Tag: overshadows

Progressive lawmakers and House staffers are putting pressure on Democratic leaders to punish first-term Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado for a string of...

People vaccinated against Covid-19 in high-risk areas of the United States should resume wearing masks indoors, the country's top health official said Tuesday, reversing...

It seems that SpaceX has missed the landing of the first-stage booster,  Falcon 9 for the first time in a year. It can be...

President Biden supported making an exception to filibuster rules in order to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade into law, an effort that would...

Last week, we witnessed 11-year-old Miah Cerillo's courageous testimony before Congress, an incredibly brave survivor of the horrific mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which...

The Olympic trajectory that had Simone Biles on track for multiple gold medals has shifted from all but certain to, at best, hazy. Biles withdrew...

In a speech in Texas, the former president also urged supporters to hold protests if prosecutors in Atlanta and New York pursued criminal charges...

President Biden has started to call for Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons after yet another spate of mass shootings, despite the...

Six cryptocurrency users are suing the US Treasury Department for blacklisting Tornado Cash last month, claiming the department's sanctions watchdog overstepped its authority by...

The Rev. Athanasius Chidi Abanulo, who uses skills honed in his African homeland to effectively minister in rural Alabama, decides how long he can...

The Moon has been called a "mine of natural resources" because its very nature, in the words of an early Spanish explorer, is "a...

During a visit to 1 Police Plaza, the New York City Police Department's headquarters in downtown Manhattan, Joe Biden asked officer Sumit Sulan to...

Wildlife conservationists are outraged after a video published by the New Yorker and The Trance on Tuesday showed the NRA's president and his wife...

Ronnie Lee refused to eat pork. “Swine,” he said, “was unclean.” My oldest cousin was never a religious person. In fact, the only time I recall...

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), including US President Joe Biden, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and China's Xi Jinping, pledged on Friday to work...

Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99,...

To ensure that the World Cup is advantageous to the Iranian regime, Qatar has been working with Iran to control which media outlets cover...

Concern is mounting that China’s Covid-19 vaccines are less effective at quelling the disease, raising questions about nations from Brazil to Hungary that are...

Due to the possibility of Russian military action, the State Department has ordered families of US embassy employees in Kyiv, Ukraine, to leave the...

In Haiti, nearly 150 people have been killed and scores have been injured in gunfights between warring gangs, as the latest wave of violence...

Engracia Figueroa, a passionate advocate for people with disabilities, died as a result of complications from injuries she sustained in July when United Airlines...

A Michigan judge barred local prosecutors from enforcing a 1931 abortion ban on Monday, just hours after an appeals court ruled that they could,...

President Joe Biden issued an emergency order Monday to increase solar panel manufacturing in the United States and declared a two-year tariff exemption on...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under fire after a leaked video recording shows senior Downing Street staff laughing about Johnson allegedly throwing a...

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared Monday that the world’s failure to unite on tackling COVID-19 created wide inequalities, and he called for urgent action including...

As many as 20,000 members of the national Guard could be deployed to Washington D.C. for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January...

Planning for your retirement is an important part of long term financial security. You need to set aside money for your retirement plan now,...

An Oklahoma judge temporarily blocked the implementation of two new anti-abortion laws that go into effect next month, including one that is similar to...

André Leon Talley, a pioneering fashion journalist, died on Tuesday in New York at the age of 73. His death was announced on his Instagram...

Reshad Jalali was nine years old when U.S.-backed forces ousted the Taliban from Kabul in 2001, and he recalls hearing Afghan singers on the...

The clock is ticking for Congress to reach an agreement to raise the federal borrowing limit, also known as the debt ceiling, before the...

Today, the average senior on Social Security receives $1,543 per month. When combined with withdrawals from a retirement plan or ongoing pension payments, that...

On Sunday, a man lay sprawled by the roadside in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, his hands tied behind his back and a bullet...

Colonial Pipeline's CEO has publicly admitted to paying off the DarkSide ransomware gang, providing the first look at how the largest cyberattack on US...

Following the release of a grand jury report that accused the former superintendent of lying, the Loudoun County Public Schools board dismissed Scott Ziegler...

It was only a matter of time before the great algorithm in the sky married millennial pink and iPhone leaks in capitalist bliss. On...

On July 20, billionaire Amazon cofounder Jeff Bezos went into space for a brief period of time in a rocket built by his rocket...

Elise Stefanik and Chip Roy pitched their House GOP colleagues on their cases to be the conference's next No. 3 leader on Thursday night,...

The World Bank has warned that the conflict in Ukraine will result in the "largest commodity shock" since the 1970s. According to a new forecast,...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that even if President Vladimir Putin made a "big mistake" by invading Ukraine, long-term isolation of Russia...

Russian forces launched an all-out assault on Ukraine on Thursday, claiming to be the largest European invasion since World War II. Following reports of troops...

A new variant of the coronavirus responsible for Covid-19 has been identified in Botswana and South Africa, where it has been linked to a...

President Biden's student loan forgiveness program has been halted by a federal judge in Texas, putting the administration's plan to forgive up to $20,000...

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

High-ranking Democrats are requesting a response from the Supreme Court in response to claims that Justice Samuel Alito gave conservative activists access to the...

A Congressional committee discovered that while the NFL was investigating his team for widespread workplace misconduct, Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder directed a "shadow...

A US basketball player from Maryland was in Ukraine playing in international leagues about a week ago. He had no idea that within days...

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

While Ukrainian forces were secretly planning a counteroffensive to expel occupying Russian soldiers from the northeastern Kharkiv region, Moscow was so certain of its...

If the world premiere of "The Whale" at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday night is any indication, Brendan Fraser's return to Hollywood will...

On the eve of a hearing for three men accused in Ahmaud Arbery's death, his family witnessed the repeal of a Civil War-era law...

A complete ban on abortion may soon take effect in Nebraska. Abortion restrictions in Florida may be lowered from 15 to 12 weeks of...

Along with a lingering global pandemic, the year 2021 was filled with climate disasters, some of which were so severe that even scientists who...

For the first time in two decades, the value of the US dollar equals that of the euro, as Europe grapples with growing recession...

Adolescents aged 12 to 15 may be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine as early as Thursday. The US Food and Drug Administration said on...

After nearly three days of fighting, Israel and Palestinian militants agreed to a cease-fire, and Gaza's sole power plant reopened Monday as Israel reopened...

Many advocates and former students seeking relief have applauded President Joe Biden's decision to cancel some student loan debt for millions of Americans, but...

In 2021, three bright and driven women with ground-breaking ideas left significant – if very different – imprints on the beleaguered tech industry. Frances Haugen,...

This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed optimism about the pandemic's state in the United States. "We are certainly out of the pandemic phase in this...

On Wednesday, Republicans laid the blame for their defeat in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff election squarely at the feet of former President Donald...

According to a report released Friday, no school year in the United States has seen as much gunfire in nearly a decade as the...

Policymakers in the European Union unveiled their most ambitious plan yet to combat climate change on Wednesday, aiming to turn green goals into concrete...

Only a few students wore masks when classes started a few weeks ago, before the first and then the second teacher at Connally Junior...

The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least the past decade, according to an extensive state investigation...

Consumer staple stocks, such as PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP), can be a great addition to any long-term portfolio because they are known to perform well during...

Although Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, a far-right MAGA Republican, QAnon sympathizer, and conspiracy theorist, is frequently vilified as an extremist by her opponents,...

Many recent questions about technology ethics have centered on the role of algorithms in various aspects of our lives. As artificial intelligence and machine...

This week during a winter storm that brought heavy rain and snow, a large portion of California’s Highway 1 was washed out into the...

A wave of new abortion-rights legislation is sweeping the country, raising concerns about the potential use of personal data to punish people who seek...

West Virginia will receive $99 million as part of a settlement with Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. over the drugmaker's role in...

Running a business in Afghanistan has one unspoken rule: Pay the Taliban. Abdul Ahad Wahidi learned that the hard way when insurgents blew up...

On Monday, fierce fighting continued in east Ukraine as Moscow rejected Kyiv's claims that it was getting ready to leave a nuclear power plant...

A 64-year-old Iowa man was arrested earlier this month for threatening to kill election officials in Maricopa County, Arizona — a key county at...

Formula One, like virtually all motorsports, is constantly changing. Rulesets change from year to year as new cars and engines enter the market. The...

Investors in retirement have never had it so good. Individual retirement accounts and company 401(k) plans have been booming for a decade now, thanks...

Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a lot more on his mind these days than the sport. For more than a decade, he's been focused on...

Cathedral bells tolled at noon in Cape Town on Monday, as South Africa began a week of mourning for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop...

Dr. Daniel Stock, a physician in the state, made a slew of false claims about the coronavirus while testifying before a local school board...

Life for many in China's wealthiest city had been upended by the virus — and the government's response — even before Shanghai imposed a...

In an odd way, the Portland Trail Blazers have become the poster child for NBA stability over the last half-decade or so. They had...