This is the Coronavirus Schools Briefing, a guide to the seismic changes in U.S. education that are taking place during the pandemic. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. “The pandemic has shattered the security of the ivory tower,” said Anemona Hartocollis, who covers higher education for The Times. “There will be […]
The National Park Service has closed the Washington Monument, citing “credible threats to visitors and park resources” around the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. Jeffrey P. Reinbold, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said those involved in the riots at the Capitol continue to threaten the upcoming inauguration, including the […]
The Trump administration has carried out the most federal executions for 130 years. After a 17-year hiatus, the president had them resumed in July 2020. Since then, the US government has applied the death penalty to 10 people. On Tuesday 12 January, the only woman on federal death row, Lisa Montgomery, is scheduled to be […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Outgoing US Capitol Police chief Steven Sund told the Washington Post newspaper in an interview that House of Representatives and Senate security officials had hamstrung his efforts to call in the National Guard. Sund said his supervisors were reluctant to take formal steps to put the Guard on call even as police […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A man killed three people and wounded four others in a series of shootings over roughly four hours that started on Chicago’s South Side and ended with his death in a shootout with police in a parking lot just north of the city. Investigators are trying to determine a motive for the […]
A deadly shooting spree on Saturday that started in Chicago and ended in a shootout in nearby Evanston left at least four people dead, including the person thought to be the gunman, and at least four others critically wounded. The suspect was killed in a shootout with Evanston police officers after a rampage that targeted […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Arnold Schwarzenegger offered his trademark parting message to Donald Trump after last week’s storming of the US Capitol by the president’s supporters: “You are terminated, Mr. President,” Mr Schwarzenegger told Germany’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper. The former California governor and Hollywood action star, a native of Austria, said the scenes from the […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US, Britain, Australia and Canada released a statement Saturday (Jan 9) underscoring “serious concern” over the mass arrest of Hong Kong democracy figures under a new security law, part of a mounting crackdown by Beijing. More than 1,000 police officers detained 53 prominent figures – including a US citizen – in […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Federal agents arrested two more Capitol Hill rioters whose images had gone viral, of one carrying off the House speaker’s lectern and another who wore horns and a fur pelt, while a top Democratic lawmaker called on mobile carriers to preserve social media content related to the carnage. Dozens of people have […]
US Vice President Mike Pence will attend Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a senior administration official has said. It is in contrast with President Donald Trump, who tweeted on Friday that he planned to skip his successor’s inauguration on 20 January, becoming the first president in more than 150 years – and just the fourth […]