The life of Andre Hill was commemorated Tuesday morning as family and lawmakers called for justice to be brought against the Columbus police officer who fatally shot the 47-year-old days before Christmas. “We don’t want your sympathy. We want justice,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said in delivering Hill’s eulogy. Dozens gathered at the First Church […]
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered competing strategies Tuesday for ramping up New York’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts, with de Blasio saying vaccine eligibility should be widened and Cuomo countering that hospitals need to do a better job of vaccinating the health care workers who are eligible now. “Move it quickly. We’re serious,” […]
Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday said he would refuse President Donald Trump’s request that he try to block the confirmation of Joe Biden’s election as the next president of the United State by Congress. Pence’s statement breaking with Trump came minutes before the vice president was due to preside over a joint session of […]
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said he was caught off guard by the negative response after he ended his opening prayer on the first day of the new Congress by saying, “Amen and A-woman.” Cleaver, a United Methodist minister and former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, is in his ninth term in Congress. He told the […]
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for the legalization and regulation of marijuana for recreational use by adults, his third attempt in as many years to get the drug
Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, Politico is reporting. Biden selected Garland over former Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and former deputy attorney general
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay and WeChat Pay. The order goes into effect in 45 days, at which point
The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that he is “disappointed” Chinese officials haven’t finalized the permissions to allow a team of experts into China to examine the origins of COVID-19. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a rare critique of Beijing, said members of the international scientific team began departing from their […]
President Trump is expected to deliver remarks at a “Save America March” outside of the White House. The rally was organized by Trump supporters who believe the election was stolen. President Trump’s supporters have descended on the nation’s capital to cheer his claims of election fraud ahead of a congressional vote to affirm Joe Biden’s […]
Chesa Boudin took office as district attorney in San Francisco a year ago, part of a politically progressive wave of prosecutors committed to seeking restorative justice over mass incarceration. But now the former deputy public defender and son of one-time Weathermen radicals is under fire for the deaths of two pedestrians on New Year’s Eve […]
Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the U.S. Senate majority — as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his turbulent final days in office while dramatically improving the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s progressive agenda. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who represented […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un admitted that his economic development plans have failed as he opened the nation’s first full ruling party congress in five years, state media reported Wednesday. In an opening speech at the congress that began Tuesday, Kim said that “almost all sectors fell a long way short of the set […]
A Wisconsin prosecutor announced Tuesday that he will not file criminal charges against a police officer who shot a Black man in the back in Kenosha last summer, leaving him paralyzed and setting off sometimes violent protests in the city. Officer Rusten Sheskey’s shooting of Jacob Blake on Aug. 23, captured on bystander video, turned […]
The Dutch government came under heavy criticism from lawmakers Tuesday over a COVID-19 vaccination plan that has the first shots set to be administered on Wednesday, making the Netherlands the
New York drivers who can’t afford to pay the entirety of a traffic fine will be able to do so via installments and will no longer face the risk of their licenses being suspended for that debt, thanks to legislation signed by the governor. The Driver’s License Suspension Reform Act ends the practice of suspending […]
A protest took place on Tuesday on Rechov Bar Ilan in Jerusalem against the construction of the light rail line that is being built through Chareidi neighborhoods. Kanaim have been
Amazon said Tuesday that it bought 11 jets from Delta and WestJet airlines to boost its growing delivery network and get orders to shoppers faster. The company said it’s the first time it has purchased planes for its delivery network. Over the past couple of years, Amazon has been leasing planes to build its fleet. […]
If I’ve already had the coronavirus, can I get it again? It’s possible, but such cases seem to be rare. Evidence is growing that people whose bodies mounted a strong defense to the virus are unlikely to test positive again for at least several months and maybe longer. It’s not unusual to develop some immunity […]
Israel’s coronavirus cabinet approved on Tuesday night a full lockdown beginning on Thursday at midnight for two weeks in an effort to stem the soaring infection rate, with daily virus
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