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Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who met Wednesday to review blood clot cases among people who received the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine said they need more information before changing recommendations on its use. The panel chose not to vote on the matter. The CDC and US Food and Drug Administration’s
Continue ReadingThe Senate voted 92-6 to advance a bill Wednesday that would address the surge of hate crimes against Asian Americans, signaling broad bipartisan support and momentum for the measure. The bill, which would assign a Justice Department official to expedite reviews of potential Covid-19-related hate crimes and establish an online database, initially received pushback from
Continue ReadingThe White House is expected to name Erika Moritsugu to a senior-level Asian American and Pacific Islander liaison position, two sources familiar with the decision said Wedesday. The expected announcement comes less than a month after the White House committed to naming a senior-level AAPI liaison following pressure from Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and
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House Republicans are doing their best to steer clear of embattled Rep. Matt Gaetz amid an FBI investigation into whether he broke sex trafficking laws and had sex with a 17-year-old girl. The Republican efforts to keep their distance from Gaetz also offer him a lifeline within the GOP conference, as he appears safe at
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America’s top spies are coming in from the cold. Relationships between the heads of the CIA, FBI, NSA and DIA and then-President Donald Trump were so brittle that the spooks avoided testifying in public at annual Worldwide Threats hearings in Congress last year. The problem then was that their fact-based review of national security perils
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Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — One San Francisco restaurant is dealing with yet another blow on top of the pandemic, as every meal and every dollar counts for struggling restaurants scraping by during this time. K-Elements BBQ on Clement Street in the Richmond District said they were hit twice
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Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — An Auburn woman has quite the delivery story after she gave birth in a hospital parking garage. There have been plenty of parents-to-be who have pulled into the UC Davis Medical Center’s parking garage. One of them being Madison Fritter on St. Patrick’s Day. “It
Continue ReadingAs offices reopen, Uber says its employees can work from home if they choose — but only for two days a week. Starting in September, the ride-hailing company will shift to a “hybrid model” for its employees “with a clear expectation that they also come into the office 3 days a week,” Nikki Krishnamurthy, the
Continue ReadingKimberly Godwin is about to make history — as the incoming president of ABC News, she’ll be the first Black executive to run one of America’s major broadcast network newsrooms. ABC’s parent company, Disney, announced Godwin’s appointment on Wednesday. She will take over in May. Godwin is currently an executive vice president at CBS News,
Continue ReadingScientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned spider webs into music — creating an eerie soundtrack that could help them better understand how the arachnids spin their complex creations and even how they communicate. The MIT team worked with Berlin-based artist Tomás Saraceno to take two-dimensional laser scans of a spider web, which
Continue ReadingKimberly Godwin is about to make history — as the incoming president of ABC News, she’ll be the first Black executive to run one of America’s major broadcast network newsrooms. ABC’s parent company, Disney, announced Godwin’s appointment on Wednesday. She will take over in May. Godwin is currently an executive vice president at CBS News,
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s is requiring anti-harassment training across all 39,000 of its restaurants, the company said Wednesday. The trainings, among other measures, are designed to hold up a new set of brand standards, which focus on preventing harassment, discrimination and retaliation, preventing violence in the workplace, collecting feedback from employees and health and safety more broadly. “There
Continue ReadingEditor’s note: This story was originally published on December 11, 2013, and has been updated. Bernard Madoff, the man behind the most notorious Ponzi scheme in history, died at age 82 while serving a 150-year sentence in federal prison. He was arrested on December 11, 2008, for bilking thousands of investors out of billions of
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Click here for updates on this story STANDISH, Maine (WBZ) — A Maine college is cracking down on students not wearing masks on campus. Saint Joseph’s College in Standish is giving $50 tickets to students who violate the school’s face mask requirement. In the past two weeks, 21 tickets have been written. The school said
Continue ReadingA former student athletic trainer at the University of Evansville filed a lawsuit against the Indiana school, alleging sexual assault and a pattern of sexual harassment by former basketball head coach, Walter McCarty, according to the suit. The suit alleges that McCarty, a former NBA player, pressured the unnamed plaintiff, dubbed Jane Doe, into visiting
Continue ReadingAdvisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were meeting Wednesday to review blood clot cases among people who received the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The CDC and the US Food and Drug Administration a day earlier recommended the US pause the use of the single-shot J&J vaccine after “six reported US cases
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global finally went public Wednesday afternoon at a valuation of nearly $100 billion, as the company takes advantage of surging demand (and prices) for bitcoin, ethereum and other digital currencies. Coinbase shares began trading at $381 a share, a more than 50% jump from the reference price for its stock of $250
Continue ReadingSpeaking at a rally, Minnesota state Rep. John Thompson offered a warning about violence against Black men in the state. Thompson was a friend of Philando Castile, who was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, outside Minneapolis, in July 2016. “Somebody tell Al Sharpton and Ben Crump to
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HARDIN COUNTY, Kentucky (WLKY) — A disabled raccoon, affectionately known as “Boone the Raccoon,” is able to walk for the first time thanks to a group of engineering students at Central Hardin High School. The orphaned raccoon first arrived at Nolin River Wildlife Sanctuary in Glendale at just
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a proclamation naming April as Confederate Heritage Month. The document also declares April 26 as Confederate Memorial Day in Mississippi. The proclamation recognizes the month when the American Civil War began in 1861. “As we honor all who lost
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