Month: December 2021
WATCH: House Speaker Pelosi holds weekly news conference
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said the Supreme Court’s deliberation over a Mississippi law presenting the most serious challenge to abortion rights in decades, marked a “very dark day.”
Read MoreBiden outlines new steps to combat Covid through winter months – CNN
Biden outlines new steps to combat Covid through winter months CNN Omicron Reaches U.S.: Biden’s New Plan and Covid-19 News The New York Times President Biden to announce new set of COVID winter plans after first U.S. Omicron case detected CBS Mornings Covid
Read MoreMilan train station hosts ‘World of Banksy’
Milan’s central train station plays host from Friday to a “World of Banksy”, featuring reproductions of provocative works by the British street artist in something akin to their original real-world settings. The elusive artist’s murals these days exchange hands for
Read MoreThe Michigan School Shooting Shows That COVID-19 Isn’t the Only Thing American Kids Need Protection From
When a 15-year-old opened fire on Tuesday at a high school in Oxford Township, Mich., killing four students, it marked the deadliest school shooting since May 2018—and became a sign that schools are now contending with one public health crisis
Read MoreU.S. will resume policy to have asylum-seekers wait in Mexico
President Joe Biden had scrapped the policy, but a lawsuit by Texas and Missouri forced him to put it back into effect, subject to Mexico’s acceptance.
Read MoreAstronomers find a new planet that’s mostly made of iron
NASA’s TESS telescope finds a small, iron-rich planet which could help explain the origins of Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system (Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center)
Read MoreU.S. warns Russia to stay away from Ukraine amid troop buildup
The Kremlin has voiced concern about a possible escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine’s separatist conflict as the U.S. issued a strong warning to Russia to stay away from Ukraine.
Read MoreThe ‘Home Alone’ house could be yours for a night
The McCallister family home will be available to rent on Airbnb later this month. The overnight stay will include junk food, booby traps and “ample opportunity to scream into the mirror.” (Image credit: Sarah Crowley/Airbnb)
Read MoreOmicron and delta spell return of unpopular restrictions
Governments face a thorny calculus made more difficult by the prospect of backlash, increased social divisions and the fear of being voted out of office.
Read MoreAlec Baldwin says he didn’t pull the trigger in the fatal shooting on the ‘Rust’ set
In his first interview since the shooting, the actor breaks down as he remembers the victim Halyna Hutchins. (Image credit: Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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