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The US is reopening far and wide just in time for the summer, a sign that millions are ready to get their life back. But the loosening of restrictions come as new Covid-19 vaccination rates decrease from spring highs, leaving some areas vulnerable to potential pandemic hotspots and risking the progress the nation has made.
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are not currently expected to hold a joint press conference following their high-stakes summit in Geneva, Switzerland, next week, two US officials familiar with the matter said. The final plans are still being formulated, and could change. But officials putting together the day’s events said that as
Continue ReadingWith declining rates of Covid-19 infections and deaths across the US, more cities and states have lifted safety restrictions in anticipation of a better summer. But officials continue to warn that those unvaccinated remain vulnerable to the virus, especially to dangerous variants which could set back national progress against the pandemic if they become more
Continue ReadingA Chicago police officer was arrested at his home Friday morning and is facing five federal misdemeanor charges in connection to the January 6 riot at the US Capitol in Washington. Karol Chwiesiuk is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct
Continue ReadingThe five children of Alton Sterling have settled with the city of Baton Rouge for $4.5 million, according to a statement from their attorneys. Sterling was shot and killed by one of two police officers who confronted him outside a convenience store in July 2016. Cell phone video showed Sterling pinned to the ground by
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When police in Austin, Texas, responded to calls about a boat at the edge of Longhorn Dam earlier this week, they found it teetering over the edge — with four people aboard. The group was rescued Thursday with the help of the Austin Police Department’s lake patrol unit and other first responders. But the situation
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it was authorizing for use two batches of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines — roughly 10 million doses — that were produced at the troubled Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore. This is a significant development, given not a single usable dose of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19
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Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, his wife, Tricia, and their family received threats of violence months after the election that former President Donald Trump falsely claims was riddled with fraud, Tricia Raffensperger told Reuters in an exclusive interview. Tricia Raffensperger, whose husband became persona non grata within his state GOP for stating that
Continue ReadingThe Department of Justice sent a broad request in February 2018 to Apple as part of its investigation that collected data on members of Congress, staffers and their families. The department demanded metadata on 73 phone numbers and 36 email addresses from Apple, the company said Friday evening. Apple received the subpoena from the Justice
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A nationwide shortage of 911 dispatchers is at levels not seen in recent memory, according to those within the profession. Currently, St. Charles County, St. Louis County, the City of St. Louis and Jefferson County are seeking to fill dozens of 911
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department’s leak investigation that targeted lawmakers was more than a year old when Attorney General William Barr took office in 2019. Barr had vowed early on to help answer lingering questions from conservatives about the fairness of the Justice Department’s handling of politically sensitive investigations. Barr pushed for briefings from national security prosecutors
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From the mob, a seemingly unidentifiable hand reaches out with a Taser, in an attack that would leave DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone begging for his life. “I was beaten from, like, every direction. And then tased a number of times on the back of my neck,” Fanone would later tell CNN, adding that
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department’s inspector general will investigate the department’s handling of a leak investigation into former President Donald Trump’s political enemies that included a subpoena to collect metadata of lawmakers, staff and some family members, the office announced Friday. The request comes as House Intelligence Committee Democrats held a briefing led by Chairman Adam Schiff.
Continue ReadingWindows down, music up. That’s how Andy Duran describes the feeling of riding a skateboard. “Imagine your favorite song and then suddenly being able to kind of feel the song moving through you in the wind,” Duran said. “That’s what skating kind of feels like. It just feels really beautiful.” Duran grew up skateboarding in California’s Bay Area in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Continue ReadingMore than three years after ridehail companies Uber and Lyft first pledged to release safety reports disclosing incidents of sexual assault and abuse on their platforms, Lyft has yet to do so. Meanwhile, hundreds of passengers are now lining up for potential lawsuits over alleged incidents of this nature, plaintiff lawyers tell CNN Business. In
Continue ReadingA bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation aimed at improving the Afghan special immigrant visa (SIV) program amid a growing push from lawmakers, veterans and advocates to ensure that Afghan interpreters and others who helped the United States are protected once US troops fully withdraw from Afghanistan. The bill introduced Thursday by Sens. Jeanne
Continue ReadingNovak Djokovic dethroned Rafael Nadal in an all-time classic encounter to reach the French Open final, winning 3-6 6-3 7-6 6-2 in a match that lasted more than four hours. The men’s world No. 1 became the first player to beat the ‘King of Clay’ in the semifinals at Roland Garros and also the first
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin is going to Geneva, Switzerland, not merely to appear on the same platform as US President Joe Biden, but because “the poor state of relations” between both countries demands a summit, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN in an exclusive interview on Friday. “The main reason for him [to go] is
Continue ReadingShout-out to TikTok for giving Alicia Silverstone a safe space to check us on being “Clueless” about her name. “The Baby-Sitter’s Club” star used the video-sharing social media app to share the proper pronunciation of her name. She says it’s “Uh-LEE-see-uh” in the short clip (typing it as “Ali-SEE-yuh” in the caption, as if things
Continue ReadingThe United States saw a significant rise in suspected suicide attempts among teen girls during the pandemic, a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds. The study, published on Friday by the CDC, found that in May 2020, emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts started to increase among adolescents
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