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President Joe Biden is cracking down on the oil-and-gas industry, but he is not taking the extreme steps the Trump campaign claimed he would last fall. Last week, the Biden administration imposed a 60-day suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits on federal lands unless the Interior Department’s leaders approved them. Biden
Continue ReadingBen & Jerry’s two co-founders want to make it easier for Americans to sue police officers who abuse their authority, a move that reform advocates say is a key step towards substantive police reform. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield made their views clear during a virtual press conference Tuesday announcing the new campaign to end
Continue ReadingThe driver who killed one person and injured nine others was at times driving at speeds of 50 to 60 mph as he raced through streets in southeast Portland, police said Tuesday. “Detectives say that the driver’s actions did show intent to hit and injure people,” police said. The Portland Police Bureau said in a
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President Joe Biden’s pledge that there will be sufficient vaccines for 300 million Americans by the end of summer represents a bold and politically risky response to criticism his pandemic plan lacks ambition. In effect, the President is putting a date on a return of a semblance of normal life — with no guarantee that
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Johns Hopkins University officials are investigating after four swastikas were found etched into the walls of a dormitory elevator on the Peabody Institute campus. The incident wasn’t just reported to campus security, but also to federal law enforcement as a possible hate crime. The university
Continue ReadingElliot Page and Emma Portner are getting divorced. The couple announced the decision in a statement to CNN on Tuesday. “After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce following our separation last summer. We have the utmost respect for each other and remain close friends.” Their split comes three
Continue ReadingA federal judge’s action Tuesday preventing President Joe Biden’s 100-day pause in deportations demonstrated the land mines that await the new administration in the nation’s courts. The short-term order by the Texas-based judge could also force a confrontation up to the US Supreme Court, where the Biden legal team already faces hard choices over how
Continue ReadingSekou Smith, a NBA reporter and analyst for more than two decades, has died from Covid-19. He was 48. Smith worked for NBA TV and wrote for NBA.com since 2009. “We are all heartbroken over Sekou’s tragic passing,” Turner Sports, which broadcasts and operates NBA TV and NBA.com, said in a statement. “His commitment to
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Over a month ago, I got injected with either a Covid-19 vaccine candidate or placebo from Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen unit. Since I’ve enrolled in a randomized, double-blind vaccine trial, I don’t know what I got and neither do the doctors and nurses who are running the trial at Ark Clinical Research in Long Beach,
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration’s planned task force aimed at reuniting children who were separated from their parents at the border under the Trump-era enforcement policies will include input from first lady Jill Biden, according to three sources familiar with the planning. Biden is tasking her East Wing with taking an active role in the reunification project.
Continue ReadingAs is custom at the beginning of the legislative session, state lawmakers across the country have proposed a torrent of bills intended to boost local economies, constrain or expand spending or make much-needed infrastructure fixes. But mixed in among the standard bureaucratic business are bills that take aim at LGBTQ+ residents of states — bills
Continue ReadingAnalysts have talked for at least a year about the potential for Apple’s first 5G iPhone to drive a “supercycle” of device sales. On Wednesday, Apple’s first earnings report since the iPhone 12 went on sale will provide a look at whether that projection is coming true. The consensus seems to be that sales of
Continue ReadingAstronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover Jr. conducted a spacewalk Wednesday to upgrade and maintain the International Space Station. It was the first spacewalk experience for Glover, who is a few months into his first spaceflight on the station. “What a beautiful view,” Glover said after he began the spacewalk. This was the third spacewalk
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at Tibet, an autonomous region within China. About Tibet (from National Bureau of Statistics of China)Area: 1.22 million sq km (approximately 474,000 sq miles) Capital: Lhasa Language: Tibetan Government (China): Governed by the Chinese Communist Party; the head of state is President Xi Jinping. Government (Exiled): Centered in Dharamsala, India, includes a
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at Tunisia, a country in northern African. Tunisia borders Algeria, Libya and the Mediterranean Sea. About Tunisia (from the CIA World Factbook) Area: 163,610 sq km, slightly larger than the US state of Georgia Population: 11,811,335 (July 2021 est.) Median age: 32.7 years Capital: Tunis Ethnic groups: Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish
Continue ReadingActing Metropolitan Police Chief Robert J. Contee told the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that two police officers have died by suicide since responding to the riot at the Capitol on January 6, according to Contee’s opening statement before the committee, which was obtained by CNN. This is the first time the force has confirmed
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at the life of 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Personal Birth date: February 11, 1964 Birth place: Sandpoint, Idaho Birth name: Sarah Louise Heath Father: Charles Heath, a teacher Mother: Sarah (Sheeran) Heath Marriage: Todd Palin (August 29, 1988-present, divorce filed for in September 2019) Children:
Continue ReadingThe union representing rank-and-file US Capitol Police officers said Wednesday it is “angered and shocked” by statements its current leader made to Congress this week about what was known in the lead up to the January 6 riots, adding that an “unconscionable” lack of preparation led to officers dying and being injured. During a closed-door
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will sign several executive actions related to the climate crisis on Wednesday, including one directing the secretary of the interior to pause on entering into new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or offshore waters. The executive order directs the interior secretary to launch a “rigorous review” of the existing
Continue ReadingBoeing closed the books on its worst year ever, posting record losses and plunging sales on the backs of combined crises: the Covid-19 pandemic and the problems getting the 737 Max back in the air. The company’s loss from operations climbed to $12.8 billion, up from nearly $2 billion a year ago, which was Boeing’s
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