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Month: January 2021

U.S. asking states to speed Covid-19 vaccines to people over 65, others at risk, no longer hold back 2nd dose

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking states to speed delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to people older than 65 and others at high risk by no longer holding back the second dose of the two-dose shots. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says the Trump administration is asking states to open up vaccines to

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Videos of passengers being removed from planes do not indicate federal no-fly status yet, TSA says

Videos of belligerent passengers at airports — some donning pro-Trump outfits — being forced off planes or denied boarding are circulating widely on social media, with many users describing the scenes as airport officials informing people that participated in the Capitol riot that they’re on a no-fly list. But that’s not necessarily the case. Though

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Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 12 de enero: Demócratas acusan a Trump de «incitar a la insurrección»

Autoridades de EE.UU., en alerta máxima de cara a la toma de posesión de Biden. ¿Qué son los inmunomoduladores? Lo que debes conocer de Parler. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Presentan resolución de juicio político contra Trump por ‘incitación a la insurrección’ Los demócratas de la

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Indonesian navy divers retrieve ‘black box’ from Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into Java Sea with 62 people on board

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian navy divers searching the ocean floor have recovered the flight data recorder from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board. The device is expected to help investigators determine what caused the Boeing 737-500 plane to nosedive into the ocean in heavy rain

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Los Angeles County officials are advising essential workers to wear masks at home to avoid further spread of Covid-19

Things are so bad in Los Angeles County that health officials are now advising all essential workers to wear masks inside their own home to prevent spreading Covid-19 within their household. “Right now, because there is so much spread, we’re recommending that people wear their face coverings while they’re inside the home,” Los Angeles County

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The power of a real apology

“Forgiveness” in the time of Covid usually refers to loans, as in TD Bank’s recent announcement that, pending new information, it was no longer “accepting new forgiveness applications.” That phrasing got me thinking about how we, as individuals, sometimes struggle to accept a “forgiveness application” — aka apology — from someone who has done us

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A federal judge has granted a stay of execution for the only woman on federal death row pending a competence hearing

A federal judge granted Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, a stay of execution pending a competency hearing — just hours before she was scheduled to die. Judge James Hanlon of the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana wrote in the order granting the stay, “Ms. Montgomery’s motion to

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