WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Joe Biden is taking steps to end the use of private prisons by the Department of Justice to house federal inmates, officials said on Tuesday (Jan 26). Susan Rice, Biden’s Domestic Policy Adviser, said the president will sign an executive order later on Tuesday directing the department not to renew […]
An elderly tiger called Sabrina has tested positive for Covid at the animal sanctuary where she lives. Sabrina, a 21 year-old Bengal tigress, displayed breathing difficulties earlier this month, prompting staff at the Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, Minnesota, to perform a Covid test. She tested positive for the virus, and made a full recovery after […]
Good morning. On Monday, California officials lifted the state’s regional stay-at-home order, clearing the way for outdoor dining to reopen, for barbers to start inviting customers back into their chairs and for residents to visit their loved ones — as long as they stay outside, of course — in places where those activities have been […]
A major winter storm has caused disruption across Midwest America – with a warning of a “historic” snowfall on the way. The National Weather Service said at least 4ins (10cm) of snow was expected across most of an area stretching from central Kansas northeast towards Chicago and southern Michigan. Parts of southeast Nebraska and western […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US Senate is expected to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, veteran diplomat Antony Blinken, on Tuesday (Jan 26), after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted strongly in favour of his appointment. After the 15-3 vote by the committee, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the full Senate […]
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – California eased strict Covid-19 stay-at-home orders on Monday (Jan 25), allowing restaurants to reopen for outdoor dining and greater social mixing, as public health authorities reported slower infection rates and hospitalisations. The announcement marked the most tangible sign yet that California, which emerged in recent months as a leading US coronavirus […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Joe Biden said on Monday (Jan 25) he does not believe there will be enough votes to convict former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial, CNN reported. Mr Biden said he does not think 17 Republican senators will vote to convict Mr Trump, the number necessary if all 50 […]
Joe Biden has suggested the US could soon be vaccinating an average of 1.5 million Americans a day – but warned the country’s growing COVID death toll could still top 600,000. The US has offered one million doses per day over the last week, but the new president insisted: “I think we may be able […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – US President Joe Biden says he anticipates that coronavirus vaccines will be available to anyone in the nation by spring – an ambitious target that can only be met with sharp increases in the current pace of inoculations. The US is currently administering about 1.2 million shots per day, data compiled by Bloomberg […]
Coronavirus deaths and cases per day in the U.S. dropped markedly over the past couple of weeks but are still running at alarmingly high levels, and the effort to snuff out COVID-19 is becoming an ever more urgent race between the vaccine and the mutating virus. The government’s top infectious-disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said […]