WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz will remain in the Gulf due to “recent threats” by Iran, the Pentagon said Sunday (Jan 3), following reports the ship was returning home in what some read as a sign of de-escalation. The Nimitz has been patrolling Gulf waters since late November, but American media […]
Anyone who had worked with Zelene Blancas in El Paso knew her as a teacher whose goal was to spread compassion above all else. Ms. Blancas, who was born in Texas and lived in Mexico for much of her childhood, was a bilingual Spanish teacher at Dr. Sue A. Shook Elementary School, and she was […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – US President-elect Joe Biden will receive a shortened military escort to the White House instead of the traditional inaugural parade that stretches from the US Capitol after his swearing-in on Jan 20, his inaugural committee said Sunday (Jan 3). The inaugural festivities will also include a formal review of troops and a […]
A coronavirus outbreak at a convent near Albany has infected nearly half of its roughly 100 residents, leaving nine sisters dead in December, the convent and local officials said on Sunday. The outbreak took place in the St. Joseph’s Provincial House in Latham, N.Y., the headquarters of the Albany Province of the Sisters of St. […]
The homes of Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi, political opponents and the two most powerful members of Congress, were reported to have been vandalized, as their standoff continues over a stimulus bill that has been criticized as inadequate by from both the left and right — including President Trump. In a statement on Saturday, Mr. […]
BOSTON (NYTIMES) – For some Covid-19 patients, a diminished sense of smell, called anosmia, is the first symptom, and sometimes the only one. Often accompanied by an inability to taste, anosmia occurs abruptly and dramatically in these patients, almost as if a switch had been flipped. Most regain their senses of smell and taste after […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday (Jan 2) said he will be among a dozen Republican senators who will challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when Electoral College results are tallied in Congress next week – a largely symbolic move that has little chance of preventing Biden from taking office. The Republicans join […]
ATLANTA — Like Atlanta itself, the rapper T.I. has known both defeat and a long twisting road toward redemption and prosperity. He was a drug dealer from Atlanta’s west side who ascended to international recognition as a musician, producer and entrepreneur, became a federal inmate, and then climbed his way back to become an activist, […]
MEXICO CITY — At first, life in lockdown was OK, between working from home, exercising with his roommate, and devouring everything on Netflix. But as the coronavirus pandemic wore endlessly on, Rob George began to find the confinement in his West Hollywood home unbearable. “There were weeks where I just wouldn’t leave my house, just […]
New York City, a place synonymous with the glitter and noise of New Year’s Eve, marked the close of a most unpredictable and upside-down of years in quiet deference to its dangers. In sending off a year so many would like to forget, New Yorkers spent a night that will instead be remembered for its […]