Month: September 2022
Hurricane Ian Nears Category 5 Strength as It Begins Lashing Florida. Here Are the Latest Updates
Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm, with winds of up to 155 mph, is approaching Category 5 strength and could make landfall in southwest Florida as one of the strongest storms ever to hit the continental U.S. Ian gained strength
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: President Biden delivers remarks marking Disability Pride Month
President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on Wednesday marking Disability Pride Month.
Read MoreThe Pandemic Changed Paid Sick Leave Policies, But Not For Everyone
Starting next week, Starbucks workers will no longer have access to expanded paid sick leave that the company rolled out for COVID-19 illness, isolation, and vaccination. Going forward, employees will have to use whatever accrued sick time and vacation time
Read MoreBlasts Preceded Underseas Gas Pipeline Leaks Between Russia and Germany, Experts Say
WARSAW, Poland — Denmark believes “deliberate actions” caused big leaks in two natural gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, and seismologists said powerful explosions preceded the leaks. European leaders and experts pointed to possible sabotage
Read MoreHurricane Ian Could Stall Ron DeSantis’s 2024 Momentum
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Ron DeSantis is about to face the most consequential 72 hours of his political career. With Hurricane
Read MoreAlzheimer’s Drug Shows Promise in Early Results of Study
Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimer’s disease soared early Wednesday after Japan’s Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the fatal disease’s progress in a late-stage study. Eisai announced results late Tuesday from a global study
Read MoreWhite House Gains Partners to End U.S. Hunger Within a Decade
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is counting on a variety of private-sector partnerships to help fund and implement its ambitious goal of ending hunger in America by 2030. President Joe Biden is hosting a conference Wednesday on hunger, nutrition and
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks at White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health
President Joe Biden is hosting a conference on hunger, nutrition and health, the first by the White House since 1969 during the Nixon administration.
Read MoreTruss Takes a Bold Economic Gamble. Will It Sink Her Government?
Three weeks into her term, Prime Minister Liz Truss’s financial plans have thrown the markets and Britain’s currency into chaos and put her future in peril.
Read MoreAs Russians Flee, Some Find Draft Notices Waiting at the Border
The Kremlin dispatched federal security forces to frontier border crossings packed with Russian men trying to escape the draft by entering countries like Georgia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
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