus Briefing, an informed guide to the pandemic. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Two cases of the variant that emerged in South Africa were reported in the U.S. for the first time. President Biden signed orders aimed at expanding health care access and opening Obamacare enrollment. China […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – A portrait by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli sold for US$92 million (S$122 million) at an online Sotheby’s auction on Thursday (Jan 28), smashing the record price for the artist. Young Man Holding A Roundel, believed to have been painted in the 1470s or 1480s, is considered one of Botticelli’s finest […]