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Month: September 2021

‘Conditions became unacceptable’ at hurricane shelter where 4 nursing home residents died, police chief says

WDSU, FAMILY PHOTOS, CNN By Keith Allen and Dave Alsup, CNN Authorities are investigating the deaths of four nursing home patients in Louisiana after they were evacuated to a temporary facility on August 27 ahead of Hurricane Ida, in a situation officials described as deteriorating and overwhelmed. “I would not have wanted my mother or

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First on CNN: More than 100 Democratic lawmakers introduce legislation to lower Medicare eligibility age to 60

CNN By Annie Grayer, CNN More than 100 Democratic lawmakers in the House from all wings of the caucus introduced legislation on Friday to lower the Medicare eligibility age to 60. This legislation comes as Democrats are working to expand Medicare benefits through their multi-trillion-dollar spending proposal being used to fulfill much of President Joe

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First on CNN: More than 100 Democratic lawmakers introduce legislation to lower Medicare eligibility age to 60

By Annie Grayer, CNN More than 100 Democratic lawmakers in the House from all wings of the caucus introduced legislation on Friday to lower the Medicare eligibility age to 60. This legislation comes as Democrats are working to expand Medicare benefits through their multi-trillion-dollar spending proposal being used to fulfill much of President Joe Biden’s

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House Democrats press Blinken for more details about Afghan evacuation effort

By Zachary Cohen, Manu Raju and Jennifer Hansler, CNN An ideologically diverse group of Democrats is pushing Secretary of State Antony Blinken to take specific steps toward helping thousands of individuals still seeking to leave Afghanistan, underscoring the widespread concern still lingering in Congress over the evacuation effort from the war-torn country. In a letter

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Army: Nearly 6,000 extremists surrender in northeast Nigeria

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army says nearly 6,000 Islamic extremists have surrendered in the country’s northeast in recent weeks, marking one of the largest defections since the 12-year insurgency began. The announcement Thursday by military spokesman Bernard Onyeuko comes several weeks after Nigeria’s army had announced that some

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