Year: 2021
With COVID threat surging, judge prods Maxwell jury to work overtime
The jury weighing the fate Ghislaine Maxwell’s fate has told a judge it is “making progress” in reaching a verdict after four full days of deliberations.
Read MoreAlyssa Gunn Maldonado died, husband Jimmy Maldonado injured in Denver shooting spree – The Denver Post
Alyssa Gunn Maldonado died, husband Jimmy Maldonado injured in Denver shooting spree The Denver Post Colorado shooting spree: suspect was on police’s ‘radar’ | USA TODAY USA TODAY Denver Officials Search For Motive In Shooting Spree That Left Four Dead MSNBC What we
Read MoreNews Wrap: NYC public schools to open Jan. 3 with expanded testing
In our news wrap Tuesday, the nation’s largest public school system in New York has announced beefed-up testing in a bid to keep classrooms open. Police in the Denver area are investigating what sparked a mass shooting Monday night that
Read MoreUnderstanding the new CDC guidelines for those exposed to, or suffering from, COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends a shorter isolation period for COVID-19 patients, from 10 days to five — if asymptomatic — followed by five days of mask wearing. The new guidance comes as the U.S. is
Read MoreDespite Rising Hospitalizations, Omicron Is Not Worse for Children
More children are being treated for Covid, but a combination of factors, including low vaccination rates, most likely explains the increase.
Read MoreHow Russia is trying to erase its Soviet past in bid for geo-political strength
Memorial Human Rights Center, the leading human rights organization that was closed in Russia, documented today’s Russian political prisoners, as well as past Soviet human rights atrocities. As Nick Schifrin reports, the banning of Memorial comes almost exactly 30 years
Read MoreArmed group in Iraq demands U.S. forces withdraw by end of 2021, threatens violence
The Iraqi Supreme Court on Monday ratified the parliamentary election results, clearing the path for the forming of a government. Kataib Hezbollah, one of the groups that disputed the election results, wants all U.S. military forces out of Iraq by
Read MoreAlibaba may stop shipping to PA, which won’t deliver packages with ‘Israel’ on them
Customers of Chinese e-commerce sites get text messages saying deliveries to halt in January, reportedly because PA postal service will only deliver packages with ‘Palestine’ label
Read MoreJudge in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking case concerned Omicron could threaten trial deliberations, which will resume Wednesday morning – CNN
Judge in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking case concerned Omicron could threaten trial deliberations, which will resume Wednesday morning CNN Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Judge urges jury to work longer hours, cites COVID Fox News Maxwell jury hours extended over COVID-19 concerns Reuters Juries in
Read MoreU.S. sets new daily high for Covid cases – POLITICO
U.S. sets new daily high for Covid cases POLITICO The Latest on the CDC Guidelines, Omicron and US Cases: Live News Updates The New York Times January will be ‘a really, really hard month’ as the Omicron variant fuels spike in infections,
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