Tag: ethics

Separate requests from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block the use of new congressional maps adopted by state courts for the 2022...

A fourth wave of COVID-19 is threatening to overwhelm US hospitals in areas where large numbers of unvaccinated people offer little resistance to the...

Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in an eastern district of Luhansk are trading accusations of fighting escalation after the US claimed that Moscow is looking...

In a meeting with troops on Tuesday in the eastern city of Bakhmut, the site of some of the fiercest fighting since Russia invaded...

The president of the Women's Tennis Association has demanded that China investigate Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai's allegations against former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli,...

According to new data released on Thursday, child poverty increased in January following the end of President Joe Biden's child allowance. According to a study...

Recently, in the podcast “Stars are blind”, Paris Hilton talked about an appearance on “The Late Show With David Letterman" saying she agreed to...

According to Emin Gün Sirer, the founder of Avalanche, Bitcoin will eventually be outpaced by other coins as their faster, cheaper networks digitize more...

A former director of Mississippi's welfare agency is set to plead guilty Thursday to new federal charges in a conspiracy to misspend tens of...

Historians cut into a 36-pound copper time capsule found in the pedestal of a monument to former Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond,...

Colin L. Powell, who served as the nation's top soldier, diplomat, and national security adviser for four decades and whose speech at the United...

A key step scheduled for Monday on University Medical Center's proposal to borrow $345 million without voter approval may be postponed. The LIBRE Initiative, an...

A digital currency issued by the United States could be on the horizon. The Biden administration is supporting research and development of a "U.S. Central...

Whether you prefer to kill insects or not, there is one bug that health officials in the northeastern United States want you to get...

When Rebecca Firlit joined a virtual court hearing with her ex-husband earlier this month, she expected the proceedings to revolve around child support. The...

Small businesses are at risk due to a tax loophole claim made by Zelle. The third-party payment processor claims that they are exempt from the...

More than 7,000 millipede species crawl across forest floors and garden beds around the world, pairs of legs pumping as they move through soil...

Bradie Tennell, the top U.S. women's singles skater at the 2018 Olympics and reigning national champion, has been out of competitions since July due...

On the 79th anniversary of the World War II roundup of Rome's Jews, Italy's far-right political leadership called for such horror to never happen...

Israelis mourned the loss of life on Friday after a joyous pilgrimage drew tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews turned tragic. And, while the...

Districts are planning to ramp up COVID-19 testing when classes resume in January, anticipating steep challenges in reopening schools amid an omicron-driven surge of...

The axiom that adversity reveals the truth about people has always had flaws, and it has been especially flimsy during the pandemic. If someone...

Democrats, according to DeSantis, are attempting to 'drive dissension' among Republicans by spreading a false narrative about his relationship with Trump. Republicans, including Republican Florida...

Years before assuming the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump had expressed strong opposition to the US presence in Afghanistan, railing against a war that...

Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is emphasizing the importance of ensuring that any international tax agreement does...

26 people have been confirmed dead and at least 171 people are missing after portion of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river in northern...

Since December, the United States government has delivered nearly 73.4 million doses to states and jurisdictions. Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are promising to each deliver...

Top House Democrats called on the Biden administration on Sunday to extend the eviction moratorium amid the coronavirus pandemic, just hours after the ban...

The South African government announced Friday that it will donate slightly more than 2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to other...

According to a recent review of the outlet's announcement materials, a new Palestinian media outlet announced on July 8 has close ties to NGOs...

President Biden traveled to California for the second time in less than three weeks on Thursday, hoping to boost Democratic House members whose reelection...

In lab tests, a third dose of Moderna Inc.'s Covid-19 vaccine increased immune responses against the Omicron coronavirus variant compared to two doses, indicating...

The 2020 census was planned well in advance to ensure that Native Americans living on reservations were counted more accurately than they were in...

Heavy-armed commandos kidnapped the princess on a yacht in the Indian Ocean. Despite her pleas, which were confirmed by two eyewitnesses aboard the US-flagged yacht...

The Haitian gang that police say kidnapped 17 missionaries last week has threatened to shoot the hostages in the head if the demanded ransom...

On the morning of Election Day, Republican officials and candidates exuded confidence that their party would win majorities in both houses of Congress, effectively...

With COVID-19 case counts rising again and another winter season approaching, some public health experts believe the United States is entering another uncertain phase...

The college football champion for the 2021 season was crowned on Monday night in Indianapolis, as SEC rivals Alabama and Georgia clashed in the...

Dave Bennett, the Maryland man who received the first heart transplant from a genetically modified pig last week, is doing well, according to his...

The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration permission on Thursday to end a Trump-era immigration policy that required asylum seekers to remain in Mexico...

The University of Michigan has reached a $490 million settlement with former athletes and other University of Michigan students who sued the school alleging...

On Thursday, Russian forces fought for control of a vital energy-producing city in Ukraine's south and gained ground in their bid to cut the...

During her closely watched tour this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met the leaders of Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan — but not the president...

Months into the worst pandemic to hit the United States in more than a century, people continue to believe that 5G mobile networks are...

According to the head of the International Energy Agency, Europe must prepare immediately for Russia to cut off all gas exports to the region...

There is a debate going on among President Joe Biden and his administration to enforce “priority” access for teachers to get the COVID-19 vaccine...

According to senior administration officials and others briefed on the material, the US has obtained intelligence about a Russian plan to use a faked...

According to Western officials, more than 40,000 of Vladimir Putin's troops have been wounded in action in Ukraine since the conflict began more than...

Scientists traveled into the forests of northern Laos in the summer of 2020, half a year into the coronavirus pandemic, to catch bats that...

New York is the biggest city in the United States. It is also one of the most popular cities to live in. New York...

In what could be the biggest head-turning move so far in Biden’s presidency, the new President has vowed to legalize over 11 million immigrants...

As of Friday, eleven countries were investigating possible monkeypox cases, including the United States, where a second possible case was reported in New York...

As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks approaches, relatives of victims are pressing courts to answer what they see as...

High school athletics are feeling the effects of the omicron surge, from paused games to restricted fans, during a winter season that coaches and...

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have spoken by phone whenever the US announces a new package...

Spurning an appeal by the United Nations to stop using lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, security forces in Myanmar on Thursday fatally shot at...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, a sizable minority of coronavirus infections have resulted in long COVID, a perplexing collection of lingering and often...

On Wednesday last week, Google's Fiona Cicconi wrote to company employees. She announced that Google was bringing forward its timetable of moving people back...

Top Senate Republicans are working hard to prevent the formation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Capitol attack, putting the bill's passage in...

According to six people briefed on the matter, the CIA has ruled out the possibility that the mysterious symptoms known as Havana Syndrome are...

Mark Golding, who took over as People's National Party (PNP) premier in November 2020, described the measure as critical, especially in light of the...

In recent months, President Biden has spent hours speaking with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and other foreign leaders...

On Friday, the UN special envoy for Myanmar met with Thailand's prime minister as part of her efforts to end the violence in Myanmar...

Ordinary Ukrainian civilians across the country are resisting Russian invasion as fiercely as Ukrainian armed and territorial defense forces. Ukrainians' bravery manifests itself in...

Mark Zuckerberg has announced that his social media empire is building the world's fastest artificial intelligence supercomputer as part of plans to create a...

After President Biden outlined his proposal for a massive $2.2 trillion spending bill on Wednesday, a bevy of Senate Republicans are speaking out against the plan...

North Korea said Thursday it will ignore a U.S. offer for talks unless it withdraws its hostile policy, after Washington reached out to Pyongyang...

The state's highest court ruled on Monday that the practice of allowing doctors to give mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses a lethal dose...

Federal benefits for the elderly, blind, and disabled have not been updated in years. Some lawmakers and advocates are now pushing for changes to the...

Minneapolis Public Schools students were forced to stay at home for two weeks in January due to an outbreak of the omicron COVID-19 variant,...

The first blasts of the day occurred during the morning rush hour at a central intersection, killing a police officer on his way to...

Dell is being sued in California over claims that its Alienware Area 51m-R1 gaming laptops can be upgraded. In his lawsuit, Robert Felter claimed that...

Gen X isn't known for getting worked up about much, but it appears that we're not going down without a fight. Over 29 million...

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III met with reporters nearly 48 hours after leaving Washington on what...

The Ohio Department of Agriculture raided the home of Rico Exotic, a popular TikToker, because he owns a monkey classified as a dangerous wild...

It was one of the worst phone calls I'd ever received: a friend in Kabul calling on a Sunday afternoon to tell me that...

A 38-year-old man has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping in the disappearance of a 34-year-old Memphis teacher, after DNA on two slides linked...

A volcano in the Caribbean has been erupting for quite some time. Residents on some eastern Caribbean islands were placed on alert last week...

President Joe Biden's and his team is promising updated guidance on the reopening of schools next week. As more Covid-19 vaccines are being administered,...

After months of quarantine, parts of Southeast Asia are abandoning their "zero-Covid" policy and preparing to live with the virus, despite experts' warnings that...