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Joe Liuni felt a little strange in a room full of mental health professionals in New York state. As a gun owner, general manager of a gun store and shooting range, and president of a federation overseeing local hunting, fishing and shooting clubs, he often finds himself on the opposite side to those declaring firearms
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India’s government locked down the country last year to avoid an out-of-control Covid-19 outbreak that so many of the world’s countries had endured. The plan was largely successful, but it crippled India’s economy in the process. Now India is facing its own devastating Covid-19 crisis, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reluctant to put his
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Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — If all good dogs go to heaven, one San Francisco pooch tried to get there multiple times, only to be rescued in spectacular fashion. It was an adventure that began on southbound Highway 101 at the Cesar Chavez exit in San Francisco. That’s where
Continue ReadingHe’s become known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe after spending more than 30 years as the only resident of an idyllic island off the coast of Sardinia. But Mauro Morandi is bidding farewell to his tiny hut on the Isle of Budelli after local authorities repeatedly threatened him with eviction. The 81-year-old, who has been living
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to ban menthol flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars, including menthol flavor, within the next year, according to an agency announcement Thursday. The aim is to “significantly reduce disease and death” from using these two products. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the
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The economic recovery is underway and while there’s still plenty of work to be done, new data on Americans’ incomes shows the government’s spending efforts are bearing fruit. American wallets got a big cash injection in March as personal incomes rose 21.1%, or $4.2 trillion, marking the largest monthly increase on record, the Bureau of
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Click here for updates on this story ASTORIA, Queens, New York (WABC) — A deliveryman on an e-bike was killed and others were injured after a car crashed into an outdoor dining area in Queens Thursday night. It happened just before 8 p.m. in front of the Rosatoro Restaurant on 35th Street and Ditmars Boulevard.
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Social media influencers have enormous power to set trends, create overnight sensations and broadly define what’s cool. Josh Richards, a 19-year-old determined to be the world’s first influencer billionaire, isn’t shy about flexing that clout. Unsatisfied with simply promoting brands on social media, Richards is now focused on buying stakes in startups — and then
Continue ReadingThe US military withdrawal from Afghanistan is now formally underway, according to the White House and several US defense officials. “A drawdown is underway,” White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One Thursday. “While these actions will initially result in increased forces levels, we remain committed to having all of
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN on Tuesday that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan will concentrate the minds of “free riders” in the region about their interests in keeping the country stable. Blinken spoke with CNN’s Jake Tapper, who asked him to respond to concerns that President Joe Biden’s plans to withdraw US forces
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Some Republicans in a crowded field of candidates competing for a US House seat in Texas ahead of a May 1 special election have embraced Donald Trump and his political legacy. A former professional wrestler is using the tagline “make America Texas again” as he warns “commies in DC are ruining America.” Two former Trump
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Joel Greenberg, a central figure in the ongoing investigation into Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, wrote in a letter obtained by The Daily Beast that he and Gaetz paid for sex with multiple women, including a minor who was 17 at the time. The letter was drafted after Greenberg asked Roger Stone, a close ally
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Responsibility for the devastating second wave of Covid-19 now sweeping India belongs “first and foremost” to the government, according to Narendra Taneja, a spokesman for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “We are in power, we are the government in India so of course responsibility is first and foremost ours, good or bad, whatever it
Continue ReadingFederal agents executed search warrants Wednesday at the Manhattan apartment and office of Rudy Giuliani, his attorney said, advancing a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors that has been underway for more than two years. Giuliani, who served as former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has been the focus of an investigation concerning his activities in
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With federal authorities now in possession of Rudy Giuliani’s electronic devices as a result of search warrants executed on his Manhattan residence and office Wednesday, federal officials anticipate a court fight over their potentially privileged contents. Giuliani’s lawyer, Robert Costello, raised alarms in the hours after the warrants were served on his client, who previously
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President Joe Biden hit the road on Thursday, traveling to Georgia to promote his sweeping economic proposals the day after making the case for the massive new government programs in his first address to a joint session of Congress. At his first tour stop, a drive-in rally in Duluth, Biden highlighted the accomplishments of his
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Experts have made it clear: to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, America needs to get vaccinated. And that includes younger Americans, some of whom still are hesitant or may think they don’t have as much to fear from the virus. Everyone 16 and older is currently eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine. But a recent Quinnipiac University
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday agreed with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott that the United States as a nation is not racist, but added that the country has a history of racism that cannot be overlooked. Biden, pressed on if he thought America was racist, told NBC News in an
Continue ReadingMichael Collins, the NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, has died at age 90 after battling cancer. His family shared the news Wednesday after his passing on Collins’ Facebook page. “We regret to share that our beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a
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Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday agreed with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott that the United States is not a racist country, but added that the nation has a history of racism that cannot be overlooked. During a Thursday morning appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Harris was asked to react to comments from Scott
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