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Both chambers of Congress on Thursday approved a waiver to permit retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of defense in the Biden administration. Austin, who would be the first African American to run the department, had to be granted a waiver from a law requiring a defense secretary to wait seven years after
Continue ReadingMasks have become a matter of course on airplane flights, and unfortunately, so have ugly confrontations about wearing them. Since the pandemic started, flight attendants and crew members have reported more than 200 incidents to the federal government in which they were harassed or threatened over in-flight mask policies. In one case, a flight attendant
Continue ReadingFlorida issued new health guidelines Thursday in an attempt to cut down on “vaccine tourism,” requiring that Covid-19 vaccines be given only to permanent and seasonal residents. State Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees signed a Public Health Advisory prioritizing Florida residents for the vaccines, days after Gov. Ron DeSantis said publicly that the shots should
Continue ReadingThe Defense Department will pause construction of the wall along the US-Mexico border as it reviews President Joe Biden’s executive order calling for construction to grind to a halt. The Army Corps of Engineers, which provides direction and oversight of border projects, “will take the appropriate actions in accordance with the (executive order),” said Raini
Continue ReadingThe Michelin Guide has awarded one of its coveted stars to a French vegan restaurant for the first time. ONA, which stands for Origine Non Animale or Non-Animal Origin, has been handed the accolade in the newest edition of the long-running culinary guide. The restaurant, in the small southwestern village of Arès, near Bordeaux, is
Continue ReadingThe House on Thursday approved a waiver to permit retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of defense in the Biden administration. Austin, who would be the first African American to run the department, must be granted a waiver from a law requiring a defense secretary to wait seven years after active-duty service before
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration will seek a full five-year extension of a key nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia, according to a US official. The New START Treaty expires in just over two weeks on February 5. Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, will meet with President Joe Biden’s national security adviser,
Continue ReadingIt had once been a transatlantic art scandal — or at least various actors of questionable intent would have you believe it was. Overheated, confusing and laden in the end with blatant racism, the case of the White House bust of Winston Churchill still persists. President Joe Biden has removed it from the Oval Office
Continue ReadingThe Covid-19 death toll in the United States will likely top 500,000 next month, President Joe Biden said in a news conference Thursday, as he portrayed his administration’s plan to respond to the pandemic as a “wartime undertaking.” Part of that plan involves asking Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his
Continue ReadingQuestions have arisen over the constitutionality of former President Donald Trump’s impending trial in the Senate. Trump is the first president to be impeached twice and would be the first ex-president to have his impeachment tried in the Senate while out of office. House Democrats are expected to send the articles of impeachment to the
Continue ReadingAmerica’s energy policy is getting an extreme makeover. President Joe Biden is wasting no time undoing the Trump administration’s efforts to prop up fossil fuels and deny the existence of a climate crisis. On his first day in the White House, Biden took a series of executive actions that put an exclamation point on his
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s first full day in office Thursday focused on getting the Covid-19 pandemic under control, rolling out his national strategy that includes several executive actions related to vaccinations and testing in hopes of moving the federal response in a different direction. “Our national strategy is comprehensive, it’s based on science, not politics. It’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A 9-year-old girl was shot in the head and killed by a 5-year-old inside of a house in North Philadelphia Wednesday, police say. Police are now investigating what led up to her shooting. A neighborhood has been left in shock after the young girl was
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday rejected Republican demands to back away from an impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, even as she would not say when she would send the impeachment article to the Senate to begin the process. The timing of former Trump’s Senate impeachment trial after the House impeached him on
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A woman buying a bottle of wine in Harlem was brutally attacked. She says it happened after she turned down one man’s offer to pay for her. CBS2’s Lisa Rozner spoke exclusively with the victim. Surveillance video shows a group outside the liquor store
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s first full day in office Thursday focused on getting the Covid-19 pandemic under control, rolling out his national strategy that includes several executive actions related to vaccinations and testing in hopes of moving the federal response in a different direction. “Our national strategy is comprehensive, it’s based on science, not politics. It’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FORT COLLINS, CO (KCNC) — A student at the University of Colorado Boulder is spending his senior year at home in Fort Collins, fighting to walk again. Four months ago, he suffered a rare spinal stroke and is now in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the chest down. His
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — As she practiced her cello, 11-year-old Brittney-Ann Brandao imagined a new world. “It makes me feel very hopeful that maybe one day I could become like her and also I’m very proud and I think that she deserves it,” she said. Kamala Harris made history,
Continue ReadingThe House is expected to vote Thursday on a waiver to permit retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of defense in the Biden administration. Austin, who would be the first African American to run the department, needs to be granted a waiver from a law requiring a defense secretary to wait seven years
Continue ReadingThree New York National Guard soldiers were killed Wednesday night when their helicopter crashed while on a routine training mission in upstate New York, according to the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs. The crash happened in Mendon, about 17 miles south of Rochester, the military and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
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